Search Results for: volcano
Sin Fang: Summer Echoes
Sin Fang’s new album, ‘Summer Echoes,’ is that place where the ocean meets an erupting volcano. In some tracks, you…
Science: Air Traffic Halt Due To Volcano Was Justified
by grapevine
New data that has come to light indicates that the air travel ban instituted shortly after the Eyjafjallajökull eruption was…
Are Icelanders True Romantics? Really?
Walking through Reykjavík late on a Saturday night and observing the natives attempt to go through the preliminary stages of…
Sour grapes and stuff
by You Guys!
MOST AWESOME LETTER: Hi- I was just on vacation in Iceland but had zero time to shop. Where can I…
DOWNLOAD YR. RMM COMPILATION – 16 TRACKS!
By now, y’all are probably EXPLODING with excitement about the upcoming Reykjavík Music Mess bash that’ll be happening in less…
A FOREIGNER’S GUIDE TO THE CONFUSING WORLD OF ICELANDIC CELEBRITIES
While America is awash in third generation entitlematon celebrity and other fruit of Satan’s loins and the UK drags fame-starved…
Creative Consumerism And The Fashion Blogger’s Holy Grail
Hola lovers, You might not know me, but you should (if you are a foreign national visiting the country; I…
Design In Times Of Change
“Since the collapse of the Icelandic financial system and ongoing similar trends around the world during the last decade, many…
Iceland’s Meteorologists Watching Vatnajökull For Signs Of Eruption
A geophysicist from the Icelandic Meteorological Office says a volcano under Vatnajökull glacier could erupt if the increased earthquake activity…
A Distress Call From Small Town Iceland
Logging on to the Icelandic news media today, I was surprised to see some familiar faces in Flateyri waving distress…
The Stories That Made 2010
by grapevine
The general consensus around here about 2010 seems to be “good riddance”. Where 2009 gave us hope that we’d be…
WORLD BANK, IMF, NATO, EU
One year is a long time, especially in Iceland, even though the years leap forward and sometimes there are leap…
Visible Darkness
by Alda Kravec
While the cold snap and Christmas rush are in full swing, Hugmyndahúsið out on Granda, offers short-term respite from the…
Not Your Conventional Rock Star…
by Bob Cluness
If there’s one word that certainly doesn’t describe Bobby Conn, it’s ordinary. A collaborator with the likes of Jim O’Rourke…
Volcano Puts Iceland in Google Top Five
by grapevine
Thanks to the eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano last spring, Iceland has managed to be a part of the top…
Eyjafjallajökull: Beautiful As Hell
Jumping up and down, we cross rivers on our fourwheel drive jeep, the majestic Mýrdalsjökull glacier on the right, the…
Noise, Evil Beats And…. Neil Young?
by Bob Cluness
Over the past year, Iceland’s electronica scene has been bolstered by the arrival of boutique record label, Hljóðaklettar. With releases…
Icelandic Volcanoes – HOW DO THEY WORK?!?
In the last week or so, there’s been a lot of speculation and rumour flying around about the potential for…
Water Level Rising, No Sign of Volcano
by grapevine
While water flowing down from the Gígjukvísl area continues to rise, there is as yet no sign of a volcano,…
Glacial Flooding Increasing, Knocks Out Power
by grapevine
Flood waters created by melting glacial ice have been steadily rising, and knocked out the power in one southeastern Iceland…
New Volcano Likely
by grapevine
A new volcano is likely to soon erupt in Iceland, according to an Icelandic geologist who spoke to RÚV. Tremors…