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Art In Sequence, Real-time!
by Sigurður Kjartan Kristinsson
The Sequences arts festival has been pretty awesome these past few years. It is a unique offspring of the big…
NASA – Saturday
by Andrew Jackson, Angela Rawlings, Ragnar Egilsson and Rex Beckett
I have no idea why I missed Jónas Sigurðsson & Malbikið Svífur’s set. OK. I know. I overslept. A lot….
Dikta
Who are you? What can we expect from your Airwaves appearance, and what can we expect of you in general?…
Moto Boy
Moto Boy! Give us a short introduction of yourself! Why should we check out your show? Well, I’m not going…
Kasper Björke
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!
A new season is upon us. The summer months that have treated us so well have now bid us adieu,…
Dr. Gunni Lists Iceland
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)
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
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
by Marc Vincenz
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
by Dr. Gunni
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
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…
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
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
Björk’s Voltaïc, a collection of concert and music videos and bonus materials compiled from the tour supporting her seventh studio…
Segurmo
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
Bad hair day, spin the bottle, beat on a pregnant woman and forge an unbreakable connection. Erna Ómarsdóttir’s “Teach…
Broke, Busted, Disgusted
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
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
“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
by Bart Cameron
It goes like this: I get an email from “Mugi Mugison” saying that the Icelandic pop star is in Seattle,…