A Day Trip to Snæfellsnes Peninsula
Snæfellsjökull Glacier Distance from Reykjavík: ca. 19km Snæfellsjökull glacier, a 1,446-metre high volcano on the western part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula, is among Iceland
GUSGUS ARE FOREVER
The end was near and the heat had already been turned off by the time I visited the GusGus studio in the now-defunct Klink & Bank art factory, the place […]
GusGus – Forever
“THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT. SHINING, ILLUMINANT, GLORIOUS GUSGUS.” …or so proclaim the opening words on the promotional package for this, GusGus’ fifth studi
Hafdís Huld – Dirty Paper Cup
Although its cuteness occasionally sinks to unforgivable stupidity, Dirty Paper Cup is a triumph as far as original songwriting goes, and brilliantly showcases the fact that no mat
SIC – Pandemonium
Faroese fivesome SIC never stray far away from their nu-metal/post-trash roots on debut album Pandemonium. Although they are not exactly breaking new ground for originality, it is
Envy of Nona – Two Years Birth
There’s some fair songcraft on this very adolescent debut release from the Reykjavík fivesome, but boy, does it drag on forever. Still, despite being cliché-ridden and unorigin
Petter & The Pix – Easily Tricked
This album is kind of like eating roast mutton off plastic tupperware. The ingredients are all there, you know it’s good stuff and it certainly tastes expensive, but something’
Ampop – Sail To The Moon
Grandiose and epic in scale, Sail To The Moon is still hardly more than a tired rehash of songs we’ve been listening to on indie radio stations for ten years, […]
Prejudice or Paranoia?
“It was the worst experience!” said a young man who came to talk to me the other day. “I have never seen such disrespect. I wouldn’t have been able to […]
Good Show, Unfortunate Venue
There was an unusually subdued and quiet atmosphere at NASA for Lisa Ekdahl’s concert. This was her third show in Iceland in two years and, much like on previous occasions, [&hel
Aldrei fór ég suður: Now More Than Ever
The 1974th Annual Easter-festivities will soon be upon us, as will the fourth annual ‘Aldrei Fór Ég Suður’ (I Never Went South). Both are excellent reasons to celebrate with
BEZT Í HEIMI: Filippseyjar Grocery Store
Fewer things are more frustrating than when you’ve decided to be a little experimental in the kitchen and your stomach is aching for a flavourful Asian meal, to drive to [&hellip
Sour Grapes
An open letter to Páll Hilmarsson Dear sir, how dare you state that mighty BLACK-METAL is bad? You obviously have no taste in – nor knowledge of – music. Either [&hell
If No One Dares to Try, We Would Never Get Anything New.
Sigríður Dögg Auðunsdóttir has a stellar reputation as a journalist. In 2006, she was awarded for investigative journalism by the Icelandic Journalists Association for her ser
Honesty Doesn’t Pay
Rejoice, it’s tax time once again. Many foreign residents in Iceland find the rules here a bit baffling at first and, to be fair, Icelandic tax forms have gotten more […]
No Love for Porn!
One of Iceland’s main selling points has always been “purity”, a trait on which Icelandair has capitalized with the tantalizing phrase, “Come and take a break from the worl
Nothing but the Word
The first time I heard it used by a child I was quite shocked and a bit disturbed. Did that third grader just yell the f-word? After the initial shock […]
The Advanced Way to Experience Art
With the existence of YouTube and other internet video sites – where people can distribute as well as download a never-ending amount of movies and video clips onto their computer
Austur-Indía Félagið
Once again, a Grapevine food critic faces the almost insurmountable task of reviewing a meal that was damn near perfect, and doing it without sounding like a thinly veiled advertis
Geysir
Bistro-bar and restaurant Geysir is located in the old and dignified Geysir building by the corner of Aðalstræti and Vesturgata. A relatively new eating destination, open since l
Tivoli
Located on the shopping street Laugavegur, Tivoli is a cosy café during the day offering light snacks and lunch meals such as pizza, burgers, and tapas dishes. Downtown pedestrian