Author: Sveinbjörn Pálsson
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Aussie Comedian Jono Duffy Harasses Tourists In Iceland
This Friday, the pilot episode of “An Evening With Jono Duffy” will premiere. The new talk show, featuring Australian comedian…
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Opinion: Volkswagen’s World Cup Ad Insults The Entire Icelandic Nation
A Volkswagen ad about Icelandic football, depicting an Icelandic couple in a car, is causing an uproar on Icelandic social…
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Design For A World At A Crossroad: DesignTalks 2018
Design, to differentiate it from art, is all about function. Aesthetics, or the visual, the beautiful, is but one of…
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These Are The Parties On New Years Eve 2017-8
Generally Icelanders do a lot of home-partying on New Years Eve, celebrating the last day of the year and going…
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Grapevine Playlist: Högni, dj. flugvél og geimskip, Kælan Mikla & More
by John Rogers and Sveinbjörn Pálsson
Here are five new Icelandic tracks that have been swirling around on the Grapevine’s office stereo. DJ flúgvel og geimskip…
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Night And Day Festival Cancelled
The Night and Day festival, hosted by The xx and scheduled to take place mid-July by Skógafoss, has been cancelled….
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Pillow Fight: The Test Of Manhood
In years past, one of the most popular attractions of Mariners’ Day was the pillow fight on the plank, in…
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The Grapevine Guide To Coffee
First things first: There’s no such thing as “best” when it comes to coffee advice. People have different palates and…
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Day One of Sónar Reykjavík – The Video!
The video from our first day at Sónar Reykjavík is here! View it in full-screen and turn the volume all…
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Game Of Thrones Breaking Icelandic Environmental Regulations
Minutes ago, national radio news service RÚV announced that the filming crew shooting the popular fantasy TV series Game of…
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Storms And Stampedes: A Grumpy Icelander Does The Golden Circle
The Golden Circle is the Icelandic travel standard. Like ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ as a Christmas movie, or beer as…
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New-Years Partying 2016 in Reykjavík
NEW YEARS EVE Generally Icelanders do a lot of home-partying on New Years Eve. Many bars are closed for the…
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Last Words: RIP Modernity
We don’t really know who we want to be now. Some of us want to be 18th century lumberjacks, on…
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Why Trump Scares Us Foreigners
The United States and its president are often called The Leader Of The Free World. American politics affect us all….
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What’s up with GKR and Mad Decent?
This January GKR was chosen as Grapevine’s “one to watch” for 2016 at the Reykjavík Grapevine music awards, and we…
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Hrafn Jónsson’s Top 5 Icelandic Movies
For a certain part of the population, Hrafn Jónsson’s furious and hilarious political screeds have become their political voice. His…
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Russian Bombers In Close Proximity To Icelandic Passenger Jet
Two unidentified Russian bomber airplanes, probably Tupolev Tu-22Ms, flew directly under an Icelandic passenger jet traveling from Keflavik to Stockholm…
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Grapevine Playlist: September 2016
by John Rogers, Parker Yamasaki and Sveinbjörn Pálsson
GANGLY – Holy Grounds So this is a bouncy bass thing for you luxuriously soundsystemed car, but at the same…
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The Master Of Rhythm & Sound: Moritz Von Oswald
You can hardly overstate the effects of dub techno and minimal techno on electronic music. These two genres, originating in…
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PM Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson Wavers On Resignation
A press release distributed to international media earlier tonight reveals that Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson has in fact not resigned his…
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Jonathan Barnbrook On Iceland, Japan, Working With Bowie
Jonathan Barnbrook is a London-based veteran designer, creating numerous iconic typefaces such as Priori and Mason. Over his long career,…
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Floating Points, Buzzing Out Of The Ether
“Click, bleep, bzzzzzz, crrnnk…” Our Skype interview with Floating Points begins on a note that clearly references early IDM, with…
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Skeng’s Guide To Sónar Reykjavík
Skeng has not tuned 25 years old, but has still been a legendary figure on the icelandic scene for years,…
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Símon FKNHNDSM’s Guide To Sónar Reykjavík
Símon FKNHNDSM is the co-host to the Funkþátturinn radio show on X-ið FM 97.7 (not to be confused with electronic…
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Young Nazareth’s Guide To Sónar Reykjavík
Young Nazareth is a producer for Sturla Atlas, 101 Boys and several other acts from the growing Les Fréres Stefson…