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  • Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Art Museum

    Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Art Museum

    Everyone who comes to Iceland is pretty keen make the most of their time here, and whether that means a week of carefree holiday meandering or a laser-guided approach to finding the best stuff, a couple of insider tips are always useful.…

  • Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: Best Art Museum

    Grapevine’s Best Of 2016: Best Art Museum

    Reykjavík is a relatively small city, but even so, sometimes you need a bit of local advice to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s a good people-watching spot, somewhere to see some contemporary art, or the best place to catch an…

  • Eulogy To The Knife/Birth Of Zhala: The Future Of Popstar

    Eulogy To The Knife/Birth Of Zhala: The Future Of Popstar

    The Knife has cut and run its course. As last night’s concert demonstrated, when the yahoos join the fray to crush beer cans on their foreheads before engaging in fist fights in a crowd that hoists up shoulder sitters, the caché appeal…

  • Bringing The Sun To Reykjavík

    Bringing The Sun To Reykjavík

    The lights turned orange, people started cheering and throwing their arms up in the air —  electro duo Klangkarussell kicked off  their massive breakthrough hit ‘Sonnentanz’… and Reykjavík loved it! At midnight, on the dot, Klangkarussell took the stage and the party literally…

  • This Was Special For Mykki Blanco

    This Was Special For Mykki Blanco

    One of the most notable shows of Airwaves 2013 was about to begin, featuring Nolo, Ghostigital, Mykki Blanco, Gold Panda, and Savages at the Reykjavik Art Museum on Saturday night, and Michael Quattlebaum Jr. aka Mykki Blanco is in his pajamas in the…

  • Genre Explosion At The Art Museum

    Genre Explosion At The Art Museum

    Dub reggae outfit Ojba Rasta are one of the evening’s more interesting – and fun – surprises. While they’re ostensibly pushing a sound that will always struggle for relevance in the bigger picture of contemporary music, that’s hardly the point here. The…

  • The Wayward Wanderings Of A Confused Expat – Iceland Airwaves Edition

    In accordance with the unwritten expatriate code, I have spent the last few years going on about the wonders of my native Iceland. Seeing as the majority of those years have been spent in the company of the same three men (i.e.…