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Icelandic Trawler Sinks Off Norwegian Coast
by grapevine
An Icelandic trawler sank not far from the coast of Norway yesterday, prompting a rescue effort from the Icelandic Coast…
A Thank You, And A Plea For Change
My name is Mehdi Kavyanpoor and I came to Iceland looking for shelter. Recently, after a long struggle, I received…
Getting Rid Of ‘The Man Behind The Curtain’
by Valgerður Þóroddsdóttir and Rex Beckett
Before we begin, let’s just go ahead and acknowledge the illustrious, dazzling elephant in the room: Björk. She’s always there….
The Fireworks Extravaganza
To celebrate the New Year, Icelanders buy hundreds of tonnes of fireworks and shoot them off in a completely haphazard…
Where Have All The Puffins Gone?
After spending the summer nesting—mostly in Vestmannaeyjar, off the south coast of Iceland—the nation’s two to three million resident puffin…
When Two Become One
by Snorri Páll Jónsson Úlfhildarson
Those who are yet to give up on Icelandic media cannot have avoided noticing one Kristján Már Unnarsson, a news…
Emmsjé Gauti: Bara ég
by Bob Cluness
Emmsjé Gauti’s long overdue and highly anticipated debut album, ‘Bara ég (“Just Me”) does not disappoint, and with production from…
Sour Grapes And Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER: to: the girl eds…. yer fussing about a asian tourist hotel in niceland? errrr,. iceland? Hotelling is…
BJÖRK WILL TEACH YOU!
Look. We’ll come right out and say it. Björk Guðmundsdóttir is a genius, an innovator and a visionary. Her new…
A New Force In Icelandic Heavy Metal
Skálmöld have established themselves at the forefront of Icelandic Heavy Metal with their debut album and a slew of well-attended,…
Night Of The Living Dead
I had the great fortune to have two headlining bands to look forward to tonight, and a few opening acts…
Crack Sounds
It is pretty safe to say that Gunslinger is probably the most interesting thing to ever come out of Egilsstaðir….
Kippi’s Big-Band Steal The Show At Kaldalón
And so, I return to Harpa’s Kaldalón, safely segregated from the party of Airwaves in the city’s newly finished metal-and-glass…
Mannheim Thunder Stance
Night began with Muted’s second coming out at this Airwaves to a undeservedly half-empty room, although it had to be expected…
Transparency Is The Answer
by grapevine
Jóhann Hauksson is an award-winning journalist who worked for many years for the newspaper DV, writing mostly about Iceland’s political…
Great Show, Crappy Backline
Amsterdam is a pretty nice Airwaves venue. You get club atmosphere; it’s not too big, but you don’t get crushed by people as there is a corner in the front, where you still can elbow your way through when it gets packed.
I Am Thankful For My Ears
I have decided that witnessing an orchestra perform in unison and energy and harmony is one of life’s more affirming experiences.
Protestors Force The Police To Break The Law
Last week, the National Audit Office of Iceland published a report criticising the National Police Commissioner for having violated laws…
Never Too Late For Thorunn
She isn’t the first name to come to peoples’ lips when thinking of Icelandic musical exports, but Thorunn Antonia has been around the block and hit foreign shores. Having worked with Danish bigwigs Junior Senior and formerly singing for the British band Fields, she can most notably be heard singing as Nico on Beck’s Velvet Underground cover album.
"Twee As Fuck!"
When Mammút hit their stride they feel like a force of nature, washing over their audience like crashing waves of sound. Katrína Mogensen’s voice floats on the music like an arctic tern in a storm.
The fancy Iceland Airwaves '11 app for fancy smartphones
All those of you who do not like to carry around a printed Airwaves festival info plus the city map…