From the Editor’s Chair
The longest month of my professional life has just passed, figuratively speaking. This is the fifth issue we put out in less than a month, counting the three daily Airwaves [&helli
The MOMS Parade
The audience squirted ketchup on us, threw oatmeal and dog food at us and screamed in anger. We weren’t sure if they were trying to complement our work or if […]
TopShop
The popularity of British chain store TopShop has been no less in Iceland than across the globe but up until now, fashion-conscious shoppers could only purchase the reasonably-pric
Vox Bistro / Restaurant
Vox restaurant is located on the first floor of the Hilton Reykjavík Nordica hotel on Suðurlandsbraut. It is actually a two-for-one kind of package, with a less formal bistro ope
Sushibarinn
Since opening its doors six weeks ago, Sushibarinn has fast become the talk of the town among Reykjavík sushi-lovers, and for good reason as their rolls are among the best [&helli
Across the Country in 40 Days – Adventures of the Lonesome Traveller, Leg 3
Askja. For a long time, since my first visit in 2001, that little and harsh name evoked the mightiest images of dread and desolation in my head, of unspeakable mysteries […]
Birgir Andrésson (1955-2007)
One of Iceland’s most respected visual artists, Birgir Andrésson, died this October 24 at 52 years old. Born in the Westmann Islands in 1955, Andrésson went on to study visual
Destination: Lake Mývatn
There are few reasons, in my opinion, to get out of bed early. The rare occasion of catching a flight is one of them. And so when I was asked […]
Folk and Frost
Despite having a capital city that sits a snowball’s throw away from the North Pole and boasts a population smaller than that of the London borough of Barnet, Iceland has [&helli
Better the Devil You Knew…
After the previous week’s hectic live music schedule around Reykjavík, having just a pair of bands on at Organ seemed almost a waste of time and space but thankfully at [&hellip
Airwaves Highlights
Art Museum – Thursday: Jenny Wilson introduced her track “Bitter” by quoting its lyric “I love to complain”; the songwriter shouldn’t have anything to complain about af
The Last Days of the Labels
The music industry is facing some troubled waters. To be precise, the business side of the music industry is in trouble; the big publishers and distributors, who, for the longest [
Big Business vs. Icelandic
Last month, the board of Reykjavík Energy, a publicly owned company that supplies Reykjavík citizens with energy, accepted a merger between the privately owned Geysir Green Energ
You Too Can be a Citizen
At the Grapevine’s request, the Icelandic Ministry of Justice has explained the procedure for applying to receive fast-track Icelandic citizenship by act of Parliament. There are
One Little Nigger
“We never [were] niggers, that is a word used to describe our own wretchedness. And we perpetuate it now.”(1) Who said that? Surprisingly to some, the little nigger in question
Ten Little Who?
When you dig up the past, you are bound to see some of the dirt. Unfortunately, this dirt is in the form of Icelandic artist Guðmundur Thorsteinsson’s depiction of black [&helli
I Only Ask for Hard Work
How did you get started in coaching? Now there’s a story. My wife was studying at university in 1981 and one of her classmates was a member of a small […]
Sour Grapes
We were in Iceland last year for our 25th anniversary, and we LIVED on skyr. I am unable to find a domestic supplier of it in the States, and just […]
It’s Our Party, and We’ll Play if We Want to
How does it work from a practical viewpoint having half the band living on a different continent, now that two members (Árni R.H. and Lóa) have recently moved to New […]