Brain Police
Most read
Latest
-
Moshing In Stykkishólmur: Visiting Metal Festival Sátan’s Sophomore Iteration
Sátan’s second year brings more heavy metal to Snæfellsnes As the seventh issue of Grapevine goes to print, I hop in a car and head out to Snæfellsnes. I’ve missed the first four acts of the Sátan festival, and I’m determined to…
-
Johanna Persson’s Favourite Live Photos Of Eistnaflug 2015
Iceland’s annual metal music fest, Eistnaflug, may be done and over with, but we at the Grapevine are neither done nor over it. Grapevine photographer Johanna Persson was busy snapping away through the whole festival, and she sent us an assortment of her favourite…
-
Eistnaflug Saturday: Not A Fizzle But A Bang
On the final day of the three-day metal festival, I was determined to catch as many bands as I could. The roster looked particularly good, both on the main and off-venue, which meant I was constantly running between the two. Here’s a brief…
-
The Best Of What We Saw At Iceland Airwaves 2014
Iceland Airwaves 2014 came and went, and oh what a blast it was (it was. It’s crazy. You should come next year). We very much like the Iceland Airwaves festival. Indeed, every year since 2005, we’ve operated a gargantuan team dedicated to…
-
I Jam Econo
My word, what a daze. I felt a lasting, dull sensation in my ring finger this morning, almost a muscular latency, having woken up hungover on my mattress, which has been placed on the floor for my optimal comfort. Maybe it’s the…
-
Future Islands Fucked Me Up
I have a confession to make: I had only heard that one song Future Islands played on Letterman before I went to see them play Reykjavík Art Museum yesterday. For all intents and purposes, I expected a synth-driven indie pop band with…
-
Testes Not Required For Metal
For the rockers and metalheads of Iceland, the second weekend of July is a religious holiday, road trip and family reunion all rolled into one. It marks the annual Eistnaflug festival (“Flight Of The Testes”), held in Iceland’s eastern-most village, Neskaupstaður. During…
-
Louder, Brighter, Bigger
In the wake of several live venues closing down in the past few years, news of Gamli Gaukurinn not only staying open, but working on improving its stage, lights and sound system was music to our ears (pardon the pun). To finance…
-
Brain Police Combat Public Displays Of Aggression
My colleague and I arrived at Dillon to find ourselves stuck in the agonizingly sober limbo of Purgatory. Happy hour, the barkeep told us, had ended twenty minutes earlier, but Brain Police wouldn’t begin their set for another three quarters of an…