Author: Grayson Del Faro
Völuspá: The Prophecy of the Seeress
In this series, I illuminate the individual poems of the Edda–that most famous, epic masterpiece of Icelandic literary tradition–with humour,…
Grapevine Music Awards 2019: Best Live Band – bagdad brothers
They played their first show just over a year ago, and bagdad brothers have already been crowned the Grapevine’s Best…
Grapevine Music Awards 2019: Best Video – aYia’s “Slow”
As a music project that has always had a keen eye for their visual components (or lack thereof, where necessary),…
Hip, Hip, Húrra: NYE with Jon Hopkins and Kiasmos
British electronic superstar Jon Hopkins teamed up with Iceland’s most prominent DJ duo Kiasmos to throw a sold-out party at…
Concourse Discourse: Terminal Exhibitions En Route To Iceland
A new terminal is coming to Keflavík next summer. Well, not literally. ‘Terminal’ is a collaborative exhibition of artists based…
Back to the Frou Frou-ture: Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth Reunite in Reykjavík
In early October, the stars aligned to grace Reykjavík with a performance by the elusive electropop band Frou Frou. Composed…
What’s The Matter, Don’t You Speak Greek?: Anne Carson Returns To Reykjavík
Literary fame is a finicky kind of fame. A writer can have raving reviews in the New York Times, The…
When You’re Estranged: Reykjavík’s Special Edition Drag Mag
Estranged is a new, mobile magazine project by local photographer Kaspars Bekeris and Matthias Boyer. You might know the work…
Sónar Warm Up: Atonal Noise, Berlin Electro & Proper Techno
by Grayson Del Faro and Alexander Jean de Fontenay
Our writers went into the breach last night to check out the warm-up night for Sónar Reykjavík 2018. Here’s what…
TOKiMONSTA On Creativity, Travel, And Playing Sónar Reykjavík 2018
Toki being the Korean word for “rabbit”—and monsta needing no translation—TOKiMONSTA is the project of Korean-American electronic musician Jennifer Lee….
Illumination Station: Light Yourself Up With Lumikura at Listastofan
“I’m a huge geek about the technical stuff,” says Raphaël Alexandre. He’s describing how he built his very own, unique…
Grapevine Music Awards: Album Of The Year – Högni’s ‘Two Trains’
Once a year, we at Grapevine honour the best and brightest of the Icelandic music scene by giving out awards…
House Of Strike: The Flying Pink Penis Of Drag
If you didn’t know, Reykjavík is in the middle of some kind of drag renaissance. In fact, it has grown…
Dans Í Dimmu: Where The Shy Can Let Loose In Total Darkness
Dans í dimmu (dance in the dark) is a dance event where music is played in a pitch black room…
Saga Recap: The Saga of Ketill Salmon
To celebrate the return of the world’s favorite fantasy-violence-porn series to its favorite fantasy-violence-porn TV station, I’ve decided to recap…
Recap: The Tale of the Earl’s Poet Þorleifur
You know this is going to be a good story when the author begins by telling you that it ends…
Saga Recap: The Saga of Bosi And Herrauður
One thing you should know about the Icelandic sagas is that some of them are not only sexually charged, they’re…
Saga Recap: The Saga Of Grettir The Strong
This is the saga of Grettir, the grandson of the “bravest and nimblest one-legged man to ever live in Iceland.”…
Saga Recap: The Saga Of Crooked Refur
This saga starts with a lazy asshole named Refur, which is the Icelandic word for fox. So you probably already…
Saga Recap: The Tale of Þorsteinn Housebaby
This story starts with a dude called Þorsteinn Housebig. He is so huge that he can barely fit through any…
RECAP: Saga Of Gísli Súrsson
There are more sex jokes in the sagas than you might guess, and neither jokes about butt-sex nor the literary…
RECAP: The Tale of Shady Halli
This Old Icelandic story begins and ends with dick jokes, which is totally my type of story. It’s classified as…
RECAP: Saga of Egill Skalla-Grímsson
This saga starts out with some big, hairy asshole named Kveld-Úlfur (“evening-wolf”), who may or may not be a werewolf….
RECAP: The Dream of Star-Oddi
So some dude named Oddi, who is a good at astronomy but shitty at poetry, eats a bunch of psychedelic…
The Saga of Hrómundur Gripsson
I’m gonna skip all the “son of blahblahblahson” bullshit and get straight to the juicy man-meat of this Saga. Okay?…