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What Went Down: Sónar Thursday Capsule Reviews
Angel Haze’s powerful rapping, Milkywhale’s triumphant pop, Ellen Allien’s teutonic techno, Páll Oskar’s golden armour—it’s hard to call what our Sónar team loved the most from day one of the festival. Read on to decide for yourselves. Eli Petzold When Auður performed…
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Icelandic Condom App Will Haunt Your Dreams
Currently the most popular app in Iceland is a sexual health awareness app promoting the use of condoms to prevent the spread of STD’s, reports MBL. It will, incidentally, also haunt your dreams. The game features well known Icelandic celebrities reimagined in…
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Sónar 2016 Sounds Off More Artists, Now Even More Exciting
Sónar ups its game today, announcing new additions to its quickly swelling lineup. Now set to perform at the festival in February 2016 are German DJ and producer Boys Noize, Detroit rapper Angel Haze, President Bongo (formerly of Gusgus) and his Emotional Carpenters,…
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Icelandic Children’s Show Explains Being Gay To Kids
Pop star Páll Óskar made a recent appearance on the children’s show Stundin Okkar, where he explained sexual orientation in terms anyone would understand. Stundin Okkar (“Our Moment”) is the longest-running children’s show in Iceland, and is shown on public broadcasting network…
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Famous Dicks & Nationalism: My Spa Date With Icelandic Rapper Bent
Many serious conversations have taken place in a hot tub here in Iceland. It’s the unofficial meeting place of businesspeople, politicians and, now, journalists and rappers. Rap in Iceland is undergoing one of its periodical booms at the moment. I’m meeting Águst Bent,…
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Ongoing Now: Októberfest
It’s that time of year again. The Harvest is almost upon us, and as such we must make ample room for our future bounty. So grab a 30 rack and a couple dozen hot dogs, make sure your friends do the same,…
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Potential Closure Of Downtown’s Music Venues: It’s About More Than Music
It’s Faktorý all over again. The buildings that house downtown’s booming music scene—venues like Húrra, Gaukurinn, Paloma and Dubliner—will likely be renovated into “tourism-related businesses.” The news is reminiscent to the sad fate of Faktorý, a popular Reykjavík music venue that was…
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The Páll Óskar Exhibition Opening Today
An exhibition at the Icelandic Museum of Rock n’ Roll honouring Icelandic pop artist Páll Óskar will open its doors today in Reykjanesbær, reports Nútíminn. The exhibition will feature some of Páll Óskar’s most famous costumes as well as his collection of…
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NASA Saved! Sort Of
Iceland’s Prime Minister, Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, has decreed that the hall inside former Icelandic club and community centre, NASA, is to be protected as a cultural heritage site, reports Vísir. NASA was shut down in 2012 to make way for a hotel…
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Páll Óskar: In The Name Of Love
The front door is wide open. Giving a little tap on the wooden frame, I hear the boom of his instantly recognisable voice greeting me from the next room. The one and only Páll Óskar strolls into the foyer motioning that he’s…