New Music Videos from GANGLY, Chryptochrome, and Vil. Plus announcements from Sígur Rós, Ásgeir, and the Kraumur Music Awards.
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New Music Videos from GANGLY, Chryptochrome, and Vil. Plus announcements from Sígur Rós, Ásgeir, and the Kraumur Music Awards.
The annual Kraumur Awards happened tonight at Húrra to recognize the top six albums of the year. Congratulations to this year’s winners.
Earlier this year Cryptochrome released their second album, ‘More Human,’ an elaboration and enhancement of their original cyber-blasted, hip-hop and pop infused sound. And they’ve been just as eye-catching as they have been ear-catching.
The Icelandic post-rock dreamscapers and one of the top five answers given to the question: “why Iceland?” Sigur Rós, have just announced their Spring 2017 North America Tour.
Each permitted hunter is allowed one reindeer. There are around 1,200 permits issued through a lottery system during reindeer hunting season, from July 15 – September 15.
It's such a big and small world!” Steinunn Önnudóttir says of the art book community. She’s standing in the newly opened back room of Harbinger Gallery, where she and Halla Hannesdóttir have set up “Books In The Back”—Reykjavík’s only art book shop.
Gabrielle Motola makes eye contact. When she speaks, she speaks directly to you. And when she listens, she invests herself in what you are saying. If there were such thing as “ear contact,” I’m sure that Gaby is making it.
Amongst the berries and sheep and children for school, Oddný is also a collector of stories. She has kept a diary, writing in it almost daily, since she was eleven years old. It was her way of absorbing the her ever-changing surroundings.
While we don’t disregard the incredible richness of Iceland’s literary past, it’s also good to keep a firm gaze on the future. That’s why we asked Vala for five writers to watch.
Two and a half years ago Emilíana Torrini quit the band. There was no drama, no hard feelings. “I just promised myself if I started to think about other things on stage then it was time to stop."
On December 10 Yamaho is booked to play Berghain for the legendary Berlin techno club’s twelfth birthday celebration. “I will take them on a journey,” she says confidently.
The colour, I am certain, has never existed before, and will never exist again. It has something to do with blue, grey, purple, orange, and yellow and yet is none of them.
While many Icelandic artists are quick to cite nature as their inspiration, Haraldur is fascinated by the built environment. “Building is a state of mind,” he says. “Architecture affects the way we think.”
Katrín Gunnarsdóttir’s bare feet pat the plexiglass mirror on stage. It’s the only sound in the theater. The patter quickens with her pace, she starts to breathe louder, louder, louder, faster, and then cut.
Pan Thorarensen and Þorkell Atlason are craftsmen of electronic music. They think things through.
“Gakktu hægt um gleðina dyr,’ it’s something like, ‘Calm down, take it slow,’” Árni says above the clamour of pinball machines and jingling tokens. “My dad used to always say it to me before I’d go out. It’s the best Icelandic phrase.”