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News in Brief Early May 2014
So, summer has officially begun here in Iceland, which means it’s whaling season again. Whaling is currently permitted in Reykjavík’s Faxaflói Bay—the same waters in which tourists go on whale-watching expeditions. This grim irony has led many whale watching companies to call for a larger “no…
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Rape Victim Calls Out Best Western Reykjavík On TripAdvisor
An American woman has described how the Best Western Hotel in Reykjavík failed her and her husband when they stayed there last December, by letting a strange man, who then raped her, into their hotel room. The couple, who shared their story with DV earlier…
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Don’t Give Ducks Bread (Ever)!
The city of Reykjavík is encouraging people to not feed bread to ducks at the Tjörnin pond this summer. In fact, giving ducks bread is a bad idea any season of the year.According to an announcement from the city, residents and visitors alike are…
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Conservatives Lead In City Election Poll
According to a new poll from the Social Sciences Department of the University of Iceland, the Independence Party currently has the greatest support for upcoming municipal elections. MBL reports that 28.4% of respondents said they would vote for the Independence Party if city…
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Police Offer Lost And Found Service
Capital area police have an Instagram account that features, amongst other things, lost items they happened upon to be claimed by their owners. Vísir reports that the lost items include cameras, bikes, mobile phones, and even shoes and keys. The general public has…
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Reykjavík Grapevine’s Podcast: Airwaves Sunday Edition
Wohoo! It is Sunday! We made it! Almost. Your audio-loving friends, the omniscient Grapevine Airwaves Podcast Team, has been rolling from venue to venue throughout Saturday. We bring you the best bits from the gigantic line-up and tell you tips on how…
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Iceland Airwaves Insider: Haukur S. Magnusson
If you’re a regular reader or at all familiar with the Reykjavík scene, you probably know of Haukur S. Magnusson. Reykjavík Grapevine’s editor-in-chief is something of a face about town during Iceland Airwaves, whether playing as the guitarist of Reykjavík! or marshalling…
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Hot Dads
As a female whose uterus has rarely conceived of producing a child, I was surprised to find my ovaries becoming hysterical in Reykjavík. No, it wasn’t the sight of small children in tiny woollen sweaters that wound my newfound biological clock; it…
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College Humor’s Jake & Amir Were Almost Arrested In Iceland
Jake Hurwitz and Amir Blumenfeld have garnered Internet fame as the riotous workplace duo, Jake & Amir, for NYC-based comedy website, College Humor. Earlier this summer Amir and Jake took a break from the office to vacation in Iceland and managed to…
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DIY Celebrity Walk
We know you all were pretty upset to learn that it wasn’t actually the real Ryan Gosling who made headlines a few weeks ago by getting his car crashed on Sæbraut. Don’t worry. There are plenty of celebrities that did come over…
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Hypnosis And High Times: Deutsche Bar Pt. II
At Deutsche bar on Friday, the late gigs offered the kind stylistic pileup I’ve come to expect from an Airwaves lineup.
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WINDY DAY TIDBIT! Musicians & Their Pets!
Stay inside, get some milkbones and catnip and cuddle up with a furry-friend! Compiled by Rebecca Louder & Bob Cluness While being a touring musician and a pet owner can’t be easy, there’s one thing that’s for sure – your pet will…
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Chilly Winds Don’t Blow
“Holy fucking Christ,” I said without hearing myself say it, the words sucked right out of my mouth. It was not just the wind—violent, subarctic, merciless—that assailed me from all directions and angles, rendering it equally difficult to inhale as to exhale.…
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Doldrums Steal The Show: Iðnó, Night Two
They sing about crack cocaine, coke, being broke and drinking whiskey without an air of satire or wit, any insightful experiences that may inform these songs lost in irritatingly trite lyrics.
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Postcards From the Edge – Goddamn Reykjavík!
Postcards From the Edge is our cheeky little Airwaves feature where bands who are currently on tour outside of Iceland, send us short tales of where they are and of the great shows they’re playing at. they also like to indulge in tales of rock and…
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The Hardcore Kid’s Guide To Reykjavík Sightseeing
By Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson Birkir Fjalar Viðarsson often plays in bands, most notably Bisund, Stjörnukisi, I Adapt, Gavin Portland, Celestine and Hellvar. These days, though, he does less of that and spends more of his waking hours on his music/culture blog Halifax…
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Biking In Reykjavík Is Underrated
Reykjavík may not be the most bike- friendly city, but it certainly has some beautiful routes where cars are not welcome. For a particularly nice scenic ride that’s fewer than 10 kilometres round trip, head to Öskjuhlíð and pick up a coastal…
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QUIT BEING SUCH A FUCKING ASSHOLE ALREADY, YOU GODDAMN COCK!
Ah. It was a wonderful Menningarnótt. It could have been any night, but it was Menningarnótt. Fresh from seeing Ólafur Elíasson reveal his grand light-show façade thing down by Harpa and also fresh from drinking several gallons of beer, I decided to…
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Why Sunday is the Best Night of Airwaves
Despite the fact that, come the fifth and last day of Airwaves each year, I make my way—kicking and screaming—to my last assignment, by the time it comes to writing the final review, I always feel a bit sentimental for Sunday.
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Valdimar, The Creator!
Reykjavik!’s erstwhile guitarist Valdimar Jóhansson breaks out into production of all kinds… Now you may have noticed that Iceland’s favourite pleasure rockers, Reykjavik!, have just released ‘Hellbound Heart,’ the first track from their at-the-time-of-writing untitled third LP. But their guitarist Valdimar Jóhannsson,…
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Verslunarmannahelgi
Chances are you have not been properly introduced to the term Verslunarmannahelgi. This labour day / bank holiday equivalent, dedicated to Icelandic merchants, is celebrated every summer on the first Monday in August (and all through the preceding weekend). While only a…