Search Results for: björk
Sóley
Sóley has already caused a massive stir online with over 10 million hits on YouTube and a rapidly growing fanbase…
International stars flock to Iceland for Airwaves
With bands travelling from all over the world to play at Iceland Airwaves, we thought it would be fun to…
Björk Viggósdóttir (Lala Alaska)
Björk Viggósdóttir (b.1982) Graduated from the Art Academy of Iceland in 2006 and has since produced a number of videos…
Jónas Sen
Jónas Sen is a concert pianist and was the keyboard player in Björk’s band on her world tours in 2007…
Kira Kira
Kira Kira plays electronic music, playful beats, experimental pop made of dirty melodies, thundering bass, vocals as well as a…
Gluteus Maximus
Old Latin for the uppermost muscles forming that low-end base on which you sit, Gluteus Maximus is Iceland’s President Bongo…
Things You Can’t Control
“Two years ago, on culture night, this guy passed the stage where we were soundchecking and recorded what he heard…
Five Years Ago
Hooray! We turned ten this year. For a humble street rag like Grapevine, turning ten is a pretty big deal—we…
Hollywood Dreams Come True
Baltasar Kormákur just could be to Icelandic film what Björk is to Icelandic music. In the same way that Björk…
Six Years Ago
Hooray! We turned ten this year. For a humble street rag like Grapevine, turning ten is a pretty big deal—we…
Backyard Babies
August is your last chance to see the cavalcade of classic Icelandic films that have been playing at Bíó Paradís…
12 Tónar Is The Number Two Record Store!
by Rex Beckett
The local record shop and label 12 Tónar has been named the number two record store to visit before you…
DIY Celebrity Walk
We know you all were pretty upset to learn that it wasn’t actually the real Ryan Gosling who made headlines…
Twenty Thousand ISK Gets You An Illegal Strip Dance
A thickly set man sitting by the stairs leading to the VIP Club nods as I pass him on my…
It Keeps Getting Better And Better
by Ólöf Arnalds
If Hemmi Gunn (legendary talk show host and footballer who passed away recently—bless his soul) had conducted this interview, he…
Get Consent
People in today’s society have an unprecedented access to information. Anyone can instantly find information about advanced thermodynamics or Simpsons…
Shake Your Money Maker And Meditate!
In these stressful modern times, it is simply necessary to meditate. My husband Stefan Árni and I started practicing Modern-Day…
Stormy Adventure Time
by John Rogers
Rauðasandur (English: “red sand”) is a small festival in a relatively remote part of the Westfjords, offering a daytime programme…
America’s NPR Thinks We Should ‘Put A Björk In It’
Björk and Iceland are inextricably bound in the minds of foreigners. In fact Björk, which also mean birch, is often…
News In Brief: Early July 2013
RYAN GOSLING. There, we got that out of our systems. EDWARD SNOWDEN. Okay, that one’s out too. Well, to be…
Champagne Club Owners To Sue
by grapevine
The owners of two “champagne clubs” accused by some of prostitution and human trafficking reject the accusations against them, and…