Author: Gabríel Benjamin
Happening This Weekend: Feb 14 – 16
In the US and other Western societies, the coming weekend is filled with Valentine’s Day related events and activities, but…
Post-Set Breakdown With HE
We chat with Högni Egilsson of Hjaltalín, GusGus and Gluteus Maximus about his latest project HE, which he debuted at…
The Calm Warrior
Bouncing back and forth inside the octagon-shaped cage in Nottingham, England, Icelandic fighter Gunnar Nelson lands a kick to DaMarques Johnson’s head, evades a flurry of blows, and then pulls his opponent down to the canvas. Avoiding a shoulder lock, he then secures a hold of his opponent’s back and slowly but surely slips his right forearm under DaMarques’s chin, finishing him with a “rear-naked choke.” DaMarques taps out, forfeiting within the first four minutes, securing Gunnar his first win in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), Mixed Martial Arts’ (MMA) premier league.
Happening This Weekend Feb 21-23
If you thought winter was over, think again. February is in full swing, with howling winds and freezing temperatures. So…
Happening This Weekend Feb 7 – 9
As everyone knows, February is the sad and short month that sits between Christmas and Easter, but thankfully we have…
Happening This Weekend Jan 31 – Feb 02
Friday Reykjavíkurdætur The rebellious feminist troupe Reykjavíkurdætur have a show tonight and they call on all the capital’s fierce lionesses…
Happening This Weekend: Jan 24 – 26
The wind is blowing, the rain is drizzling, and the weekend is full of promising events, so it’s business as…
Looking Back, Looking Forward
by Alex Baumhardt, Gabríel Benjamin and Larissa Kyzer
Ari Trausti Guðmundsson, Geophysicist and 2012 presidential candidate What was the biggest shock of 2013? “The incompetence and lack of…
Emilíana Torrini’s “Tookah” Music Video
Four months after unleashing her latest album ‘Tookah,’ Emilíana Torrini has released a video for the title track, directed by…
The News Is Getting Briefer
On any given weekend, Icelandic children are likely to gather around their television set at seven in the morning to…
Happening This Weekend Jan 18-19
This week the weather has not been utterly horrid in Reykjavík, which hopefully is indicative for the weekend to come…
Happening This Weekend: Jan 10 – 12
New Year’s has come and gone and we are now full-on into January, the month of slushy snow and black…
Happening This Weekend: Jan 3-5
This weekend has a little bit of everything, including punk, techno, indie and goth, as well as a large architecture…
Bonfires Over New Years Eve
With New Years Eve just around the corner, you’ll want to make sure you know where to catch the best…
Happening This Weekend: Dec 27-29
2013 has been a great year, but it’s not quite time to say goodbye yet. There is one last weekend…
Abandon Hope All Ye Who Enter Here
And If You Don’t, We’ll Leak Incriminating Information About YouWhile families in Iceland gather together over the holidays, at least…
Six Ways You Can’t Go Wrong This Holiday Season
by Gabríel Benjamin and Larissa Kyzer
No one loves a good Christmas feast more than we do, but four straight days with family and increasingly unappetizing…
Naughty Or Nice, Icelandic Style
For Icelandic children, the twelfth of December holds special significance as it marks the first visit of the thirteen Yule…
Gourmet Viking Metal
Arriving to Harpa’s Eldborg Hall on Saturday night, I find my seat just before Skálmöld and the Iceland Symphony Orchestra…
Four Hundred Strong Protest Layoffs At RÚV
Over four hundred people showed up at noon today in protest of the 39 immediate layoffs of lower- and middle-tier…
Drunken Behaviour: Then And Now
(Compiled by Hjördís Erna Þorgeirsdóttir, translated by Tómas Gabríel Benjamin) I the undersigned Þórður Magnússon from Auðsholt deem the ill…
An Acceptable Night Out In The Cold – Hressó Pt. 1
Sitting down in a booth at Hressó, like so many times before, I raised an eyebrow as a female led…
Colour Me Impressed – Iðnó Part Two
Belgian outfit Girls In Hawaii ran a very tight ship in the packed Iðnó, regularly engaging with the crowd and getting…
The Gentle Lineup Upset By Rock N Fucking Roll
All in all, the night had its ups and its down and served very well as a welcome to new guests and first timers. The unexpected addition of Dr. Spock definitely stole the show, however.
A School For The Beer-Curious
In a small lecture hall doubling as a private bar, twenty men raise their glasses and have a big gulp…