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REALITY’S DARK CHAOS AND ME: A LOVE STORY
Growing up in an isolated fishing village (Ísafjörður, pop. 2,500) on Iceland’s northwest corner—at the edge of the Arctic Circle—I developed an immense curiosity about the world beyond my fjord and family as soon as I became aware of its existence. Deeply…
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Be Safe: It’s The #RVKSTORMPOCALYPSE Liveblogocalypse
As I write this, we here at The Reykjavík Grapevine are locking up the office, making sure all the windows are firmly closed and that every intern is accounted for, preparing to head home to work on our massive queues of unwatched…
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Sigur Rós Drummer: My Secret Life As A Talking-Dog-Movie Producer
The world is one strange, fucked up place. You never know what kind of weird shit is going to happen next. One minute, you’re maybe hanging out on a giant, fancy cruise ship, having the time of your life; mingling with aristocrats,…
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DRAMATIC SNOWPOCALYPSE PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY
Our friend and photographer Art Bicnick is thankfully rather fond of documenting the world around him (via his trusty camera). After a long, snowpocalyptic day of not really going anywhere, because we weren’t really supposed to according to authorities, we were refreshed…
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Happening Tonight: The Tin Drum – Sin Fang
Everybody loves everything Sindri Már Sigfússon does. Seabear, Gangly, Sin Fang, etc.—if Sindri’s involved, everyone’s gonna love it. Unusually enough, the Icelandic answer to RZA’s popularity is not the result of nefarious nepotism or shady back-alley deals—it’s because he continues to makes…
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Stay Home! Read A Book! SNOWMAGEDDON Is Here!
Question: are you reading this at whatever place you intend to spend most of today? If not, here are some bad news: It doesn’t look like you’re going anywhere for the next few hours. See, there’s this storm raging outside, and it’s…
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PREMIERE: Teitur Magnússon’s New Video Is So Lovely! LOOK!
It was obvious from the moment it appeared that Teitur Magnússon’s wonderful solo début LP, 27, was something really special—and in the year or so that has passed since, our appreciation for it has only grown. On 27, Teitur—a mainstay of the…
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Don’t Get Too Excited, It’s Only Paper: An Editorial
Here is an anecdote: I ventured inside that Alþingi building the other day. I believe it was a Tuesday. The time was 3pm. The weather was mostly OK. I was there to help this tall wunderkind, the redhead superstar photographer man,…
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WOW! LOOK AT OUR #AMAZING SECRET #AIRWAVES15 PARTY!
Yesterday, we invited a bunch of our readers and friends and whatnot to a little get-together at Reykjavík Grapevine’s International HQ. It was #AMAZING. With loads of free Brennivín&Gull, and wonderful, intimate performances from some of our favourite local artists – Auður,…
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IN PICTURES: Art Is Alive – Day Three
Art Bicnick is out and about, capturing Iceland Airwaves in all its glory! Observe! His wonderful photos! #AMAZING
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OMG SECRET FANCY GRAPEVINE PARTY 4 U TOMORROW
Holy eff! What an amazing time Iceland Airwaves 2015 is turning out to be. We want to celebrate. We are throwing you a party. A secret party. There will be beer. There will be Brennivín. There will be some of the best new bands…
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Bob Justman Is Now Just Justman And His New Song is SO GOOD
Wow! Justman just dropped a new song, and what a fucking scorcher of a tune that is. It’s called All The Colours Of The Night, and it’s the first thing we get to hear from his forthcoming World On Fire LP. A dark…
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Auður Is Young, Sexy, Wonderful, About To Take Over
Auður is just about to hit the stage at Tjarnarbíó. That young fucker just up and appeared from out of nowhere a few weeks ago, full-fledged, and with some wonderful music to his name. We were impressed enough to splash him on…
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A Good Moon Deer Prepares
Guðmundur Úlfarsson, AKA Good Moon Deer, used to work as a designer here at the Grapevine, greatly enriching our little publication by lending his highly refined and disciplined visual aesthetic to our pages. When he was starting out, most of us were…
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REYKJAVÍK GRAPEVINE’S FANCY AIRWAVES COMPILATION – 2015 EDITION
So. We reached out to every local band/artist/musician on the official Iceland Airwaves 2015 roster! We asked them: “Hey, are you into sharing one of your tracks with our readers, so we can make a Fancy Airwaves Compilation that they may download and then…
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GKR’s ‘Morgunmatur’ Has Us Getting Up For The Right Reasons
How could you not love GKR? A 21-year-old rapper who uses music as a platform to ecstatically revel in the mundanity of daily Reykjavík life. Whose main hope is that whoever comes see him will “…realize that nothing really matters [so they may] escape…
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The Second Day Of Icelandic Winter, Sunday, October 25, Near Vík
Winter is upon us, according to the old Icelandic calendar. Yup, Saturday marked the beginning of Gormánuður (the month of Gor, “slaughter month” – the month in which the darkness takes hold and we slaughter things (mainly livestock)), the official First Day…
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Tinder On The Toilet: It’s A Hit!
Composer Páll Ivan frá Eiðum has finally delivered the type of massive mega-hit we all knew he was capable of! With Tinder On The Toilet, Páll Ivan offers a stunning, heartfelt and, ultimately, heart-breaking meditation on This Modern World as it relates to The…
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The Most Beautiful Thing In The World
Our current issue’s cover is beautiful. I hope you like it, I’m sure you do, but your opinion doesn’t really concern me, because I think that it is absolutely beautiful. Intrinsically beautiful. Unconditionally beautiful. Beautiful. Just beautiful. Heart-warming. Radiant. Touching. Its beauty…
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YES! 2 FREE AIRWAVES TIX! FINAL CLUE TIME! PLUS COLLECTION INFO!
Yes! We are still giving out Iceland Airwaves tickets! Yes! This is your final clue! Now, remember, you can collect that pair of Iceland Airwaves tickets from one of the artists (or group of artists) billed to play Iceland Airwaves this year.…
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Another Clue To Find 2 Free Iceland Airwaves Tickets!
Yes! That’s right! We are giving away two tickets to Iceland Airwaves this week! How can you win them? Again: by participating in this fun scavenger hunt type game we are making you! We have been (and will keep on) giving out clues…
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We Are Giving Away 2 Tickets To Iceland Airwaves This Week! Yes We Are!
Wow, Iceland Airwaves! Let’s face it: Iceland Airwaves is a music festival that mostly happens inside buildings. Some buildings are very large, sure, but it still means that the amount of available tickets is limited, and since there are usually some really great…
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A BLOOD MOON OVER REYKJAVÍK: Fancy Images & A Timelapse
Everyone remembers the blood moon. Why, it was just this Sunday that we stayed up all night gawking at the sky so we could witness that plain old regular moon shed its skin and reveal the glory of the bloody moon flesh…
