Author: Sindri Eldon
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Jarboe
by Sindri Eldon
Jarboe’s magnificent Hindu-apocalyptic concept album Mahakali is nothing short of spectacular in its gloom, hopelessness, and sense of impending insanity;…
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David Byrne & Brian Eno
by Sindri Eldon
It is amazing how two incredibly talented and interesting musicians can conspire to make something as inherently dull and commonplace…
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Sparks
by Sindri Eldon
Sparks’ 21st studio album is not exactly a return to their seventies golden age values and energy, but it comes…
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Electric Six
by Sindri Eldon
Flashy is, frankly, anything but. After four albums of rollicking, spectacular cock-rock that have gone sadly unnoticed, Electric Six’s fifth…
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Fucking Expensive Karaoke
by Sindri Eldon
I recently paid $60 to make a fool of myself. I and about eight other people went to an Indian…
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Wavves
by Sindri Eldon
After a somewhat unnecessary intro begins the most shockingly direct and vital American rock album in years. All playful drums,…
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Steed Lord
by Sindri Eldon
“Temptation is a bitch / Get on your knees and suck my dick, girl” …indeed. Steed Lord’s brilliantly named 15-track…
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Perversity, Desperation and Death
by Sindri Eldon
After the swaggering binge that was Life Is Killing My Rock & Roll and the crisp urgency of Taste The…
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Jóhann Jóhannsson
by Sindri Eldon
It’s all very nice and atmospheric, but what’s the point? An unfair question, to be sure, but somehow one has…
I Am Not An Icelander
by Sindri Eldon
I am an Icelandic person, living in New York. I don’t much care for the term ‘Icelander’. Not for any…
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Skorpulifur
by Sindri Eldon
So this is interesting. It’s carefully machinated party rock, seemingly designed to have the impact of an incredibly fat man…
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Agent Fresco
by Sindri Eldon
This musically flat but well-performed EP sounds a bit too much like twenty other bands I could name to make…
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Weapons
by Sindri Eldon
It’s amazing how many singers Eddie Vedder has subliminally inspired to suck. Hreinn of Weapons probably wasn’t going for Vedder’s…
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Ingi
by Sindri Eldon
The title should have tipped me off. Call it folky, call it country, call it whatever you want, it’s still…
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Oops.
by Sindri Eldon
Ratatat fucked up. Well, it wasn’t their fault entirely. There were other fuck-ups involved. And maybe theirs wasn’t even the…
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“Please Do Not Refer to Me as an Entertainer”
by Sindri Eldon
Jón Gnarr is most famous for his radio show Tvíhöfði, and his award-winning comedy TV show Fóstbræður – shows that…
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The Day the Hippies Took Over the Park
by Sindri Eldon
The Sigur Rós show in Miklatún was a success, of sorts. They are probably the first Icelandic band to arrange…
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The Green, Green Golf Course of Home
by Sindri Eldon
Stefán Þorleifsson, 90-year-old sports instructor and gym coach, is sitting on the couch in his two-storey house in Neskaupstaður. He…
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An Open House for Politics in Action
by Sindri Eldon
One of the most distinct and controversial buildings in Iceland, the Reykjavík City Hall surprised a nation when it was…
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192-Hour Party People
by Sindri Eldon
Grapevine goes to the Roskilde FestivalIt would take a die-hard stalwart of a Guns ‘N Roses fan to be satisfied…
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A Tuba
by Sindri Eldon
Tónastöðin Seeking new and amazing ways to irritate your friends and neighbours? Want to study an instrument, but afraid that…
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A Really Wild Safari to the Brink of Human Endurance, Sort of
by Sindri Eldon
Adrenaline: the product of the adrenal gland, trigger of the ‘fight-or-flight’ response to dangerous situations where one’s physical safety is…
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The War Against Frugality
by Sindri Eldon
On June 8, 1986, Bad Taste, Inc. was formally established. Intended to be a creative outlet for those artists and…
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A Splinter of History Straight into Your Eye
by Sindri Eldon
Most nations in the world enjoy celebrating their heritage in some form or another. On some date on every national…