Author: Rex Beckett - The Reykjavik Grapevine

Author: Rex Beckett

Sigur Rós Make Rolling Stone’s List Of Greatest Live Acts

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Sigur Rós have come in at 47th place on Rolling Stone magazine’s list of the 50 Greatest Live Acts Right…

DJ Robbed Blind While Performing At Þjóðhátið

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Atli Már Gylfason had a nightmarish homecoming when he found his apartment ransacked and robbed blind after returning from performing…

New Artists Added To Airwaves Lineup!

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We’re less than three months away from the Iceland Airwaves festival and the organisers have gone ahead and announced FIFTY…

The ‘Chop Stands Alone

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Once called “Nashville’s most fucked up country band” by Wilco’s Ken Coomer, Lambchop are one of the most complex and…

The Case For Quietude

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On a cold, wet Sunday evening, if one has to leave the dry comfort of their living room couch, there…

Track Of The Issue: Plúseinn – “Empire”

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The words say “take it easy now” but the tone says, “fuck, what a boring summer of bad weather we’re…

Taste The Happy!

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It had only been open for three weeks when Ísbúðin Valdís was making 800 litres of ice cream every three…

VIDEO: Grísalappalísa Get Bloody In New Video!

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So last year this cool new band got together with all these kids from other fun bands like Jakobínarína, Oyama…

Shit Gets Real For EVE Online Player

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The gaming world is in shock after an EVE Online lost a spacecraft worth $9000 USD (roughly 1,116,000 ISK), marking…

Lay Low Signs To Record Records

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Icelandic singer-songwriter Lay Low, née Lovísa Elísabet Sigrúnardóttir, has just signed to the local label Record Records. Her first release…

Running Off With The Circus

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“This is the biggest tent, Eyjafjallajökull,” says Ilmur Dögg Gísladóttir, PR & Project Manager of the Nordic House, as we…

Pre-Saturday Night Party Party

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I came away from ATP Iceland with a programme, a chopped wristband, unused bus tickets, a pop quiz sheet, an…

First Adoption By Icelandic Same-Sex Couple Announced

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Television personality Sindri Sindrason announced that he and his husband adopted a daughter last year, making them the first same-sex…

On A Date With Cindy Gallop: Let’s Talk About Sex, Baby

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“Bloody hell. Good god… It’s quite extraordinary, actually,” Cindy Gallop said mere minutes after walking into the Icelandic Phallological Museum….

Iceland Music Export Allocates Its First Grants

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The Iceland Music Export Fund gave out its first ever batch of grant money to local musicians looking to establish…

Icelander Sentenced For Smuggling Drugs Into Denmark

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Guðmundur Ingi Þóroddsson was sentenced yesterday in Denmark to twelve years in prison for smuggling a large quanity of drugs…

Úlfur Hansson Awarded International Composition Prize

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Musician, composer and instrument-maker Úlfur Hansson was awarded a prize in the International Rostrum of Composers last Friday, Mbl.is reports….

Frank Ocean Presale Starts Tomorrow!

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Tickets for the highly anticipated Frank Ocean concert this summer will go on presale tomorrow at 10:00. Frank Ocean has…

News In Brief: Late May

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The month of May swept in with bad weather and grizzly news, as whale hunting resumed and the first minke…

Landlord In Akranes Attacked By Two Men

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Two men broke into a building landlord’s apartment and attacked him last night in Akranes, Mbl.is reports. The attackers, who…

Police Carrying Out Inspections Of Airport Rental Cars

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Police will be stopping all rental cars leaving Keflavík Airport to carry out individual inspections this afternoon, Vísir reports. The…

Cat’s Death Requires Police Investigation

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Police are required to investigate the matter of a cat that was found shot to death in Bolungarvík, Vísir reports….

My Way Or The Highway

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I am mere steps into the Gálgahraun lava field before I forget the bustling highway just to the east, connecting…

The Simpsons Sigur Rós Episode Poster Is Out!

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After weeks of anticipation, the preview poster for The Simpsons finale featuring Sigur Rós has hit the internet! In the…

Docking In Art’s Harbour

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Lilja Birgisdóttir conducts an entire fleet as the Reykjavík Art Festival sets sailThe annual Reykjavík Art Festival begins on May…