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Art In Sequence, Real-time!

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The Sequences arts festival has been pretty awesome these past few years. It is a unique offspring of the big…

NASA – Saturday

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I have no idea why I missed Jónas Sigurðsson & Malbikið Svífur’s set. OK. I know. I overslept. A lot….

Dikta

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Who are you? What can we expect from your Airwaves appearance, and what can we expect of you in general?…

Moto Boy

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Moto Boy! Give us a short introduction of yourself! Why should we check out your show? Well, I’m not going…

Kasper Björke

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Kasper Björke! Give us a short introduction of yourself! Why should the uninitiated check out your show? I’ve been DJ-ing…

It’s Back to School Time!

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A new season is upon us. The summer months that have treated us so well have now bid us adieu,…

Dr. Gunni Lists Iceland

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There’s not a lot to know about Iceland, right? It’s a small island. Not a lot of folks there. And…

The Blue Fox (Skuggabaldur)

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In his 2003 novel, writer/poet Sjón takes the reader on to a journey to provincial Iceland of the 19th century…

Passion For The Bean

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Kaffismiðja Íslands is Reykjavík’s Mecca for coffee enthusiasts. September 16–19, they will be bringing home the cream of the international…

G! Festival: The Eternal Twilight of a Sparkling Mind

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It’s five in the morning and I’m just rolling back to Siggi and Rúnar’s sailboat-slash-home away from home, which sits…

The History of Icelandic Rock Music: Part 10

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Pétur Kristjánsson was the hardest-working rocker of the seventies. In a decade laden with frothy pop music, country ballads and…

Dress Code Rvk: Cutie Pies, Etc. Run Amok

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The way Icelanders dress is, let’s say, somehow different. Everyone seems to be more… fashionable than elsewhere. After some observation…

Before Björk There Was…

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It has always been an Icelander’s greatest dream to be accepted by big city folk. The Sagas are full of…

A Conversation With Björk

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As part of the promotional campaign for the new Voltaic box set, Björk Guðmundsdóttir gave out several interviews to the…

Björk’s Voltaïc is Released

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Björk’s Voltaïc, a collection of concert and music videos and bonus materials compiled from the tour supporting her seventh studio…

Segurmo

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A couple of months before Segurmo opened in Boston (the bar, not the city), sous chef Sigurdur “Siggi Shaker” Magnús…

Teach Us How to Roar Like a Monster

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Bad hair day, spin the bottle, beat on a pregnant woman and forge an unbreakable connection.   Erna Ómarsdóttir’s “Teach…

Broke, Busted, Disgusted

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In front of the Icelandic parliament, protesters bang on drums, blow whistles, chant and yell while police stand by, watching….

Girls Just Wanna Have RIGHTS

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June 19, 1915. Icelandic women had struggled for years, pleading their case for suffrage, pleading their case for some semblance…

Teach Us To Outgrow Our Madness

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“We like to sing and dance Go into a trance We like gore We always want more…” Those lucky enough…

When You Open With Blasphemous Orgasms

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It goes like this: I get an email from “Mugi Mugison” saying that the Icelandic pop star is in Seattle,…