Author: Parker Yamasaki
The View From The Ground: What Equality Looks Like To Gabrielle Motola
Gabrielle Motola makes eye contact. When she speaks, she speaks directly to you. And when she listens, she invests herself…
Vala Þóroddsdóttir’s Five Writers To Watch
by Parker Yamasaki and Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir
Two years ago we printed a close crop of Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir’s face on our cover. Imposed over Vala’s decisive look…
As You Go: Emilíana Torrini And The Improv Of Life
Two and a half years ago Emilíana Torrini quit the band. There was no drama, no hard feelings. “I just…
The Once Sky: Two Days In Rif And Hellissandur
The colour, I am certain, has never existed before, and will never exist again. It has something to do with…
Hands On Deck: Downtown’s Newest Bar Veður
Bragi and his business partner Arnar watched a YouTube tutorial before laying the floor of their new bar, Veður. The…
The Collector’s Habit: Author Oddný Eir Takes It All In
Oddný Eir is a collector. That’s why autumn, she says, is her favourite season. “Autumn is the collecting moment. You…
DJ Of The Issue: Yamaho
“Thank you for your story,” said the American afro-house producer Osunlade to DJ Yamaho after her set. “When he thanked…
Naked Shadows: Haraldur Jónsson at BERG Contemporary
While many Icelandic artists are quick to cite nature as their inspiration, Haraldur is fascinated by the built environment. “Building…
Down Pat: Dancer And Choreographer Katrín Gunnarsdóttir On Her Latest Piece
Katrín Gunnarsdóttir’s bare feet pat the plexiglass mirror on stage. It’s the only sound in the theater. The patter quickens…
Measure Twice Cut Once: Ambátt On Their Newest Album ‘Flugufen’
Some things take foresight. Like building a new porch for your house. You can have all the tools, materials, and…
Happening This Week: ‘Gimme Danger’ Jim Jarmusch X The Stooges
After all of the recent elections (all of them), a lot of people are left feeling like we’re living in…
Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: A Guide To Reykjavík’s Tea Houses
Reykjavík is a relatively small city, but even so, sometimes you need a bit of local advice to find what…
Embrace the Nonsense: ‘Da Da Dans’ By The Icelandic Dance Company
People describe Reykjavík as a “tightly knit” city, evoking the image of interweaving threads crossing paths, individuals joining to create…
Happening This Weekend: Sequences Festival
Sequences Festival turns ten! Since 2006 Sequences Art Festival has provided ten-days of visual arts with a special focus on…
Track by Track: ‘Fantômas’ by amiina
‘Fantômas’ is a haunting, suspenseful, crime-ridden album full of crooks, clumsy policemen, and bustling Parisian street life. If this sounds…
The New Soundscape: Andrew T. Huang’s Virtual Realities
In 1935, the American author Stanley G. Weinbaum wrote what many believe to be the first fictional model for what…
DJ Of The Issue: DJ Thaison
“Gakktu hægt um gleðina dyr,’ it’s something like, ‘Calm down, take it slow,’” Árni says above the clamour of pinball…
Keep it Underground: The Icelandic Punk Museum Opens
Below Bankastræti, at the intersection where cars idle waiting to turn onto Lækjargata, is a public restroom known as “the…
Music News in Brief: Or, All Those Videos You Missed Because, Airwaves
Music videos have come a long way since MTV’s first broadcast in 1980, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” The medium…
New In Town: Burro / Pablo Discobar
At the bottom of Austurstræti where the street spills its cold, wet and grey dregs, we have a beacon of…
What’s The Good Word: A “Nonference” on Icelandic Rap
HVAÐ ERTU AÐ TALA UM? Everybody wants to know, GKR. The whole fucking world. Okay maybe not the whole world…yet….
Björk Digital Opens Today!
Everything is big during airwaves. The music. The crowds. The drinking. Nights become mornings become nights, is the world spinning…
Track Premier: Sin Fang “Candyland” (Mikael Lind Remix)
Six months ago, from the ever-deepening swamp of SoundCloud, a single lily surfaced. It was called “Candyland,” the first single…
Hot Off The Press: Sin Fang, Tófa and Rímnaríki
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical…
Hot Off The Press: Alexander Jarl
One of the original mission statements of Iceland Airwaves was to get international eyes and ears tuned to the musical…