Bubbi MorthensKona (1985)
Comparable Contemporary: Bubbi Morthens Description: Mostly acoustic, with two light jazz numbers (Frósin gríma and Eina nótt í viðbótt). Dated Features: Unnecessary and form
How To View the Woodcarver
After reviewing Jón Adólf Steinsson’s work, one can’t help asking: is it craft, or is it art? In my opinion, the answer lies very much in the viewer. Take “The […]
The Road to Chic Starts Somewhere:
In my quest to find the secret behind the inherent chic of Icelandic women, I recently visited Jói & Félagar hair studio. I rarely have a monogamous relationship with a [&hel
The Floating Sculpture Garden
“I like coming to work. Every day the lagoon is completely different. I work in a different setting every day,” Hanna Dís, our young transplanted former Reykjavík bartender g
The new breed at keflavik
While the Beatles were poppin’ all over the world in the sixties, Keflavík was the home of rock in Iceland. But now these old bands, Hljómar (Chords), Flowers and most [&hellip
Eighties Album Reviews
Ah, the 80s. Sideways ponytails, acid wash jeans, and the whole world perpetually on the brink of global thermonuclear war. It’s easy to understand why 80s nostalgia is so popula
GRAPEVINE’S PURCHASES THAT JUSTIFY EXISTENCE
1 Picture postcards from The Museum of Photography. Beautifully shot black and whites of Iceland during less developed times available for 50 ISK a pop. No waterfalls, puffins or g
Duran Duran, Duran Duran (1981)
Comparable Contemporary: Daft Punk Description: Driving, bare-bones, post-new wave pop songs good enough to let you not care how uncool it is to love this album. Dated Features: Fl
Don’t Make Your Family Mule Those Sausages: Stock Up at Yndisauki
First of all, you need to know that there is a quota on imported cheeses and meats in Iceland. In fact, you may have found this out if you tried […]
Mezzoforte, Garden Party (1983)
Comparable Contemporary: Incomparable with anyone on the air today, to the relief of everyone. Description: A nightmarish journey through a neon-coloured, mullet-sporting, Reebok-w
Bob and Coral at Bar 11, Thursday 16 June, 10 pm.
A loud droning sound filled the second floor from the new stage at Bar 11. Gradually, it got fuller made richer with cymbal swirls and bass notes. This was Bob’s […]
RikshawAngels and Devils (1990)
Comparable Contemporary: Pink Floyd. That’s today’s Floyd, mind you. Description: Despite the cringingly bad lyrics (“I’m dreaming of making it big some day in the land of
Gullpensillinn (The Gold Brush)
The main space of the gallery, with its high, white walls and spacious windows, is an ideal space for showing work. On the other hand, one smaller room in the […]
The Grapevine Presents A Spoken Word Creation Written for, But Not Performed by, the President of Iceland During the 61st Celebration of Iceland’s Independence, at Austurvöllur, Reykjavík, June 17th 2005.
Fellow citizens. It was on a rainy day 61 years ago that the youthful visionaries of an old nation came together on Þingvellir and declared Iceland’s independence. Vigorously ha
Bezt í heimi: Lobster Soup at Sægreifinn
Sitting on a barrel inside the Sægreifinn fish shop, staring up at the stuffed seal and stuffed ram’s head, having owner Kjartan shuffle by to serve another customer and repeati
SALT,Hotel 1919
Described as “chic, upscale and casual” on its website, the hotel restaurant, Salt, actually is. Each table is decorated with a small porcelain bowl with pink, white and black
PRODUCE AT THE SOURCE
An alternate food-related activity we discover is a Ping River boat cruise. One outfit offers a longtail boat trip that departs south of the city center and heads upstream for [&he
Multi-tasking at Hótel Skaftafell
Southeast Iceland has two gems: the Jökulsárlón glacial lagoon and the Skaftafell National Park. Both of these sites are stunningly beautiful; the former for the fantastically s
Dark Horse: Boy Meets Girl Raises the Stakes in Icelandic Cinema
Boy meets girl. How liberating can the formula be in 2005? Very. The film, titled Voksne mannesker in Danish (Grown-up People) but a tad more irritatingly Dark Horse in English, [&
Another Glacier on the Big Screen
With Batman Begins, Svínafellsjökull (Pig Mountain Glacier) finally gets its time in the spotlight. Fans of the glacier, including much of the Grapevine staff, are glad that this