Icelanders have gotten a bit of a reputation for being shy with people they don’t know. We swear it’s not true.
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What we learned from Iceland’s largest music festival:
Iceland rocks. This comes as no surprise to seasoned Icelandic music lovers, but there may be no better city in which to hear music. The vibe downtown is completely welcoming and energetic. Iceland is truely in love with music and the people who make it. Speaking of which…
Listen like a local. Of […]
Chromeo!
Arg! This was a tough one. The big guns came out last night… the music got better, the performances got wilder, and the crowds got more insane. Mugison gave everything he had for our title, with probably the most dedicated performance of the festival.
But in the end, the full commitment that Chromeo managed to squeeze out […]
Buck 65!
This one was a tough call. As Airwaves continues, the performances get better and our memories get hazier. Some honourable mentions go to Plants and Animals for the diversity and talent they displayed, and to Deerhoof for giving the crowd everything they expected from the trio.
But the award goes to Buck 65. Old school […]
Ólöf Arnalds!
Ólöf is familiar to all music-loving Icelanders. At least she sounds familiar, having contributed to songs by favourite Mugison (among others), and serving as Múm’s collaborator for the last three years. She is a multi-talented experimental musician who plays guitar, viola, xylophone, and sings (of course).
But fresh on the heels of her debut solo album […]
Smoosh!
Ok, we’ll admit that these three cute little sisters from Seattle had an unfair advantage. Who could fault three kids flying to Iceland to play in front of hundreds of wannabe Vikings? They had an unfair advantage from the start, but the real surprise was how great they turned out to be! Asy, Chloe, and Maia offer up catchy electro-pop songs with the playfulness and […]
Just lay back and enjoy the ride.
We can’t believe it, but another year has passed and it’s time for the biggest, longest, loudest music festival in the world. Or at least in Iceland, which is hipper than most of the world, so you get the idea.
“What’s all this ‘Airwaves‘ then?” you ask. Airwaves is what […]
If you were looking for a rest from the seemingly endless list of cool stuff to do in Iceland this month… uh, sorry.
The concert build-up to Airwaves continues this month with the stylings of Nora Jones, Chris Cornell, Franz Ferdinand, and more. Fair warning: our last editor actaully overdosed on live music once - vomited in […]
If Laugarvegur is Reykjavík’s High Street, then Skólavörðustígur is as close as Iceland gets to Portobello Road.
In this soon-to-be recurring feature, we’ll give you an insider’s look at places we live and like. If you need to find the closest hotel to the Blue Lagoon, get a guide book. If you want to see locals in their natural […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík and beyond this July, as prepared by your not-quite-used-to-the-midnight-sun editors.
Bad Taste, the label that brought you Björk and Sigur Rós has opened a store and gallery downtown, featuring the exhibit ‘Lobster or Fame’. We’ll have the fame, lightly sautéed.
In case you missed them 30 years ago, Toto will play Iceland’s biggest venue 10 […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this June, as prepared by your still-pasty-white editors.
The midnight sun is in full effect! At 3am you can go for a hike, window shop downtown, or take pictures of your friends naked. Bring the wide-angle lense.
Ok, maybe leave that last one to the professionals… Spencer Tunick displays some […]
How do you follow-up the disaster of Sylvia Night? Glam Rock!
The walking hangover that is Sylvia Night has just started to die off, and what better way to cure it for good than some screaming rock?
As Eiríkur Hauksson took the stage for his third chance at Eurovision stardom (he was Iceland’s first entrant in 1986 and sang for Norway in 1991), Icelanders issued a collective pitiful groan. […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this May, as prepared by your gastricly challenged culturally enlightened editors.
The Reykjavík Arts Festival takes over the capital May 10 to 26. It features hundreds of people that you’ve never heard of who have more talent than Robbie Williams. Oh right, there are mimes too, so, uh, the less said the better.
And you thought the rite of […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this April, as prepared by your sprightly editors.
Björk, Iceland. Iceland, Björk. Perhaps you’ve met? The singer comes home to kick off the world tour backing her new CD Volta April 9th. Worth it just to see what she’ll wear.
Make your hangover feel like community service. Get to […]
A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík for the rest of March, as prepared by your thankful-to-be-out-of-the-clutch-of-winter’s-evil-darkness editors.
Five years between albums is just too long. Be there as dance music visionaries and all-around hipsters GusGus celebrate the release of their fourth album on the 24th at Nasa. You won’t be the coolest person in the […]
14 March 2007 – 13:09
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By Erik
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A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your sweaty fit editors.
The warm-up for the weekend takes place on Thursday at the Breakbeat Night at Pravda. Oommph oommph oommph.
If you’re more of the sober and indie kind-of-person, the youth culture centre Hitt Húsið, almost across the street from Pravda, is having […]
2 February 2007 – 18:30
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By Margrét
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A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your now-you-see-them-now-you-don’t editors.
Right. “The world’s most exciting techno band,” Booka Shade, take the stage at Gaukur á Stöng Friday evening. Also on the bill: some people (we think) called Jack Schidt, Djuna Barnes, Miss Lori, Darren C, Hairdoctor and Fm Belfast. The guys […]
A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, as prepared by your unusually suspicious editors.
Poetry might be dead, but somebody didn’t get the memo. The cool cats of Nýhil will be reading, like, poetry, between acts at Grand rokk tonight. The usual suspects are playing: Mr. Silla & Mongoose, Pétur Ben, Reykjavik! and […]
A round-up of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, as prepared by your anxiously-awaiting-the-holiday editors.
If you’re a proper Iceland nerd, you should be familiar with Valgeir Guðjónsson. This time, he’s playing in a church. Concert starts at 8 tonight in Seltjarnarneskirkja. Let’s hope he plays the “Peeing Outside Song”.
More eccentric Icelandic music at Tjarnabíó […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your sweet, yet sassy, editors.
For all you lovers of that big church on the hill, this weekend there are 20 years since it was opened. Photographs of the church throughout its 50+ year building process are on display. Nearer my God, to thee.
Thursday […]
16 November 2006 – 14:38
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By Margrét
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I see you baby, shaking that ass
Dance the somewhat nippy winter weather away, Friday start your evening somewhere very hot indeed. The Icelandic Bellydance Championships are held at Ýmishúsið and begin at 8pm. a mere 1800isk to see 19 ladies (including one of our fabulous editors) flick their hips in a way which ensures you’ll […]
9 November 2006 – 14:40
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By kitty
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Iceland wakes up again.
Starting this Friday, the Young Art Festival, organized by Hitt Húsið, a cultural centre for “young people.” (Well, 17-25 year-olds. After that you’re old, apparently.) The first night, at Tjarnarbíó, is dedicated to students of The Icelandic Academy of Arts, and the fun starts at nine. Watch out for the street performers.
Later […]
2 November 2006 – 13:07
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By Margrét
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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 the […]
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 Kraftwerk’s lawyers […]
20 October 2006 – 16:02
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By Margrét
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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 next album, […]
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
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, but […]
6 October 2006 – 9:02
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By Margrét
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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, Brussels […]
A roundup of things to do in Reykjavík this weekend, prepared by your lovely and very well connected editors.
Krzyztof Penderecki conducts the Iceland Symphony Orchestra tonight, playing Beethoven and himself, with soloist Florian Uhlig. Play the funky music, Krzyztof.
The Reykjavik Jazz Festival is in full, er, swing. If you can bear to wake up before […]
Here’s a golden oldie for you, múm’s Ballad of the Broken Birdie Records (ruxpin remix II).
múm: Official Site | Fansite | MySpace | Last.fm
