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Friday Night Lights
Inside, an anxious shuffle. The vast expanse of Harpa’s interior. Walls the colour of scorched-rock, bright lights reflecting in mirrors…
Björk’s Biophilia Wins Grammy Award
Björk’s Biophilia took home an award at the 55th annual Grammy Awards, which took place yesterday in Los Angeles. Michael…
Ain’t No Party Like An OAP Party
Meet ‘new girl’ Gréta, an 80-something-year-old go-getter who, after being dumped rather unceremoniously in a home for the elderly, soon…
‘Stúlka’ Wins Right To Be ‘Blær’
by Rex Beckett
The District Court of Reykjavík ruled yesterday in favour of a girl’s right to be called “Blær” after fifteen years…
Understanding The Icesave Ruling
by grapevine
Iceland won in EFTA court, and the reaction here has been decidedly jubilant. As reported earlier today, the court of…
Year In News
by grapevine
January Tension was in the air at the start of the year, as President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson insinuated in his…
Graphics Follow Music
by Arit John
Designer Goddur diplays his collection of 29 postersIn person, Guðmundur Oddur Magnússon, professionally known as Goddur, doesn’t strike you as…
Is Reykjavík The Best City To Spend Christmas?
According to CNN it is. They’ve said so at least twice. In 2010 they put Reykjavík at the top of…
Of Monsters And Men Take Manhattan, The Rest Of The U.S.
Of Monsters and Men are Iceland’s biggest new band in years—and very likely the fastest rising stars of Icelandic music,…
Science Magazine Praises Björk
The Scientific American offered praise for artist Björk Guðmundsdóttir, in particular for her new music video. In the article, appearing…
Watch Björk’s Volcanic New Video
“I shuffle tectonic plates around in my chest,” begins Björk’s geology imagery-heavy ‘Biophilia’ track ‘Mutual Core’. The video for ‘Mutual…
Seen & Heard At Iceland Airwaves 2012
by Rex Beckett
Let’s be honest—some of the best fun at this festival has nothing to do with bands, booze, partying or passing…
EXCLUSIVE: We Speak To Frímann Frímannsson And Krummi About LEGEND’s New Video
LEGEND recently released a video for the track ‘The City’, which is embedded below, and which you should watch for an insight into one aspect of Reykjavík living. Directed by Krummi himself (and edited by his good friend Frosti Gringó (which some of you may remember as the drummer for KLINK as well as another Krummi project, Esja), the video took a loooong time to complete due to various technical difficulties and storage challenges.
Scientists And Academics Object To Outdoor GM Crop Ban
by grapevine
52 Icelandic scientists and professors have voiced their opposition to a parliamentary proposal which would prohibited genetically modified (GM) crops…
Kaldalón Attacked By Canadian Gay Pirates!!!
The first half of Harpa Kaldalón’s Saturday line-up felt incredibly random, as if the organizers pulled names out of a…
Chilly Winds Don’t Blow
“Holy fucking Christ,” I said without hearing myself say it, the words sucked right out of my mouth. It was…
“Good Work, Gang!”
This evening Lára Rúnars gives the sense of a pop star ‘dressed down’ with a loose fitting dress and brandishing…
Inside-Out
I like to think about what Iceland Airwaves means for Iceland. The first IA marked a turning point for Icelandic…
Ups And Downs At Gamli Gaukurinn
There may be gale force winds trying to blow festivalgoers towards the sea tonight, but there’s not a lot that the weather can do to dampen spirits. The sky’s clear, the northern lights are glowing and there are some seriously good sounds to be heard around the city. With that in mind, we head to the atmospheric loft space Gamli Gaukurinn for an evening that is set to provide an extremely diverse range of music.
What’s So Super About Supergroups?
There was a time when supergroups walked the Earth. Their first recorded appearance dates back to the late ‘60s, and…