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This Bus Is On A Diversion: BSÍ’s Defiant EP Progress
Disobedient duo BSÍ talk about their new EP triptych, DIY culture and living in the moment Because honestly by BSÍ The music of the Reykjavík-based duo BSÍ seems to draw from contrasting realms. In a yin-yang fashion, Sigurlaug ‘Silla’ Thorarensen and Julius…
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At Fab Lab Reykjavík, It’s All About Ideas And 3D Printers
Fab Lab Reykjavík teaches people how to make almost anything “How to make almost anything” is the thesis statement of the global Fab Lab movement. Fab Labs – short for Fabrication Laboraories – are essentially small-scale workshops for personal fabrication. They are…
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School Of DIY: Norðanpaunk Is Back
With three days of music from underground Icelandic artists and several favourite foreign bands, Norðanpaunk is the place not only to get your punk on, but to experience Iceland’s “DIY” culture at its finest. Here—at a cosy venue in North Iceland—event organisers,…
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Brynja For Sale, Owner Hopes The Shop Will Go On
On Saturday it was reported that the Brynja store at Laugavegur 29 was looking for new owners. Brynjólfur H. Björnsson, the current owner, hopes that the store will go on after the sale, Vísir reports. [su_pullquote]It’s AMA (Ask Me Anything) time, this…
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Kælan Mikla’s New Video: WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Since playing Airwaves last year, nihilist poet-punks Kælan Mikla have evolved drastically, as is apparent in their new and mesmerising video for “Glimmer & aska” (“Glitter & Ash”). The song, usually performed with the fog machines and bass cranked up to 11, was filmed…
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Kælan Mikla Grew Up, Are Going To Airwaves
Kælan mikla is a three-piece band that’s gotten a lot of attention since winning the City Library’s poetry slam competition last year, singing and screaming through their punk poetry. As Airwaves 2014 marks the band’s first appearance on the official festival programme,…
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Where Elves Dare Not Tread
The first weekend of August is known as Verslunarmannahelgi (“Merchant’s Weekend”), a national holiday that sees numerous festivals taking place around the island, with plenty of drunken debauchery on offer. Scores of folks make their way to festivals such as Vestmannaeyjar’s Þjóðhátíð…
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Some Loudness For Your Living Room
When life gives you lemons, you have a wicked house party with live performances! Or, wait, is that what you do when your landlord gives you notice because the house is being turned into (another) 101 hotel? That’s at least what occupants…
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Good Coffee, Good Conversation, And A Good Cause
In a city brim-full with cafés and coffee shops, one local man—psychology student and long-distance cycling enthusiast Sverrir Rolf Sander—has, in less than two weeks, carved out a place for himself alongside Reykjavík’s more established barista talent. In late April, under the…