Author: Haukur S. Magnússon
SIGUR RÓS’ STEAM ROLLER DRONES, PLINKS AND PLONKS
We recently had a chance to sit down with Sigur Rós’ latest long player ‘Valtari’ (“Steamroller”), which is due out…
101 Reykjavík Was Written About A More Innocent Place
Hallgrímur Helgason on his new books, and oldWriter/artist Hallgrímur Helgason should be familiar to most of our readers, not the…
PREMIERE: FANCY NEW PRINSPÓLÓ TRACK!
We got an email the other day asking if we wanted to premiere a new song and video by the…
Sigur Rós Release Album Details, New Song, Hate Tourists
The internet has been bursting with joy and excitement today, as everyone’s favourite non-Björk related Icelandic musical outfit, the mighty…
Continental Rift 2
In our February issue I wrote about observing Icelandic discourse from afar, via social media and also via regular media….
Why Do We Need karlssonwilker?
New York City design firm karlssonwilker is the brainchild of Messrs Jan Wilker and Hjalti Karlsson, one of whom happens…
Iceland’s 2012 Eurovision Entry Video Is Very Dramatic
Iceland’s entry to the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest, “Mundu eftir mér”, has been translated into English and will be performed…
Continental Rift
Observing Iceland from afar, say through Facebook or the local media, is interesting. A perspective is granted. There is a…
Thirty-Three Percent Of 2009’s Thirty-Three Look Back, And Forward
January of 2009 was an interesting month for Icelanders. The nation’s economy had just TOTALLY COLLAPSED along with its worldview,…
Embrace The Crazy
Ragnar Kjartansson and Markús Þór Andrésson discuss Icelandic art in 2011When we last spoke to artist Ragnar Kjartansson in the…
Haukur’s Last Editorial!
Dearest readers, friends, collaborators and contributors, I would like to start this little letter by sending you some well wishes….
Here’s Wishing Everyone A Merry Christmas!
Season greetings from Your Friends At The Reykjavík Grapevine! To quote our ‘Encyclopaedia of Icelandic Holidays‘: “December 24th, Aðfangadagur, is…
The Encyclopaedia of Icelandic Holidays 2011
Aðfangadagur (Ath-founga-dager) December 24th, Aðfangadagur, is the day Icelanders celebrate Christmas (as opposed to December 25th in most countries). The…
Icelandic Skating Culture Gets A Boost
After somewhat of a lull in popularity over the past decade, the art of skateboarding is gaining ground in Reykjavík,…
LAB IT UP!
How a group of artists, technicians, computer experts, musicians and sundry others have created an organisation where everyone helps one…
I’ll Stick To My Simplistic Naïveté
You know that scene in that old Simpsons episode when Homer gets a job at a bowling alley and all…
SPEAK UP! YOU ARE VERY IMPORTANT!
I was recently invited to Madrid to partake in a panel discussion (that was part of an ongoing, and pretty…
BJÖRK WILL TEACH YOU!
Look. We’ll come right out and say it. Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a genius, an innovator and a visionary. Her new…
MAN, I AM LIKE TOTALLY BEAT
Writing this, I feel like what I look like on the accompanying photograph. All sweaty, tired, gross, wet, dishevelled, happy…
FANCY BB&BLAKE VIDEO PREMIERE
We, your friends at Reykjavík Grapevine, are proud to present this fancy new video from local erotico-electro act BB&BLAKE. The…
WTF IS A ´REYKJAVÍK GRAPVINE´?!?
Dear reader, thank you for picking up this copy of The Reykjavík Grapevine. I hope you will find something in…
WHAT DID YOU VOTE FOR, REYKJAVÍK?
Here is the introduction to our last feature interview with Jón Gnarr, which ran in May of 2010: “Here at…
WHY DO WE KEEP LIONISING THAT WHOLE SMEKKLEYSA GANG?
Hi, I hope all you readers out there are well and good. Fall is fast approaching and with it comes…
WILL ‘A9AINST’ ENTIRELY TRANSFORM ICELANDIC SOCIETY AND MAKE EVERYTHING BETTER FOREVER?
Philosopher, filmmaker, writer and frequent-Grapevine contributor Haukur Már Helgason premiered his documentary ‘Ge9n’ (‘A9ainst’ is its English title) at the…
At Skaftafell National Park, Gleam Knowledge, Experience Awe
Camping overnight in Skaftafell one gets the feeling a weeklong stay would barely do the region justice. Aside from all…