Author: Hannah Jane Cohen
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The Iceland Tattoo Expo: Back In Black (And Grey)
“There are already a hundred people waiting to get in,” organiser Andrés Hallgrímsson tells me excitedly, as we sit down…
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Börn Rebels: Won’t Stay Silent And Are Here To Stay
Börn. It means “children.” This wasn’t the original name of the Reykjavík-based death-punk outfit, I’m told. So I ask where…
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Download This! Agent Fresco’s “Wait For Me”
“Wait For Me” is an extremely personal ballad for Agent Fresco’s vocalist Arnór Dan Arnarson. He wrote the song while…
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What Is A Milkywhale And Why Should You Care?
One might not normally associate love, trampoline exercises, and whales with pop music. Still, that is exactly what you’re going…
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Happening Tonight: Rae Sremmurd
Come here hoe, mistletoe / I got birdies, crows / Lil bitty bitch wanna jump on this dick / I’m…
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Iceland’s Most Pöpulår Reståurånt!
The IKEA restaurant in Garðabær has only 18 reviews on TripAdvisor. Mainly, these focus on the economic value of the…
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Happening Tonight & Tomorrow: Of Mice And Men
“George, why ain’t we goin’ down to Harpa?” Lennie looked down at the ground in despair. “So you forgot that…
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Happening Tonight: Dj. Flugvél Og geimskip Album Release Concert
This Saturday, dj. flugvél og geimskip releases her third album ‘Nótt á hafsbotni’ (“Night at the Bottom of the Ocean”)….
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Fall In Love With Emmsjé Gauti
Earlier this year, The New York Times reported on a set of 36 questions, created by psychologist Arthur Aron, that…
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Happening Tonight: Death To Puffinstores! Narthraal / Urðun / Skuggskjá
Recently, popular music venues Húrra, Gaukurinn, Palóma, Glaumbar and Dubliner were marked for closing in order to erect businesses more…
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Ongoing Now: Höfuðverk
The pentagram, a symbol often used in Satanism, is said to be inspired by the head of a ram. In…
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Norðanpaunk 2015: A+ Merchants’ Freak-End
I experienced a number of things at Norðanpaunk that I never expected would happen at any festival, or much less…
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Some Like It Rockabilly: Meet Reykjavík’s 1950s Couple
Smutty Smith and Katrín Rósa Stefánsdóttir’s flat is covered with photos. In addition to a wall cluttered with Elvis memorabilia…
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Starting Tonight: Extreme Chill Festival
With the sea on your right, and the Snæfelsjökull glacier on your left, Extreme Chill might be one of the…
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Devil’s Night Is Upon Us: Reykjavík Goth Night Is Happening Tonight!
Sometimes it gets boring watching ‘The Crow’ alone in your basement. Sometimes you lose your page in ‘The Vampire Lestat’….
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Happening Today: A Blaze In The Norðanpaunk
Leave your Ensiferum CDs at home, ‘cause the Norðanpaunk Festival’s Facebook page specifically states, “No Viking Metal”— but with headliners…
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Catherine Côté Brings Her Rainbow 3D Nail Art To Iceland
A sparkly pink linoleum floor cluttered with pairs of worn-in Doc Martens and clunky platform shoes marks the entrance to…
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Fifty Shades Of Reykjavík: Getting Intimate With Iceland’s Most Chaotic Act
“I was walking in downtown Reykjavík when suddenly everything changed into this endless desert,” rapper Elli Grill of hip-hop collective…
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Happening Tonight: Hungry Like the Úlfur
So you’re looking to get down to some hip-hop but you’re a little tired of the Prikið scene? Come to…
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Art: Ongoing Now: ‘Melancholy’ by Dominik Smialowski
Photographer Dominik Smialowski’s new exhibit presents a series of staged scenes revolving around a pilot who unexpectedly crash lands in…
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Snoopadelic… Fuck That, Put On Tarantúlur
Snoop. The year 2009 called, Snoop. They want their tunes—no fuck it, 2003 called, they want their—you know what? Never…
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Niches Of Sjónarlind: Bergstaðastræti’s Bookstore Offers A Plethora Of Peculiarities
Founded by Steinar Gunnarsson in 1981, the Sjónarlind bookstore has resided in its Bergstaðastræti location for more than three decades…
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Eistnaflug Saturday: He-He-moth
The weather was still bad Saturday at Eistnaflug, but no rain could dampen the spirits of metalheads hungry for some…
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Eistnaflug Friday: Black #2
Eistnaflug is by far the friendliest festival I’ve ever been to. As a metal-concert-vet, my first metal festival is shaping…
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Eistnaflug Thursday: Paint It Black
Thursday marked the first day of fabled metal-fest Eistnaflug, along with my first time attending. The sun shining bright, I put…