It’s hip to be square.
Every city has a centre; a hub around which all activities seem to spin. Austurvöllur has served as Reykjavík’s heart since the first settler, Ingólfur Arnarson, established his farm just around the corner (two doors down from the strip club… next to the Subway restaurant).
Called the “east field” in honour of where Arnarson’s […]
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It’s those damn Icelandic bands on Myspace! They’re so hot right now!
GusGus | Trabant | Ghostdigital | Hairdoctor | Han Sado | Skakkamanage | múm | Curver | Seabear | Benni Hemm Hemm | Mr. Silla | Pétur Ben | Amiina | Kippi Kaninus | Shadow Parade | Jóhann Jóhannson | DJ Musician | Daníel Ágúst | Apparat Organ Quartet | Jeff Who? | Reykjavík! | Lost in Hildurness | Stórsveit Nix Nolte| Hermigervill | Sometime
Ok, these guys are not bands but if they were we’d like them:
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