Yeah, we hit Germany rolling and came up shooting, sunglasses on, with a rum bottle in one hand and a hotel key in the other. We immediately went to our room and had some rum. Then the phone rang. “Would you like…

Much of my childhood was spent messing around in the local swimming pools and as a logical progression, I got hooked on long, hot showers. This habit caused some frustration in the family, who resented my hogging of the shower. But I…

So what does he have to say for himself? First of all, how old is he? Dóri: Write down that I’m 20. I think it sounds better. All the rappers are in their twenties now. Grapevine: Done. Where are we going? Dóri:…

The line-up was unexpectedly diverse with big names like Singapore Sling and Trabant, as well as some old names like the rabel-rousing sexagenarian, Ómar Ragnarsson. On the schedule was also the very young Mammút whose average age is somewhere between 15 and…

I have always admired him, always found him to have a mysterious magnetism that surpasses his general amiability. And sitting there, watching him, hypnotized by his fraying dreadlocks swinging as he drunkenly attempted the drum fill to Nirvana´s In Bloom, I of…

Geno Sydal will be opening up for 50 Cent on August 11th: “I think we’re going to steal the show, honestly,” he says. We sit in a clean and unusually sparse old house of Laugavegur, built by Geno’s great grandfather. The contents…

Lortur, a collective of filmmakers and other artists, will open their biennial show, Trommusóló B1, this Friday, August 6th at 5pm in Gallery KlinK & Bank, Brauturholt 1. During the two-day event a myriad of bands will perform including Amina, Forhúð forsetans…

But who are they kidding anyway? People don´t fall in love with each other. They fall in love with themselves. A guy falls in love with a girl who laughs at his stupid jokes, which makes him feel intelligent and witty. A…

The room is stripped down. On the walls, one poster of a centerfold with an unusually well-groomed pubic region, one poster for Bonnie “Prince” Billie, two for Slowblow, and a picture of a bemused Ringo Star with a pipe in his mouth.…

Yes, it’s a girl band in the sense that all of its members are of the female gender. But Brúðarbandið is not Iceland’s answer to the Spice Girls, or at least as such it would be quite an ironic one. These girls…

Iceland has a lot to offer in matters of music and the way the industry works today, many musicians are trying to keep up with new and fresh sounds. But some still stay in touch with the good old vibe. Geir Harðarson,…

“I don´t get Nasa,” people would tell me. “That place gives me the creeps.” But Nasa didn´t worry me at all. You see, any question you can ever have about the place´s admittedly mysterious nature can be answered with cocaine. “How did…

But a question that I had to ask is: Where are the Icelandic hippies? How can an Icelandic audience connect to these freaks dancing around and grabbing each others’ asses? I certainly don’t see a lot of embracing on the streets. In…

Thirty-one years ago, a struggling young artist named Tom Waits published his debut album entitled Closing Time. He went on to tour with Frank Zappa, record with Bette Midler, publish a number of hit jazz and blues records and even get nominated…

As the photographer drove me out of Reykjavík, complaining about Mosfellsbær as a suburb that takes too long on the bus, I could help noticing that, boring as the town may be, most people in the world would be impressed with its…

I remember nothing! And I am thankful for that memory or memory loss which could be attributed to excessive exposure to noise and bad radio for decades. It also makes my day when I try to finger what has made my day…

I met with Birgir, Palli and Eggert of Maus the day before they opened for Placebo. Since winning a battle of Icelandic bands in 1994, Maus has been a staple of the music scene in this country. They have been so consistent…

The longhaired man paced back and forth. He had been there when I arrived earlier during the day to pick up the tickets. When I came back six hours later to see the show, he was still there. I could contain myself…