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66 Degrees of Sound

The Reykjavík Grapevine

Welcome to 66 Degrees of Sound, a show by The Reykjavík Grapevine bringing you all the latest music releases in Iceland. The Reykjavík Grapevine is an English language magazine published 18 times a year, focusing on all things Iceland-related. Launched in 2003, the independent magazine has long been a leading voice in Icelandic culture. In this show made for music lovers and Icelandophiles, Grapevine journalists Rex Beckett and Jóhannes Bjarkason discuss and play some of the latest new music

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33:30

Artist Spotlight: Xiupill (REPLAY)

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/08/06

Send us a Text Message.Coming back from our last holiday of the summer (verslunarmannahelgin) and slowly coming back to life / back to reality, we bring you another replay of one of our classics. This time we bring you a re-listen of our artist spotlight with genre-bending and self-described “boy band” Xiupill.With members hailing from Iceland, Spain and the US, the three-piece create a blend of production, performance and artistry that looks firmly to the future of music production while emb...

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34:34

Hot Happenings: SAMANFEST 2024

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/08/02

Send us a Text Message.We have reached Verslunarmannahelgi, aka Merchant's Day Weekend, the unofficial "end of summer" in Iceland which is marked by a long weekend full of festivals and parties all over the country. The newest addition to the festival roster is SAMANFEST, presented by Slacker Events & Iðnó, who are coming in hot and poised to become a yearly standard in Reykjavík.Joining us to talk about this brand new event are besties of the pod Agnes Hlynsdóttir from Iðnó and Alfreð Dr...

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40:18

(REPLAY) Artist Spotlight: BSÍ

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/30

Send us a Text Message.With August on the doorstep and our cohost Jóhannes Bjarkason going on holiday, we will be doing things a little bit differently this month and bringing you some replays of some of our favourite artist spotlight episodes. Jói and Rex handpicked a selection of top notch guests we've had in this year, which you may have missed if you're a new listener.For our first replay episode, we go back to April when we were joined by lo-fi indie-punk darlings BSÍ in the hotseat, or ...

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42:40

Saturday Morning Mix #12

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/27

Send us a Text Message.It's another short-mix this week as we wind down with our final episode before our August break. Jói is heading to Denmark for the month, where he will troll the locals by speaking to them in English with a Danish accent. Rex will be on staycation on their ongoing mission to hug every cat in Reykjavík.But we won't leave you hanging! Throughout August we will re-release some of our favourite episodes from the archive, some re-cuts of old classic mixes, and maybe even a b...

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45:08

Hot Happenings: Norðanpaunk Turns 10!

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/25

Send us a Text Message.You know that meme that’s like “If there’s no girls, goths, or gays, I’m not going”? If you giggled and double-tapped it, Norðanpaunk is the festival for you. Celebrating its tenth anniversary this year, Norðanpaunk (“northern punk”) is a countryside celebration of dark, extreme, underground and weird music. Taking place every year during Verslunarmannahelgi (Merchant's Day Weekend) in the quiet hamlet of Laugarbakki, North Iceland, it is a whole reunion for freaks and ...

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39:02

Artist Spotlight: lúpína

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/23

Send us a Text Message.Our guest today is lúpína, the artist name of Icelandic-Norwegian singer-songwriter Nína Solveig Andersen. The Oslo-based artist was awarded our 2024 Grapevine Music Award for Song of the Year with her breakthrough single “ástarbréf”, which was also on her debut album ringluð. She's been releasing hit after hit this year, including the singles "sad club" and "gegnsæ" which are absolute earworms. On this episode, we also have the great honour of premiering her upcoming n...

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43:36

Saturday Morning Mix #11

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/20

Send us a Text Message.Another fine Saturday with a cup o' Joe and another episode kicked off with hijinks! After an hilarious false-start in the studio, we get into a shorter but fantastic mix for you as we wind down July and shift into vacation mode.That's right — vacation! With Jói heading off on holiday for the month of August, we will be taking a brief recording break and will spend the month re-releasing some of our favourite episodes from the archives. If you have any faves you want to...

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48:30

Hot Happenings: Innipúkinn Festival

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/18

Send us a Text Message.This week we're diving into the upcoming Innipúkinn Festival, happening August 2-4 at Gamla Bíó and Röntgen. Since 2002, the festival has held down the home court over verslunarmannahelgi, “merchant’s day weekend”. Translating loosely to “inside demon”, the festival happens inside in both senses of staying in Reykjavík and primarily happening indoors, while out in the countryside the parties rage in open fields.Festival organiser Eldar Ástþórsson joins us to give us a h...

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Artist Spotlight: Hasar (Uncut & Unhinged)

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/16

Send us a Text Message.You know those Monday mornings where you're feeling the Garfield mode extra hard, and then someone rocks up with enough energy to power the entire city? That's exactly what went down on this artist spotlight episode with true rocker Hasar.The current band name of musician and actor Örn Gauti Jóhannsson, Hasar just released his first EP Gestalæti on July 7. Örn Gauti was originally a member of the band Hórmonar and broke out as Hasar last year, coming in real hot with th...

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45:52

Saturday Morning Mix #10

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/13

Send us a Text Message.While we're stuck in Reykjavík enjoying this delightfully cloudy and cold July, we are travelling through the conveyance of music alone to get our summer holiday fix. This week's playlist is a journey of all the summer vibes; cute indie-punk, beer swilling comedy-folk, wine on the patio salsa, and more. Kick back and sail away on these fine new tunes.Episode Tracklist:Woolly Kind — ég hef ekki farið í sturtu síðan í fyrra (r. July 2)Villi Neto — Sem Kóngur Ríkti Hann...

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45:34

Hot Happenings: Prikið with Geoffrey Þór...

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/11

Send us a Text Message.Very few places in Reykjavík have endured or garnered such a unique reputation as downtown institution Prikið. Known today as the beating heart of Iceland's hip hop scene, the cultural icon goes back way further than many people — including us! — even know.On this episode, Prikið's co-owner and well-known local character Geoffrey Þór Huntingdon-Williams joins us in the studio and gives us a deep dive into Prikið's past, present and future, offering us a glimpse into a r...

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32:58

Artist Spotlight: Guðmundur Ari Arnalds (slummi)

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/09

Send us a Text Message.Our guest today is Guðmundur Ari Arnalds, aka slummi & many other monikers, experimental artist, producer, and sound engineer who has been active for many years. He released two albums this spring — Idiot Flower on April 26 and Bastard Flower on May 31 — his first solo releases under the moniker slummi. He has also been working at the beloved venue Mengi since 2014 in many capacities and is involved with a lot of activity at the Hafnar.haus studio space. An overall ...

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47:12

Saturday Morning Mix #9

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/06

Send us a Text Message.We are fresh as the lupins in full bloom and quoting The Cure on this fine Saturday morning! Coming at you with a tangent-heavy introspective episode, this week's mix is full of darkpop gems, cool summery bops and eighth grade mallgoth perfection (it is not a phase, mom.)We also remembered that our sweet new mixer has a soundboard so we go full ham on the airhorn. Let us know in the comments if you want more or less airhorn.Episode Tracklist:KUSK – Sommar (r. May ...

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Hot Happenings: Agnes Hlynsdóttir (LEMMY & Iðnó)

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/04

Send us a Text Message.Over the past months, almost every guest on our show has brought up the state of the live music landscape in Reykjavík in terms of the lack of midsize venues to play. This being a huge subject for all of us over at Grapevine HQ — contributor Ish Sveinsson Houle tackled just this topic in an article in our 8th issue this year.One young booker who is throwing caution to the wind and doing things her way is Agnes Hlynsdóttir, manager and booker at LEMMY and events and cult...

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Artist Spotlight: Tófa

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/07/02

Send us a Text Message.This week kicked off with truly Garfield vibes in GV HQ Studios, with your dear hosts Rex and Jói just needing naps and lasagna. Our spirits were immensely lifted by our guests, Allie Doersch and Árni Þór Árnason of longstanding punk band Tófa. Tófa has been around the Reykjavík music scene since their debut album Fleetwood Max in 2015. Ferocious and poetic, Tófa consists of singer Allie Doersch, bassist Andri Freyr Þorgeirsson, guitarist Árni Þór Árnason, and drummer J...

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45:08

Saturday Morning Mix #8

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/06/29

Send us a Text Message.After nearly a full month of grey fake-summer in Iceland, it's hard to believe that the sun has finally come out for this last weekend of June! We aren't getting too excited — lest we jinx it — so instead we will just enjoy these sunny new tunes no matter what the sky does. Jói and Rex are still deep in brain-rot mode, so it's a fun one. Enjoy!Episode Tracklist:Una Schram — 1999 (There You Go) (r. June 14)Supersport! — fingurkoss (r. June 14)Silva & Steini — I Ought...

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Hot Happenings #9: Hátiðni Arts Festival

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/06/27

Send us a Text Message.On today’s Hot Happenings we will be previewing the upcoming Hátiðni Arts Festival, which takes place July 5 — 7 in Borðeyri, North Iceland. Originally a brainchild of the Post-dreifing collective, this will be the sixth edition of the independent grassroots music and arts festival that thrives on a Do-It-Together community model and entirely volunteer run.Artists on the lineup this year include Áslaug Dungal, MC Myasnoi, K.Óla, Snowed In, Diamond Dolls, Skelkur í Bring...

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Artist Spotlight: Ólöf Rún

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/06/25

Send us a Text Message.On this week's artist spotlight we welcome musician, artist, organiser and friend-of-the-pod Ólöf Rún Benediktsdóttir, a long-time member of Iceland’s grassroots music and art communities. This is her second time joining us in the studio, as she stepped in as guest co-host on an episode with us last summer in our old digs at 101 Útvarp, and we are very happy to have her back.Ólöf is a member of the ethereal-doom band Svartþoka, where she plays theremin and sings. She is...

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68:06

Saturday Morning Mix #7: Monday Mix-Up Edition #2

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/06/24

Send us a Text Message.Illness struck the 66DoS crew again last week which caused confusion of all kinds, so the episode meant for last Saturday is hitting you on this fresh Monday morning! It's a truly mixed episode this week where we go from light tunes to dark subjects real fast. Starting with lovely ambient and cool post-punk leads us to songs addressing the ongoing Israeli siege in Gaza and genocide of Palestinians. It's a heavy but necessary turn.Episode Tracklist:Pan Thorarensen feat. ...

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Hot Happenings #8: Berndsen

66 Degrees of Sound ·

2024/06/20

Send us a Text Message.Every once in a while we are treated to a big show by an elusive favourite, and that is just the ticket next week as long-time synthpop outfit Berndsen grace us with a huge solo gig at Iðnó. Leader and namesake of the band David Berndsen joins us in the studio this week to tell us all about the gig that we are truly stoked for. Due to scheduling conflicts, Jói couldn't join for the interview but is there in spirit and in the banter. Berndsen play at Iðnó on Thursday, Ju...

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