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WAVING A PIRATE FLAG
Seditious Superstar “She sings funny. And she don´t dance all that great either,” a character says in the film Dancer…
SARCASM AND THE CITY:
Reykjavík’s Carrie Bradshaw with BirkenstocksUnlike other well-known photographers who prefer their work to be silver gelatine prints, mounted on fibreboard,…
THE FAROE ISLANDS FROM QUAINT TO COOL
The last time I was in the Faroes, five years ago, there was only one fast food place in the…
Eyþór Arnalds
Rokk í Reykjavík band: Tappi Tíkarrass Best known for: Playing the cello bare chested Part performance art group, part punk…
EINAR MÁR
Einar Már Gudmundson is driving me back to 101 Reykjavík from his suburban home in his soccer mom-style SUV. He…
OPPS! “I DIDN’T DO IT” AGAIN
by Marcie Hume
From playwriting to installation art, painting to photography, books to documentary film, he´s done it, and nearly all of it…
Top 8 Albums
There´s some very Icelandic magic at work here and this album manages to be varied, surprising and clever. Megas had…
HALLGRÍMUR HELGASON
Two years ago and newly arrived in Iceland, 101 Reykjavik failed to give me the fuel for my romanticised notions…
LONDON
The Greater London Metropolis spreads out below as far as the eye can see as the plane descends from the…
KIMONONO R´S, NO S´S, BUT REVERSE MULLETS ARE OK
Grapevine met up with half the band Kimono, Gylfi and Alex at Tjarnarbíó theatre, where they were busy gathering their…
THE CORONATION OF POPPEA
Hindus maintain that you should dedicate yourself to your spouse, and then when grey hair starts setting in, you should…
TEARS OF THE CLOWN
I was having dinner at Casa Grande when a portly Paraguayan came up and started serenading me with his guitar….
Megas: Iceland’s Greatest Living Wordsmith
Grapevine does not know what to expect as the phone is picked up. Will Master answer in verse or prose,…
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
SOME ICELANDERS WHO TRIED AND FAILED TO CONQUER THE WORLD The Sagas often take pains in pointing out how well…
THEY CAME, THEY SAW, THEY FROZE THEIR ASSES OFF
A brief look at the bands that have been here THE FIRST The Kinks were here in ´65 and played…
LOBSTER OF LOVE
“World domination or death” was the Bad Taste motto. Björk opted for the former; for the others, the result was…
ÞEYRMJÖTVIÐUR TIL FÓTA
Founded in 1980 Þeyr, or Theyr for those who don’t like Icelandic letters, released a number of records, EP’s and…
COMIC BOOKS IN ICELAND
The Icelandic comic scene up until recently has been as legless as a drunken worm. Mostly, the comic book culture…
MORE MUSIC, LESS FISH
An old fish factory in Reykjavík gets a second chance as a music developing center. Icelandic music and Icelandic musicians…
17. JÚNÍ
On the 17th of June 1944 at Þingvellir, amid pouring rain and beating wind, Iceland was declared a Republic. The…
GOLLUM´S SINGER
Emiliana Torrini is sneaking up on you. Did you know that? It is sheer coincidence that an Icelander sang on…