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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 embracing diverse elements of the past. Two thirds of the band — Juan M. Melero and Jón Múli, missing Oliver Devaney — joined us in our studio at GV HQ to talk about their sophomore album MYTHOLOGY (released on March 28), as well as touring, pop essentialism, and the importance of caffeine in production.

Listen to MYTHOLOGY on Spotify
Buy the album on Bandcamp
Xiupill on Instagram: @xiu_pill

66 Degrees of Sound is a podcast production by The Reykjavík Grapevine, hosted by music editor Jóhannes Bjarkason and listings editor Rex Beckett.

Editing and intro music by Rex Beckett.

All tracks played on the show are in accordance with STEF, the Composers’ Rights Society of Iceland.

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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 Drexler from Slacker Events, who take us through the upcoming party while checking out some of the artists on the roster.

More information about SAMANFEST on Instagram at @samanfestid
Tickets for SAMANFEST available on tix.is and cost 5.000 - 8.990 ISK

Episode tracklist:
Lottó — I'd die to be his wife (2022)
Nicola Gaea — Home (r. March 12)
Spacestation — Í Draumalandinu (r. June 7)
Una Schram — It's My Party (r. June 14)
IZLEIFUR — ANDVAKA (feat. Daniil) (r. August 1)

66 Degrees of Sound is a podcast production by The Reykjavík Grapevine, hosted by music editor Jóhannes Bjarkason and listings editor Rex Beckett.

Editing and intro music by Rex Beckett.

All tracks played on the show are in accordance with STEF, the Composers’ Rights Society of Iceland.

Check out grapevine.is for the full magazine coverage and events.grapevine.is for more upcoming events.

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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 rather one half of them, drummer and singer Sigurlaug (Silla) Thorarensen. Silla joined us in Grapevine HQ’s brand new podcasting studio for a riveting and lively chat about the song, the video, the band’s plans, and general silliness.

Fear not for fresh content, however, as we will have bi-weekly hot happenings episodes and our Saturday morning mixes as usual with guest hosts joining us for those.

Links to BSÍ:
Instagram: @bsi.band
Facebook: BSÍ
YouTube: @brusselssproutsintl

Opening track: BSÍ — Lily (hot dog) (r. April 1)
Closing track: Sunna Margrét — Come With Me (r. February 7)

66 Degrees of Sound is a podcast production by The Reykjavík Grapevine, hosted by music editor Jóhannes Bjarkason and listings editor Rex Beckett.

Editing and intro music by Rex Beckett.

All tracks played on the show are in accordance with STEF, the Composers’ Rights Society of Iceland.

Check out grapevine.is for the full magazine coverage and events.grapevine.is for more upcoming events.

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