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Photos & Video: Icelanders Demonstrate Against Child Deportations
Easily 1,000 Icelanders marched from Hallgrímskirkja church to the Austurvöllur square, in front of Parliament, to call upon the Icelandic…
Creating Their Own Space: Soulflow Brings Women And Queer Comedy Nights To Gaukurinn
At Soulflow Comedy, a new show happening every Monday night at Gaukurinn, everyone is included. The weekly event, which will…
Eclipsing the Sun: Living Legends Take Laugardalur
by Valur Gunnarsson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
There are a few concerts which can be said to have changed the Icelandic pop landscape. One of these was…
American Military Putting $57 Million Towards Icelandic Base
According to a declassified 2020 fiscal budget report from the US Department of Defense, the US military plans to spend…
23 New Acts Announced In Iceland Airwaves Lineup
by Felix Robertson and Andie Sophia Fontaine
Music festival Iceland Airwaves have now released their third lineup announcement. 23 new acts have been announced for the festival,…
An Ocean Of Sound: Anna Þorvaldsdóttir Evokes The Vastness Of Nature
by John Rogers
At first, there’s a loud hissing, like a hard wind whipping up sand from a barren plain. It’s joined by…
Making Of An Artist: IDK IDA’s Bees, Beauty And Anarchy In The Bleak North
by John Rogers
Ida Schuften Juhl is IDK IDA, a young producer, performer, artist and organiser who has become a firm favourite at…
Found In Transition: Café Bismút Goes From Serving Caffeine To Culture
Coffee lovers are out of luck, but art lovers are in the green, as one of Reykjavík’s favorite cafés has…
Kira Kira’s Sonic Meditation: Music, Medicine And Miracles
Kristín Björk Kristjánsdóttir, better known as Kira Kira, is a visual artist, composer and producer who creates sound sculptures with…
Icelanders Asked To Show Foreign Workers “Patience And Goodwill”
Two different petrol station chains have taken to setting up a sign at select locations that asks Icelanders to show…
Björk’s ‘Cornucopia’: A Utopian Reverie For A World In Peril
by Eli Petzold
“Imagine a future and be in it,” Björk sings in “Tabula Rasa,” the final song before the encore of ‘Cornucopia,’…
Six Times Icelandic Eurovision Stars Hatari Trolled The World
by John Rogers
Empty-eyed homeless leather-daddy millennials Hatari have caught the attention of the world media for their controversial Eurovision Song Contest run…
What Have We Won?: Iceland Smites The Panama Papers!
Ever seen ‘Scarface’? Fantastic film, right? Well, imagine that for every minute of that 170-minute movie featuring guns, mountains of…
Photographing The Unseen: Anna Maggý Aims For The Top
Anna Maggý is a rising star in Reykjavík. The work of the 24-year-old photographer, videographer and artist has been featured…
Festival News: Of Monsters And Men For Airwaves, LungA Lineup & More
by John Rogers
Of Monsters & Men have been announced as one of the headliners of Iceland Airwaves 2019. A vastly popular pop/rock…
Listen Carefully: Bára Gísladóttir & Skúli Sverrisson’s Collaborative Bass Odyssey
by John Rogers
Amidst the noise and heat of KEX Hostel in the middle of a bustling Airwaves afternoon, Bára Gísaladóttir and Skúli…
DesignMarch Day #2: The Ultimate Roundup
DesignMarch Day 1 was amazing, but now you’ve got a whole new day ahead of you. To help you out,…
Björk Amongst Performers At “Techno 4 Refugees” This Evening – UPDATED
Music and solidarity are the themes of tonight’s “Techno 4 Refugees” event, an extension of protests which have been ongoing…
With The Tides, Plus Eternity: AND ANTI MATTER’s Journey Into The Unknown
by Sam Daniels
How do you begin to describe eternity? An infinite concept, forever trapped in an endless loop that falls through the…
The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2019
Design, both consciously and subconsciously, penetrates our minds. Good design augments innate appreciation of an object, while bad design can…
Björk To Unleash Back Catalogue On Cassette Tape
Icelandic alt-pop queen Björk is to re-release her considerable back catalogue on the hot new format of the moment. No,…