WIN WIN WIN!! Take part in our special Reykjavik Rocks competition!
If you’ve seen our recent piece about the totally awesome Reykjavik Rocks bus tour that is happening during Airwaves, then you know that it sounds like a great way to [&helli
All Aboard The Special Rock Bus!
A special tour on Iceland’s musical history is on its way to Airwaves! Dear Airwaves visitor, chances are you’re going to have several dozen drinks, eat a bunch of [&hel
Making ‘I Send You This Place’
Two years ago, we moved to Iceland. We left ten months later. Those close to us have said that we had returned to the States as aliens. Our minds, our […]
Last Year’s Most Awesome Airwaves Story Contest Winner!
1st Place! By Davíð Arnar Baldursson Hello Grapevine! I’ve got one Airwaves story for you guys. It is absolutely true, not my imagination. This happened at last years I
Talking Heads
Sóley composes music for “Breaking News,” a play starring puppets by Arit John Television. Radio. Newspapers. Computers. People are constantly bombarded with news from every d
All Killer, Fuck All Filler….
Bob Cluness’ Seven Bands To Catch At Airwaves 2012! Even though it was probably the most inexplicable decision of their careers when the editorial team at the Grapevine made [
Lady Gaga Coming To Iceland
Singer Lady Gaga will be coming to Iceland next week, to accept a peace award from Yoko Ono. RÚV reports that the singer will be coming to Iceland to take […]
Whoops-a-daisy, I Fell Down!
You’ve probably noticed it too. Icelanders who go downtown after midnight on a Thursday, Friday or Saturday night tend to drink like college freshmen who aim to become dead drunk
From Louder, With Love!
Seven Bands To Catch At Airwaves 2012! By Rebecca Louder Going through that little Airwaves booklet and trying to decide which bands to see can be a rollercoaster of [&helli
Modernist Art Leads To Obvious Entertainment
Interview with Cameron Corbett about his new choreographyAs the month of October rolls around, the Iceland Dance Company prepares to kick off their annual season with two brand new
Rafting On Hvíta River: If You’re Gonna Get Wet…
It was almost noon on a windy weekday at the end of August. A steady stream of Gortex-clad travellers filed into the Arctic Adventures office in Reykjavík, passing by the [&hellip
Sour Grapes & Stuff
MOST AWESOME LETTER OF THE ISSUE Dear editor, We are 25 sixth-grade students writing to you from the Quatre Vents Elementary School in Manlleu, a city located in Catalonia, Spain,
LGBT Rights Group Invites Parliament To The Movies
LGBT rights group Samtökin ’78 has invited every member of parliament to see Call Me Kuchu, which is currently being shown as a part of the Reykjavík International Film Fes
Most Happy With Summer Street Closings
According to the results of a new survey, most Icelanders were happy with the partial and temporary closing of Laugavegur and Skólavörðustígur last summer, and believed it had
Police Engage In Major Operation Against Motorcycle Club
This week police initiated a major sweep at seven different locations, all aimed at the motorcycle club The Outlaws. Vísir reports that the operation was one of the largest the [&
Something For The Pain – The Heavy Medical Interview
Heavy Medical have ways of examining the places of your body you didn’t know existed. When it comes to making music, sometimes you can have just too many [&hell
Eight Months For Stealing Cardamom Extract
A woman has been sentenced to eight months in prison after having repeatedly stolen cardamom and vanilla extract from stores, and violating her parole. Morgunblaðið reports that
Echoes Of The White Ark
Reggae/dub big band Ojba Rasta released their debut album last Tuesday and it’s quite phenomenal. Sporting eight songs, hair-metal guitar solos, rapping, sci-fi synthesizers, Ice
City Council Minority Opposed To Protest Memorial Placement
The opposition in Reykjavík city council is against the current location of Spanish artist Santiago Sierra’s monument to the 2009 Pots and Pans Revolution, The Black Cone. A
Over A Thousand Unexploded Ordinance Found Around Iceland
Over the past five years, Icelandic authorities have found over one thousand unexploded bombs, mortars and other explosives, most of them dating from WW2. Sigurður Ásgrímsson, t