Author: Sveinbjörn Pálsson
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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,…
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…
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…