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Travelling Queer, There And Everywhere
Iceland’s reputation as a haven for LGBTQIA people is well founded with same-sex marriage legal since 2010 and same-sex adoption since 2012. Fair enough, but what of those travelling into the country? People who won’t be here long enough to enjoy these…
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Track Review: HIMBRIM – Running In Circles
There’s not an immediately auspicious start to ‘Running In Circles’, the first track from electronica-upstarts HIMBRIM. After all, stuttering synths and echo-laden, back-spun vocal lines have undergone a little bit of a resurgence since Disclosure’s garage-nodding house became dance’s next big thing.…
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A Safe Place…For Topless Table-Top Dancing
Picture the scene: It’s 2AM. You’ve tried your best fitting in with the ultra-modern hipsters at Paloma and failed miserably. Downing those 12 apple sours shots didn’t mix well with cool-kid ‘minimalist-psychedelic-techno’? Almost collapsing but never quite there, you want real, old-fashioned,…
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What’s The Best Thing About Reykjavík In One Or Two Sentences?
Alda Sigmundsdóttir Author and blogger The first thing I think of is Grótta with the lighthouse, in Seltjarnarnes, near the golf course. It’s a really nice place to go for a walk, and just y’know, hang out and bicycle and to be…
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Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Saturday!
It’s the end… the Bitter End! 14:00 – Media Hotel – Bob Cluness (BC) It’s 2pm and at the hotel, things are muffled and a little subdued. Last night, beer was brought back and there was a small party so several of…
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Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Friday!
Our ATP Iceland Friday blogging starts…. NOW! 16:55 – Media Hotel, Keflavik – Bob Cluness (BC): Hi-De-Hi campers! i trust everyone is suitable refreshed today and ready to get right on it. Right now the media hotel is empty and calm as…
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Grapevine Live Blog: ATP Iceland – Thursday!
W elcome to the Grapevine’s live blog action from ATP Iceland! Over the next three nights, we will be keeping you informed of the shenanigans, both legal and illegal, on site. So what’s been happening? 19:35 – Andrews Theater – Atli Bollason (AB): ATP…
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How Not To Tackle Iceland’s Rugged Landscape
Not long after moving to Reykjavík, I naturally became preoccupied with searching for adventures in the Icelandic countryside. My search led me to Esja, a mountain range around 10km from Reykjavík. The most popular summit, Þverfellshorn, is around 780m high. Feeling like…
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A Summer Blockbuster?
Fredrik Ólafsson, the man behind the Secret Solstice festival, is a tricky man to pin down. A short while before we’re due to meet at the festival HQ in Reykjavík 105, I get a phone call from the press officer offering to…
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Track Of Issue: Myndra’s “Distant Lover”
The first 20 seconds of “Distant Lover” give little insight into its edgy, restive and bittersweet nature, but wispy, fluttering guitars soon reveal the dichotomy at its heart. Both Linus Lárpera’s breezy vocals and his distant lover’s calm body movements juxtapose with…
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Schoolkids Sprayed With Sewage
A group of elementary school children in Garðskagaviti were the victims of an unfortunate accident yesterday when they were showered with sewage during their lunch break, reports Vísir. A man pumping a nearby septic tank lost control of the hose, spraying the children with…
