Author: Vanessa Schipani
The Many Mindless Murders Of The Great Auk
Do you remember the story of the Great Auk, or as Icelanders like to call it, the geirfugl? The history…
Puzzle Muteson
Icelandic record label Bedroom Community has taken UK artist Puzzle Muteson under its wing and released his debut, ‘En Garde’….
Ingólfshöfði: Into The Ocean
My gloveless hands clutched the cold metal railing of the tractor-drawn hay cart as we drove into the sea towards…
Aldrei Fór Ég Suður: All About The Love
In the salty, arctic air of Ísafjörður, a small fishing town cradled in the northwest corner of Iceland, an omnipresent…
Catch Retro Stefson In Iceland While You Can
Retro Stefson are briefly coming home to play a show at NASA on June 1 before going back to Europe…
Mad Scientist Samaris
During the Reykjavík Music Mess I caught up with Samaris, the recent winners of Músíktilraunir. The band is composed of…
Ode To Nature’s Fuzzy Balls
Iceland, the land of volcanic eruptions, glacial fields, and herds of grazing sheep, does not welcome plant life with open…
Sin Fang: Summer Echoes
Sin Fang’s new album, ‘Summer Echoes,’ is that place where the ocean meets an erupting volcano. In some tracks, you…
Iceland Academy of the Arts Graduation Exhibition
Hafnarhús displays the works of the graduating class at the Iceland Academy of the ArtsStudents from the art, design and…
Go North (Not South) For The Aldrei Fór Ég Suður Music Festival!
Conceived in 2003 by Iceland’s own Mugison with his father while they were drinking in London, the Aldrei Fór Ég…
For A Love Of Moisturiser And David Bowie
If you don’t know much about Deerhunter‘s music, you probably should. However, this interview might not provide much in the…
Reykjavík Gets Steamy with Blues Music
The frigid North Atlantic city of Reykjavík could not be any different than the birthplace of blues music in the…
North Iceland Gets Jazzy
Tonak Jazz Orchestra and Matisand Jazz trio will be the last to perform in the JazzTA concert series at Götubarinn,…
Critical Mass Reykjavík Tomorrow
On the last Friday of the month, Critical Mass cyclists in over 300 cities and towns worldwide will gather to…
Equinox Instigates Special Tours On Viðey Island
Yesterday, the sun and moon competed for a seat in the sky and reached a tie. This only happens once…
Landsbanki Now Runs Domino’s Pizza
Landsbanki bank now runs Pizza-Pizza ehf., the Icelandic franchise of Domino’s Pizza formerly owned by entrepreneur Magnús Kristinsson, according to…
Art you can smell!
For Andrea Maack, who according to our panel of experts made ‘the Product of 2010’, being an artist doesn’t necessarily…
Birgitta’s Twitter Secrets Exposed
On Friday a federal magistrate judge in Virginia granted the US government access to the private records of three Twitter…
Beloved Icelandic Author Passed Away
Author Thor Vilhjálmsson has passed away. He was 85. Thor won many awards for his work, including the Nordic Council…