Loji – Skyndiskyssur
Minimalistic vocal-centric lo-fi is a tough game to play. It’s not that it’s so hit or miss; it’s that a lot of the time the listeners finds themselves questioning if [&helli
Björk Answers Ross Beaty: We Shouldn’t Complete This Deal
dear ross beaty i appreciate your answer it is good for the icelandic nation to see this information in the open , before it makes up its mind on this […]
10,000 Have Already Signed Björk’s Petition
According to a press release from Smekkleysa (Bad Taste), around 10,000 Icelandic citizens have signed the petition against the selling of Iceland’s energy resources. This petiti
Humanizing A Shrinking Nation
On the morning of May 31st, mere hours after the Israeli flotilla attack, the Grapevine met with Palestinian-American writer Susan Abulhawa at her hotel. Susan was in Reykjavík on
For A Minor Reflection
With all the rock being recorded in Iceland, you’d think we’d have found one producer who can make it sound the way it should. The fact that FAMR apparently sought […]
Magma’s Ross Beaty Addresses Björk’s Questions
Magma Energy CEO Ross Beaty has sent us a long response to response to Björk’s recent statement regarding his company’s operations in Iceland and acquisition of a major share
Laugardalslaug Pool Open All Night This Week
The City of Reykjavík is trying out a new idea this week and keeping Laugardalslaug pool open 24 hours a day from today until Monday, July 26 at 22:30, reports […]
Ólafur Arnalds
If you’ve ever witnessed Ólafur Arnalds perform, you know that his music has an almost magical aura. I recently saw a hall with hundreds of metal-festival attendees hushing each
Sour Grapes Over Icelandic Loans
After the Icelandic Supreme Court invalidated loans indexed to foreign currencies, the banks and regulators have struggled to determine what interest the borrowers should pay—the
Vatnajökull Voyagers: Walking On Ice
It was a sunny, Friday morning in Reykjavík. The air was still and the sky was clear; the perfect kind of day to drive out east and hike up a […]
The ‘Corporate Vikings’
The most iconic image of the Icelandic financial bubble was that of the ‘Corporate Viking’—the financier who engineered one daring takeover after another: One day buying a Br
Björk To Ross Beaty: You Totally Miss My Point
dear ross noticed your message for me you offering me shares in hs orka shows that you totally miss my point i feel this company should not be privatized , […]
Coffeeshop Icelandic
A cosy new café has opened for business in 101 Reykjavík. This is by no means an unusual event, and we normally wouldn’t pay it much attention to it, except […]
A Surprising Surprise
When we last reviewed Rauðará, way back in 2008, we remarked that the “most positive part of the Rauðará experience is not really the food itself, but the positively comforta
Will We Foster A Nintendo-Of-The-North?
The Icelandic Gaming Industry is a relative newborn among the organisations here in Iceland. Formed just over a year ago, the IGI was created with the hopes of fostering a [&hellip
Singing In The Rain
It was presented as an extravaganza of “eclectic music, inspired by Iceland.” Then it was (very quietly) announced that some of the artists (Hjaltalín, Retro Stefson, For a Mi
The Protected Iceland
We are loving the maths and indisputable facts these days, so once again we have some wicked ass stats from our buddies over at DataMarket. This time around we have […]
Björk Holds Press Conference Regarding Sale Of HS Orka
Today at 16:00, singer and icon Björk Guðmundsdóttir held a press conference at the Nordic House in Reykjavík to address the sale of Icelandic energy company HS Orka to the [&h
Ross Beaty’s Got a Proposal for Björk
Ross Beaty, CEO of Magma Energy, the Canadian geothermal pure play that has created a stir over the past year by buying up portions of Icelandic geothermal energy company HS [&hell
Belgian Man Set To Walk Across Iceland
Louis-Philippe Loncke of Belgium has set off to walk the 370 km trail across the interior of Iceland, reports mbl.is. He left from Rifstangi in North Iceland last Tuesday and [&hel
BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2010 – SHOPPING AND COMMERCE EDITION
Oh, us. We spent all that time compiling a nifty BEST OF REYKJAVÍK 2010 list for our last issue. We put a lot of work into it, compiling letters, interviewing […]