Author: Þórður Ingi Jónsson
How Does One Become Lord Pusswhip?
by Valur Grettisson and Þórður Ingi Jónsson
Þórður Ingi Jónsson, or Lord Pusswhip, is definitely an oddball when it comes to music. He is one of the…
Finding Sóley: Famed Cult Movie Brought Back Into The Light
The 1982 Icelandic art-house film ‘Sóley’ (also known as ‘The Hidden People of the Shadowy Rocks’) has long been lost,…
Drawing In The Air: Hekla’s Theremin Produces Birdsong & Whale Sounds
Last week saw the release of ‘Á’—the new album by experimental theremin player Hekla. The album delivers haunting but sparse…
A ‘Tromatic’ Experience: Bjarni Gautur On Fecal Humour, Censorship & Swordfish
Most splatter and B-movie fans have heard of Troma. The longest-running independent film company in the world, Troma is responsible…
Demons And Day-Drinking: The First Icelandic Horror Film Still Packs A Punch
One of Icelandic cinema’s most interesting hidden gems is arguably the country’s first horror film, “Blóðrautt sólarlag” (“Blood Red Sunset”)….
Look Who’s Spitting: BLVCK POX On Babies, Beats And Bombshells
You might not have heard of BLVCK POX but in the local hip-hop game in Reykjavík, he’s a strong contender….
The Missing Movies: 3 “Lost” Icelandic Films, For Your Non-Viewing Pleasure
As many Icelandic and Icelandophilic film-nerds know, finding copies of obscure films made here is a hassle. Despite streaming sites…
Track by Track: Lord Pusswhip ‘Stationz ov the puss’
by Þórður Ingi Jónsson and Hannah Jane Cohen
The works of rapper and producer Lord Pusswhip are best described as unpredictable. Over the years, his sound has meandered…
Shout Out: Hið Myrka Man
The Fifth Grapevine Music Awards Shout Out: Hið Myrka Man During the last Iceland Airwaves festival, people heard talk of…
Crashing The US Embassy Party With Anti-American Propaganda
I was invited to perform at the annual 4th of July party hosted by the US Embassy in Reykjavík. Naturally,…
Out Of Africa
Ragnar Sverrisson is an engineer and technician who has been active in the humanist movement for thirty years, both in…
Sódóma – Sunday
by Bogi Bjarnason, Þórður Ingi Jónsson, Florian Zühlke and Aðalsteinn Jörundsson
Photo by Hvalreki [For whatever reason, we had the hardest time getting people to review Sódóma that Sunday night. It…
NASA – Saturday
by Þórður Ingi Jónsson and Bob Cluness
Photo by Hvalreki As Hellvar get ready to play their set, we look around to see that NASA is completely…
Venue – Friday
Photos by Hvalreki and Hörður Sveinsson Moshi Moshi Records is a London-based indie label, which is responsible for releases of…
Faktorý – Thursday
Photo by Hördur Sveinsson The women in the crowd were probably heart-warmed by the singer’s shirtless antics; Cities Between Us…
The Icelandic Electronic Odyssey
It’s been a good summer for electronic music in Iceland. At least three interconnected electronica collectives have been wreaking havoc…
Rip It Up and Start Again
Þeyr, an Icelandic musical phenomenon shrouded in a veil of mystery and deliberately obscure, recorded seven albums from 1980- 1983…
Electronica Under the Glacier
Alright, so the second weekend in August is fixing up to be pretty legendary. Why’s that? Because Iceland’s first electronic…