Part 2: Kókómjólk. After years of research, your humble editors have concluded that Kókómjólk is probably the best nonprescription hangover cure with a picture of a striped, muscular cat on it. What’s this Kókómjólk, you ask? Well, it’s Iceland’s premier chocolatey milky drink. In fact, it’s Iceland’s only chocolately milky drink. Which is probably why, [...]
How abstract can they get? Ghostigital is the current project of Sugarcubes ranter rapper, Einar Örn, who, together with producer/programmer/genius Curver, manages to transform the inside of tazmanian devil’s head whilst having a seizure, into something audible. Somewhat loved and respected, with remixes by other artists left, right and centre, they can be a bit [...]
At the best little record store in Reykjavík, indie doesn’t necessarily mean small t-shirts. Just great coffee, impeccable manners, and the occasional autographed Lionel Ritchie album. If you’re looking for some fine Icelandic music, a selection of Icelandic presidential portraits, some damn fine coffee, or simply capitalism with a human face, go to directly to [...]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your very, very tired editors. The city is fairly quiet this weekend, and in recovery after that festival thing. Maybe this would be a good chance to chillax with it and soak a bit in one of those lovely warm swimming pools. We [...]
Introducing six more places from which to get to Reykjavík, fast and cheap. From 14 CET (1pm British Time) today, Tuesday 24 October, Iceland Express is opening for sale flights to Iceland from fourteen places in Europe next summer. That’s right — you’ll be able to fly to Iceland from London Stansted in the UK, [...]
From London to Iceland—and back—for £144 with our new and improved Icebreaker. We interrupt our programme for this short commercial break: On sale from today, our new Icebreaker fares from London Stansted to Reykjavík. What is it, you ask? Well, the Icebreaker is a fixed-price return flight thing where you get a return flight from [...]
Official Hangover Day. Thankfully, the official schedule has almost nothing in store for us today, but if you’re still alive, there are some off-venue gigs. In the highly unlikely event that you’re feel fresh, you could start at The Naked Ape, a colourful design store at the corner where Skólavörðustígur meets Laugavegur. There you can [...]
22 October 2006 – 16:26
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, concerts, DJs, drinking, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, reykjavik
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At Gaukurinn, the all-star band Sometime starts at 22.15. You know, provided the drummer holds his drink. At midnight in Iðnó, the old theatre by the lake, Stórsveit Nix Noltes (Nick Nolte’s Big Band) will make you sweat like a gypsy. Two options at 01.00. Either go back to Gaukurinn to see the Hairdoctor, a [...]
21 October 2006 – 14:15
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, clubs, concerts, DJs, drinking, drummers, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, nightlife, reykjavik
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Here we go again. So, by now you know where the Reykjavik Art Museum is, eh? Well, we’ll start there. At 20.45 Benni Hemm Hemm starts playing with his big band of 18 people. Get your money’s worth. Two options for 22.15 and 23.00. First choice: stay at the Art Museum. First up (assuming that [...]
20 October 2006 – 16:02
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, clubs, concerts, DJs, drinking, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, jeff who?, music, nightlife
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Tonight starts at 19.00 with Ske at the Reykjavík Art Museum. They go through front(wo)men faster than other bands go through groupies. Everyone is excited to see their line-up this year. For you cutie pie lovers, Skakkamanage and Þórir are playing at Gaukurinn, back to back. Skakkamanage starts at 20.45 and Þórir at 21.30. Decide [...]
19 October 2006 – 18:50
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, clubs, concerts, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, nightlife, Reykjavík Art Museum, reykjavik, Skakkamanage
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Yeah, yeah. Iceland Airwaves, blah, blah, blah. We get it. Just check their website, ok? On Saturday, check out the noon-to-midnight off-venue Airwaves concert at Hljómalind on Laugavegur. Pardon us while we abuse our position and encourage you to check out super-cutie Mr. Silla (pictured above, pretending to be tough) and her new best friend, [...]
19 October 2006 – 18:02
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By kitty
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Posted in 101, concerts, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, mr silla, nightlife, reykjavik, Visual Arts
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Cynic Guru play poppy, alternative rock at Gaukurinn at 20.15 (that’s a quarter past eight for civilians and Brits). You may be interested to hear that frontman Roland Hartwell plays the violin with the Iceland Symphony Orchestra. He also plays guitar with the band. And sings. Like the old lady said to the other old [...]
18 October 2006 – 18:01
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, clubs, concerts, drinking, drummers, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, nightlife, reykjavik
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The international hipster community prepares for a difficult weekend by donning wristbands, as the most important music festival in the solar system begins in Reykjavík tonight. Unless you’ve had more important things to think about, you’ll know that the annual Iceland Airwaves music festival starts in Reykjavík today, and continues through to Sunday. Beginning in [...]
18 October 2006 – 15:38
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By valgeir
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Posted in 101, concerts, DJs, events, Festivals, iceland, iceland airwaves, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, nightlife, reykjavik
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Meet Helga Kvam, a one–woman, one–camera tourist board. If you’re looking for pictures of Iceland on Flickr, chances are that sooner than later you’ll run into Helga Kvam, a music teacher living in Svalbarðsströnd, north of Akureyri. Why? Because she takes lots and lots of stunningly beautiful photos of Iceland. And we’re not the only [...]
Attention shoppers: Iceland Express is releasing 20,000 seats to and from Iceland, for £69 (or €99) including taxes and charges. On sale from: Tuesday, 17 October, 14 CET (that’s 1 pm British Time), for three days. Flight Period: 18 October to 30 November 2006 All Iceland Express Routes: To Iceland and back, from London Stansted, [...]
The grand old men and women of Icelandic dance music apparently still have last night in their bodies. Established in 1995 as some kind of multidisciplinary art conglomerate, GusGus have gone through more personnel changes than Fleetwood Mac and Van Halen put together, only to end up better than ever. While you wait for their [...]
16 October 2006 – 14:11
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, concerts, DJs, events, GusGus, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, music, nightlife, reykjavik, sirkus
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Crowded, chaotic, unpredictable and fun, Sirkus is a Reykjavík bar that’s more than the sum of its dilapidated parts. Sirkus is a rather improbable place. For starters, the fact that it’s still there at all is surprising in itself. This charmingly squalid, colourful and ramshackle little Reykjavík bar looks like it might have collapsed by [...]
A round up of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your good-looking and oh-so culturally minded editors. He’s back! Former General Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party, Nobel Peace Prize winner, and Pizza Hut fan, Mikhail Gorbachev is back in Iceland this weekend. No Ronald Reagan this time, just a lot of [...]
12 October 2006 – 13:32
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By valgeir
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, concerts, events, iceland, Iceland Dance Company, Iceland Symphony Orchestra, Icelandic bands, icelandic music, Jón Leifs, nightlife, Reykjavík City Theatre, Skakkamanage
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Okay, listen. We’re really, really sorry, but we have to tell you something. The northern lights are not really on all the time. According to the dictionary, aurora borealis, a.k.a. the northern lights, is a “luminous display of various forms and colours seen in the night sky, without the aid of alcohol.” (Okay, we made [...]
Death gets seriously warmed up as artist slash designer Jón Sæmundur — a.k.a. Nonni — opens Liborius. It was a black day, literally, for fashionable neo-goths when the Dead Store closed its doors in Reykjavík a few months ago. More Addams’ Family than the Grateful Dead, Nonnabúð (as it was called in Icelandic) was filled [...]
We think it’s Jeff Goldblum, but what do we know. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Jeff Who?, a band whose singer and bass player are currently inspiring more Icelandic teen-age crushes than all of Hanson put together. (They never go for the drummer do they?) Jeff Who?: Their label | MySpace | Last.fm
From 14 CET (1 pm British Time) tomorrow, Monday, Iceland Express is offering 2,990 seats to and from Iceland, from 25 pounds (35 euros) plus taxes and charges. On sale from: Monday, 9 October, 12.00 (14 CET, 1 pm British Time) Flight Period: 10 October to 15 December 2006 Routes: All Iceland Express routes. Price: [...]
Is it Friday already? The National Theatre is doing its best to prepare us, and all you wannabe Scandinavians, for a long, dark and depressing winter with its fun, fun, fun version of Ibsen’s Peer Gynt (surprisingly not called Peer Gyntson but Pétur Gautur). They’ll be showing it at The Barbican in London in February, [...]
6 October 2006 – 9:02
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By Margrét
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Posted in 101, Bars in Iceland, DJs, events, Festivals, iceland, music, National Theatre, nightlife, northern lights, Reykjavík Art Museum, Reykjavík International Film Festival, reykjavik, Visual Arts
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Ok — of Midges, actually. Right. We’ll be the first to admit that the name isn’t very appealing, but then again, back when our Viking ancestors were still roaming the land, having those ridiculous feuds and thinking up names for places, they probably weren’t too concerned about how they would play in tourist brochures a [...]
Some say skyr is the new tiramisu. We say it’s traditional food that might actually be edible. Thick enough to stand a spoon in, skyr is a protein–filled dairy product, sort of like yogurt (except not really). What they don’t tell you, is that it’s often full of sugar as well, depending on the flavour. [...]
Here is a pretty long clip we found of quartet Amiina (formerly know as Amina) performing on Icelandic TV about a year ago. Mostly music, but also some talk in Icelandic. If you happen to be in London on 18 October, you can catch them at the Arts Theatre [map]. They’ll also be in Paris, [...]
