Author: Julika Huether
Changes to Grassroots
This year, not only the intention behind the exhibition, but the whole organization will be different, thanks to the new…
Franz Ferdinand Warms Up
Glasgow’s rock quartet Franz Ferdinand, responsible for imprinting the auditory canals of millions of people worldwide with their trademark disco…
Tales From A Tomb:
The group consisted of seven tourists, unacquainted with going underground except for the occasional ride on the tube, and one…
The Art of Visiting Paris
Art is something you can find in abundance in Paris. Not only in museums and galleries, but in restaurants, lifestyle,…
KIRA KIRAEverything but the Elves
Explosions are one of many things Kira Kira has developed to perfection. Her first solo album, “Skotta”, starts off with…
Landmannalaugar, Sprengisandur and Akureyri
Black Sheep Down Let’s start from the beginning: On a sunny Saturday morning at the end of August, a psychic…
Changing Nature into a Movie Set… Permanently, with Lots of Explosives
THE WARZONE: The two locations of shooting are the Sandvík beach on the west coast of the peninsula and an…
Irish Blood, Icelandic Heart: Two Irish Pubs in Reykjavík
According to Oscar Wilde, “illusion is the first of all pleasures,” a cynical but true remark that Irish pubs around…
THE BIRTHPLACE OF ROCK, PUNK AND SNOBBERY
Originally, only the most elite hotel in Iceland could afford a good band. “In the beginning, most of the in-house…
Like Christmas, With Even More Consumerism
But do Icelanders really loathe religion? Why is it, then, that the island adopted Christianity without making a big fuss…
THE SIMPLE BEAUTY OF TENDERFOOT
People seem not quite to have grasped it yet, as was to be seen from the poor attendance at the…