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  • CYBER Is SAD :’(

    CYBER Is SAD :’(

    Electronica duo CYBER resolve their troubled teenage years on their latest album To label CYBER simply as a hip-hop duo would do its members Salka Valsdóttir and Jóhanna Rakel — Joe — a great disservice. While certainly drawing from the well of…

  • Welcome To The Dark Side

    Welcome To The Dark Side

    Winter is upon us. It’s here, enshrouding your very being in short, frosty days with only a few hours of sunlight, followed by long, frozen, windy nights. Repeat. Repeat. Repeat. Some handle it just fine, getting cosy at home as the weather…

  • Three Hours Of Sun Is A Luxury

    Three Hours Of Sun Is A Luxury

    Although at 64° N Reykjavík is the world’s northernmost capital city, the most northerly permanently populated site on Earth is Svalbard. Located at 78° N, this Norwegian archipelago is about halfway between the edge of continental Europe and the North Pole. Winter…