Author: Haukur S. Magnússon
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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…
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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…
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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….
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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Embrace The Crazy
Ragnar Kjartansson and Markús Þór Andrésson discuss Icelandic art in 2011When we last spoke to artist Ragnar Kjartansson in the…
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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…
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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,…
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LAB IT UP!
How a group of artists, technicians, computer experts, musicians and sundry others have created an organisation where everyone helps one…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…