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Divided We Fall
by grapevine
In a country dominated by the conservative Independence Party, Reykjavík remains in the control of an alliance called R-listinn, which…
Driving to the East Fjords… and the Ring Road, Once Again
We decided to approach our destination along the south coast. We also decided to skip most of the traditional tourist…
BjörkMusic from Matthew Barney’s Drawing Restraint 9
With this new release, we get the dubious proposition of attempting to understand both Björk and Matthew Barney, wonder artist…
Original Music from the film Screaming Masterpiece
by Bart Cameron
Many visitors and fans of Iceland enjoy the film Screaming Masterpiece, by Ari Alexander Magnússon. The film features the best…
Sónar Festival for Advanced Music and Multimedia Art in Barcelona and G! Festival in the Faroe Islands.
by Bart Cameron
Grapevine designer Hörður Kristbjörnsson, one half of the dynamic DJ-duo Skratch n Sniph, loves music festivals. He can’t get enough…
ANTONY
by Kristín Heiða Hauksdóttir and staff
One of the radio hosts expressed his gratitude to the musician Antony for visiting this obscure island on his way…
One Man, Many Bands:
by Benidekt Reynisson and staff
Wednesday, June 29 Brúðarbandið, Pavilion Iceland’s Brúðarbandið (Band of Brides) was the second band on the Pavilion Stage, which opened…
Letters
Hi Bart, I was in Iceland until yesterday doing my journo-ing bit looking at a new product made by an…
GraveslimeRoughness and Toughness
by Bart Cameron
Okay, so you don’t like bands with names like Graveslime. And you don’t like hard rock. Get over it. This…
Screaming “Masterpiece“?
The categorical imperative: Create! It happened suddenly and swiftly and no one even seemed to notice. 30 years ago bohemians…
BUY SHIT
by Bart Cameron
Smekkleysa (Bad Taste) was originally an art collective that came together to produce the works of a group of local…
Emiliana Torrini Fisherman’s Woman
There ain’t one wrong note in Torrini’s second album. Her voice—something like Björk on lithium—dances along through songs about the…
FILMING BJÖRK BEHIND THE SCENES
“I’m now editing footage from the making of a video by the director Spike Jonze [Adaptation, Being John Malkovich]. It’s…
A beginner´s guide to Estonian culture
DARKNESS IN TALLINN by Ilkka Jarvi-Laturi “What do we do now that we’re free?” ”I don’t know, go to work…
BRING ON THE ELVES: TAKING ICELAND TO PARIS
Ha? I didn’t even know about the Festival. How come? Rejection and self-doubt ran through my veins. Was I not…
The Struggle for New Iceland
by Sigtryggur Baldursson, Padraig Mara and Valur Gunnarsson
by Valur Gunnarsson TAKE 1: The Vikings Relations between North Americans and Icelanders did not get off to an auspicious…
Letters
Whilst chatting with a friend on the corner of Austurstræti and Pósthússtræti the other day I was approached by a…
Ego: the fine art of resurfacing
Arguably, one of the highlights of Reykjavík’s recent so-called Culture Night was the reunion of Egó – one of the…
Editorial: ROCK AND ROLL
One fine mornin’, she puts on a New York station And she couldn’t believe what she heard at all She…
A MINISTER PLEASE
The Tourism board pointed out that they have been pleased witht the response to their poster campaigns on the Tube…