66 Degrees of Sound

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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 releases in Iceland.

The show releases three episodes per week. Artist Spotlight on Tuesdays, where the hosts are joined by a musician; Hot Happenings on Thursdays, where some of the most exciting events in Reykjavík are covered; and Saturday Morning Mix on Saturdays, featuring a curated playlist for your weekend's delight. 

This show is produced by the Reykjavík Grapevine. 

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Saturday Morning Mix #4

May 17 2024 45 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Just another Saturday getting ready to carpe diem with some coffee and some hot new Icelandic tunes! This week we have a doubles-special, with two releases off marvaða records, two releases off Heavy Knife records, and two cover songs! (But only 5 tracks—one of those fits two categories.)This one is an absolute banger of a list so get ready to kick off you

Hot Happenings #4 with Félagið Ísland-Palestína

May 16 2024 47 mins  
Send us a Text Message.We take a serious turn on this week's Hot Happenings to highlight the upcoming lectures of Dr. Mads Gilbert, prominent Norwegian health care worker and activist for Palestine. He's coming at the end of the month to deliver his talk "Gaza 2024: A catastrophic man-made disaster. What can we do?", facilitated by the Félagið Ísland-Palestína (Iceland-Palestin

Artist Spotlight: Xiupill

May 14 2024 35 mins  
Send us a Text Message.As we sprint through the end of our transition to biweekly summer issues, we kick off another weekly rotation of 66DoS. This week's artist spotlight is on the 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

Saturday Morning Mix #3

May 10 2024 47 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Ahh, it's another fine Saturday morning in Reykjavík and what better way to start the weekend than with some piping hot new tunes! Hosts Rex and Jói once again bring you five fresh picks that have been blowing up our Grapevine playlist.This week we have vibes from all over the shop — some eerie ambient from Sin Fang, the new intercontinental collab Vil, t

Hot Happenings #3 with guest MSEA

May 09 2024 27 mins  
Send us a Text Message.It's an extra hot Hot Happenings episode this week as we dive in with one of the Grapevine's faves—MSEA joins us in our studio to talk about her release show for her latest album Our Daily Apocalypse Walk (released in September 2023). The concert is Thursday May 9, 20:00 at Tjarnarbíó and tickets cost 3.900 ISK. And since that is the day this episode drop

Artist Spotlight: TORFI

May 08 2024 42 mins  
Send us a Text Message.A whole new week, a whole new set of tech issues and delays! OOF! Coming at you one day late, this week's Artist Spotlight shines on TORFI, the quadruple threat newcomer poised to take over Reykjavík's dancefloors. The singer-songwriter-producer-dancer joined us once again in studio (his first visit was last year) to tell us all about his debut album EITT (r

Saturday Morning Mix #2: Monday Mix-Up Edition

Apr 29 2024 46 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Oh no we messed up! "We" being Rex's internet in their new place, as moving and technology didn't go hand in hand. Wish we could blame mercury-in-gatorade for it but it wasn't even there.So last week's Saturday Morning Mix comes to you on a Monday afternoon instead, because better late than never. It's also going to have to tide you over until next week, as i

Hot Happenings #2

Apr 25 2024 31 mins  
Send us a Text Message.In this week's Hot Happenings, your lovely co-hosts Jói and Rex bring you a finely curated weekend of comedy and culture in Reykjavík. If you’re ready to laugh, internationally acclaimed musical-comedians Reggie Watts and Bill Bailey are performing in Iceland this weekend — separately! Along with those, we tip you off to the recently opened Freyja Pub w

Artist Spotlight: Dustin O'Halloran

Apr 23 2024 39 mins  
Send us a Text Message.Another week, another brand new cycle of 66 Degrees of Sound, our podcast highlighting new music and events in Iceland. This week kicks off this week with an artist spotlight on Dustin O’Halloran, the renown American pianist, producer, and composer who now lives in Iceland. Dustin released his latest solo album 1 0 0 1 on March 22 along with the video singl

Saturday Morning Mix #1

Apr 20 2024 43 mins  
Send us a Text Message.What a comeback week we’ve had for our little show that could! Rounding out our new weekly cycle, today we bring you the first Saturday Morning Mix, a sweet playlist along with some analysis and peanut gallery banter from your hosts. Just back to basics new music roundup goodness, really.On this episode, we find our sea-legs and bring you new music from Kir