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Icelanders Consider Naming Winter

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This year’s winter has been so fierce that there is a discussion underway to name it, reports RÚV. Suggestions range…

Video: Björk Performs Stonemilker At Carnegie Hall

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Last night, Björk and Arca performed the lead track from Björk’s new album Vulnicura, “Stonemilker,” at New York’s Carnegie Hall,…

The Last Fisherman In The Aquamarina

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You have probably noticed the blue-green fishermen’s huts by the pier of the old marina. You may also have noticed…

Protest Report Illegal, Says Data Protection Authority

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A report compiled by former Chief Superintendant of the Police Geir Jón Þórisson entitled “Summary of the structure of the…

News In Brief: January 2015

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January was just chock full of fun and surprises, news-wise. Well, more surprises than fun, but you take what you…

MoMA Share Behind The Scenes Pictures From Björk Exhibit

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MoMA are busy setting up the Björk Retrospective which opens next week and have taken to Instagram to share behind…

Progressive Campaign Manager: Refugee “Slave Owner And Pimp”

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The campaign manager for the Progressive Party in Reykjavík has declared Nigerian asylum seeker Tony Omos to be a “slave…

Police Chief Broke Law In Asylum Seeker Leak Case

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The Data Protection Authority (DPA) has ruled that Reykjavík Police Chief Sigríður Björk Guðjónsdóttir, during her time as Suðurnes Police…

This New Sóley Song Is Just What You Need

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OMG so greatThe wonderful Sóley just unleashed a new song into the ether. It’s called Ævintýr (that word means “fairy tale”…

Contents Of Björk’s MoMA Show Revealed

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Gallery gives a walk-through of what the exhibition will containMore details of Björk’s MoMA exhibition have been released, including a…

Björk Releases MoMA Trailer

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In anticipation of her retrospective at the New York Museum of Modern Art, Björk has released a teaser trailer for…

Vulnicura

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Björk albums usually appear with quite a fanfare. But ‘Vulnicura’, the bleak and wintery eighth album of her adult solo…

SAD BOYS, HEMMY & SKRILLYPANTS

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For whatever reason, I decided focus on frivolous listicles for this year’s Sónar. I’m a little burned out on the…

Kindness On Chasing The Sounds In His Imagination And Ignoring His Critics

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Kindness is the nom-du-plume of one Adam Bainbridge, born in the distinctly un glamourous town of Peterborough in the Northeast…

It’s SNR RVK Time!

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StraumurOne of the darkest and dullest months of every year is unquestionably February. But, rejoice! We now have something to…

SKRILLEX TRIED TO SIGN DIKTA, HEARTS BJÖRK, PROMISES A TIGHT SET

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Skrillex should need no introduction. Except maybe to the jaded palates of the Grapevine’s music reviewers. Skrillex has been the…

Aniconism

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Please dare to see —Debates on Monday #22“To photograph strangers without their permission is strange,” acknowledges avid street photographer Eric…

So What’s This I Hear About Men’s Pay Being Reduced To Match Women’s Salary?

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The town of Kópavogur, which borders Reykjavík, lost a salary discrimination case at the end of January. The Welfare Ministry’s…

Björk: I Work More Like A Writer Or Director

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Addressing how each album differs from the last, Björk admits in an interview with the Grapevine that she works more…

WHOEVER KEEPS TREATING IMMIGRANTS LIKE SHIT, YOU NEED TO STOP THAT

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Every now and again, we’ll get letters from immigrants to Iceland. A lot of the time, those letters will relay…

BJÖRK’S FOLK MUSIC

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Björk has a way of messing up our plans. We were all set with a February-feature when she surprise dropped…