Author: - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Singapor Sling

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The room is stripped down. On the walls, one poster of a centerfold with an unusually well-groomed pubic region, one…

Outclassing Metallica

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Krummi: Sorry I couldn’t get you into the show. I couldn’t even get my girlfriend in. Grapevine: That sucks. If…

SEARCHING FOR SHANNON ELIZABETH

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Seeing Höddi’s camera, some stop us to deliver quotes: “I came to enjoy the culture and the game itself” says…

PEACHES: Somewhere between attitude and Tourette´s

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The terms “Canadian” and “schoolteacher” don’t usually go with “porno-sexy hip-hop rocker.” Then again, one usually doesn’t associate “banking conglomerate”…

A PUNK ROCK GUITARIST GROWS UP

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They would have been surprised that I found Michael Pollock, guitarist for Utangarðsmenn and returning solo artist, at the city…

Giving Away Great Art

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5ta herdeildin is playing their second gig of the day. A talented four-piece, lo-fi, folk-influenced, genre-defying band, 5ta play in…

THE NEW QUEENS BEGIN THEIR RULE

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“We’re changing what a drag show is. I’ll be singing in Arabic,” he says, and then gives a crotch-exposing pose….

Violent Femmes: New York band searches for its roots.

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The Violent Femmes were my local band. I saw them at least five times in high school. My friends and…