Magnús Andersen
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World Premiere: New Vaginaboys Song! In English!
Vaginaboys, the winners of the Grapevine’s Best Song Of 2015 award, have just released a new song, and it’s in English! The anonymous and masked electro-pop-R&B group has taken the Icelandic scene by storm with their EP ‘Icelandick’, an album that explores…
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A Space Of Colour: Tonik Ensemble On Making The Album Of 2015
Sometimes, “dance music” goes beyond its implied mission of moving people’s feet, and moves them in other ways, too. Grapevine’s album of the year 2015—Tonik Ensemble’s ’Snapshots’—does just that. An educated, simmering take on house-techno-pop, it’s a lush production of cello, saxophone…
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Thieving Santas And Priest-Driven Volcanoes: Hitchhiking To Skaftafell
Fists clenched, a middle aged bald man sits torn between frustration and amusement. “But Iceland is so ordinary. Nothing exciting happens here,” he says before walking off into the un-setting sun. It’s 6:30 am and I’m on a busy street corner with…
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“Well, It Was Probably A Tourist That Did It…”
Laugavegur, running as it does directly through the heart of 101 Reykjavík, becomes a very cosmopolitan street in summertime. Temporarily pedestrianised, it transforms into a lively boulevard filled with music, street food, public art, craft stalls, picnic tables, sun-loungers, and rails of…
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The Book Cellar’s Book Seller
Narratives of Reykjavík’s used book culture often take the form of jeremiads—languorous laments for a bygone heyday, a paradise lost through, by and with the fall of print media. By some estimations, there used to be as many as forty secondhand book…
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Searching For The Best Public Bathroom
Something that always seems to be missing in reviews of restaurants, bars, cafés and whatnot, is the bathroom. Perhaps it is a taboo subject? But when you think about it, the flowery potpourri smell in the bathroom might make up for a…
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Best Vintage Stores
Vintage shopping can be one of the most thrilling life experiences for fashion lovers out there. Nothing compares to the joy and excitement of rummaging through a treasure trove of retro sunglasses or the pride and satisfaction of excavating the perfect ‘60s…
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Rauðasandur Festival: It’s On!
The organisers of the Rauðasandur Music Festival have announced that despite some concern yesterday, thepotentially foul weather in the area has let up, and the schedule will go on as advertised! Due to yesterday’s concerns, the organisers of the steadily growing grassroots-festival had urged festivalgoers to camp by a community centre…