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The Musical Impact of Three Icelandic Movies
In the early 90’s, a couple of young directors made very popular movies that were intertwined with the Icelandic music…
Bastards of the World
When going to a concert in Reykjavík, it’s all too easy to acknowledge the eternal coolness of the Icelandic music…
Björk – Volta
Like enthusiastic parents, we’re supposed to egg Björk on. Even if she doesn’t score a goal or win first place…
Trassar Regroup for Another Attack
“But it’s been 14 years of silence, it’s been 14 years of pain, it’s been 14 years that are gone…
Share Your Ancestors
by Ian Watson
Iceland’s genealogy is nearly done. “Finishing” a whole nation’s genealogy would be unthinkable in North America or Western Europe, where…
Standing in the Desert, Thinking of Rain
by Bart Cameron
Yes, the Coachella polo grounds were not rainy. And this astounded the former Pulp frontman. He spent the better part…
Hljóðheimurinn Sangitamiya
If you never leave Laugavegur to do your downtown shopping, you might easily miss it – Hljóðheimurinn Sangitamiya or, as…
Megas – Loftmynd
When Megas first appeared in the 70s, he was the first artist to attempt writing intelligent lyrics in Icelandic within…
Can I Get a Witness?
When The Sugarcubes first embarked on their musical voyage under the slogan ‘World Domination or Death,’ few people expected them…
GUSGUS ARE FOREVER
The end was near and the heat had already been turned off by the time I visited the GusGus studio…
Jóhann Jóhannsson: A User’s Manual
He used to play in some pretty rough rock bands. These days, Jóhann Jóhannsson doesn’t employ loud, distorted guitars to…
A Tale Of Two New Year’s
In which a Grapevine staff journalist swaps apartments with a NY couple in time for 2006’s passing. Both parties end…
Sugarcubes Reconnect and Eventually Triumph
Some artists are only discovered posthumously. So it seems to have been with the Sugarcubes who returned to perform a…
Birthday’s Birthday
Seeing that the legendary Sugarcubes (Sykurmolarnir) haven’t played in public together since November 1992, the news on the groups’ November…
Airwaves Highlights
by Bart Cameron
The star of the show in almost every way was Valgeir Sigurðsson, whose new Bedroom Community label served as the…
Putting Pop on the Priority List
How to support the Icelandic music industry and promote Icelandic music abroad has been an issue of debate year after…
A Basic Form of Communicating
“Music has been intertwined with my life from the age of six. Actually, I didn’t give up my soul to…
Connecting Through Music
Musician Will Oldham – sometimes known as Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – has in the past decade or so proved to…
Reality Check
by Bart Cameron
I flew to America on a Tuesday, pretty much due to bad timing. Tuesday, in Iceland, is Rock Star: Supernova…
The Heart of Rock in Reykjavík Waves Goodbye
This spring, about 60 middle-aged Nordic phenomenologists convened in Reykjavík to discuss their (very) particular branch of philosophy and its…
No frills reviews of the festival for homebodies
Innipúkinn is an annual music festival for the colourful characters who decide, for some odd reason, to stay in the…