Author: Grayson Del Faro
RECAP: Möttuls Saga, the Saga of the Mantle
If you remember the portrait of Arthurian nobility painted by Erex, this Saga is about to fuck your shit right…
RECAP: Saga of Eiríkur the Red
Let’s just get this out of the way upfront: forget what the history books told you because Columbus did not…
RECAP: Saga Of Hrolf The Tramper
The Saga of this issue is Göngu-Hrolfs Saga, literally “Walking Hrolfur’s Saga” but typically translated as the Saga of Hrolfur…
Answers Instead Of Questions
One trans Icelander’s experience with sexism and transition. The past few years have seen an explosion of international media coverage…
The Giantess Speaks: Gerður Kristný Adapts Bloodhoof
Gerður Kristný Guðjónsdóttir, usually known more simply as Gerður Kristný, is one of Iceland’s most notable poets, well-known both at…
Arts Festival ’16: Grapevine’s Quick ‘n’ Dirty Guide
by John Rogers and Grayson Del Faro
The Reykjavík Arts Festival is a breath of fresh summer air to the city’s cultural scene, bringing together a rich…
RECAP: The Eddic Poetry Special
Although I’d like to think that every month in Iceland is National Poetry Month, the reality is that Iceland doesn’t…
RECAP: Laxdæla Saga, The Allegedly Romantic One
If you ask the average native English speaker which of Shakespeare’s plays is their favorite, most will probably say ‘Romeo…
Njáls Saga RECAP: The One Where They Burn That Motherfucker Down
We need to talk about Njáls Saga. Fully titled the Saga of Burned Njál, it is considered the absolute zenith…
RECAP: Völsungasaga, The Saga Of The Völsungs
Episode three: The one with the most badass shield-maiden As usual, this story starts with some dude who is the…
The Seal Ghost Of Xmas Present: Eyrbyggja Saga RECAP
Firstly, there are some things you need to know about the Sagas. There are fuckloads of them. There are so…
But Were You Not Amazed?
When I was handed ‘The Summerland: The Deceased Describe Their Passing and Reunion in The Other World’ to review, I…
Hrafnkels Saga Freysgoða RECAP: The One With The Goddamn Horse
This Saga begins the same way Iceland did, and the same way many Sagas do: some Norwegian guy (this one…
Airwaves, Day 4: 10 Perspectives
Although Kiasmos and Kött Grá Pje were great, Bo Ningen were the ones who blew my mind, with their eccentric…
Milkywhale-Watching Tour, Day 4
My final Milkywhale report will be brief. Although I’ve tried to catalogue as many things as I’ve learned about the…
Airwaves & Chill: This Year’s Best Sex Music
Some artists, like James Blake and the Weeknd, are especially appreciated for their abilities to enhance (or maybe even initiate)…
Milkywhale – Watching Tour, Day 3
If you’ve been following my Milkywhale-watching tour (or stalking, whatever), you’d know I’ve been part of the dance parties they’ve…
Milkywhale-Watching Tour, Day 2
Today’s sighting of the ever-lovely Milkywhale was as majestic as ever. Yesterday, she managed to turn Laundromat Café into a…
The Silence Between Airwords
Silence is more than just the thing that happens at the end of a song and before the beginning of…
A Milkywhale-Watching Tour of Airwaves
Please Do Not Eat Milkywhale With much of the earth’s oceans left unexplored, we mere humans should feel lucky whenever…
Wallpoetry: A Whole New Kind Of Berlin Wall
You don’t usually find yourself pressed up against a rack of jaw-droppingly expensive down coats to watch the performance of…
Mainland
I put on Lily The Kid’s EP, ‘Mainland’, early in the morning. As Lilja’s ethereal voice emerged, a housemate remarked…
Mono Lisa
Quickly following the late March release of an EP called ‘Acid Eclipse’, electronic musician Daveeth has released his first full-length…
Dancing To The Heartbeat
Hlynur Páll Pálsson discusses the Reykjavík Dance FestivalThe Reykjavík Dance Festival has changed nearly as much as the art of…
All the Feels
Emotional, by Brian Gerke and Ole Martin MelandThe lobby of Borgarleikhúsið is lit up in purple and packed with nicely…