Author: Jonathan Pattishall - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Sea Change

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The fishing industry is the base on which the villages that dot Iceland’s coastline are built. What happens when it…

In A Van Down By The Ocean, Touring to Vík

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Nearly 200 kilometres of road lay in front of us. From Reykjavík to Vík í Mýrdal in two days, that…

Something In The Water

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If you’re a carbon-based life form, you probably need water. If you’re a perpetually dehydrated carbon-based life form, like me,…

Over The Edge

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On May 17, a massive torfæra rally briefly turned Hella into one of the most action-packed corners of Iceland, attracting…

Kaleo

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A kickass cruise on reinvented wheelsIf you think Kings of Leon, the Black Keys and the White Stripes are all…

Gone Fishin’ With Illgresi

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Talk about that high lonesome sound. The boys of bluegrass quartet Illgresi have searched every hummock and holler in Iceland…

Homeward Bound

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A lost cat is returned to his owner, seven years laterIn 2007, Iceland’s economy was still in its pre-crash boom…

“It Doesn’t Have To Be Warm To Be Exotic”

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The songs on My bubba’s new album, ‘Goes Abroader,’ were written during the long, dark nights of a Scandinavian winter….

Louder, Brighter, Bigger

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In the wake of several live venues closing down in the past few years, news of Gamli Gaukurinn not only…

My bubba’s New “Island” Music video

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The lyrics of My bubba’s single “Island” offer listeners a visual feast—full of cannons, clamshells, seahorses, and windswept beaches. In…

Brain Police Combat Public Displays Of Aggression

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My colleague and I arrived at Dillon to find ourselves stuck in the agonizingly sober limbo of Purgatory. Happy hour,…

Track of Issue: My bubba’s “Island”

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All isn’t quite right in paradise. On My bubba’s new single, ‘Island,’ the soothing maritime baseline evokes the sound of…

Pay Per View

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Icelanders put a price tag on their nature for the first time, everIn June last year, something unprecedented happened here…