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Ecology, echology, ecolology
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Apologies to NASA
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Hvalreki’s Iceland Airwaves 2011 photos
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Sunday Night at NASA: The End of it All (for now)
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Night Of The Living Dead
Grapevine Airwaves 2011
Ecology, echology, ecolology
A strong northerly gale pushed against me as I approached the constantly darkening façade of Harpa. Inside, multimedia would meet education in Björk’s Biophilia. All-consuming consumption of 8 (how we ate) Björk’s Biophilia stems from years of her own activist work to raise awareness about the state of the Icelandic environment and Icelanders’ relationship to [...]
Grapevine Airwaves 2011
Apologies to NASA
An earlier version of this review mistakenly claimed that the venue NASA was selling bottles of water for 500 ISK. While initially confirmed, further research has revealed that this information was erroneous, due to a series of misunderstandings, rendering the reviewer’s observations obsolete and inappropriate. Bottles of water at NASA cost 250 ISK during Airwaves, [...]
Grapevine Airwaves 2011
Hvalreki’s Iceland Airwaves 2011 photos
Hvalreki aka Ryan Parteka is an artist and photographer based in Reykjavík. He is a regular contributor to the Reykjavík Grapevine.
Grapevine Airwaves 2011
Sunday Night at NASA: The End of it All (for now)
The night starts like this: I am manhandled by the door man (looking for weapons? What the fuck?). I get in and it’s crowded and I’m tired. I fell off my bike earlier and my knee hurts. Basically, sorry to say it, I am not in the mood. The question which now remains is whether [...]
Grapevine Airwaves 2011
Night Of The Living Dead
I had the great fortune to have two headlining bands to look forward to tonight, and a few opening acts I’d never heard of and hoped might pleasantly surprise me. The night ended on a much higher note than I expected, and I’m glad this was the last show I saw at Airwaves. Opening up [...]
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HERE ARE THE WINNERS IN OUR AWESOME GRAPEVINE AIRWAVES AWESOME CONTEST FROM LAST MONTH! 1st Place! Davíð Arnar Baldursson Hello Grapevine! I’ve got one Airwaves story for you guys. It is absolutely true, not my imaginat...
Ecology, echology, ecolology
Björk at Harpa Norðurljós on Sunday
Good: craving miracles
Bad: craved miracles
Apologies to NASA
An earlier version of this review mistakenly claimed that the venue NASA was selling bottles of water for 500 ISK. While initially confirmed, further research has revealed that this information was erroneous, due to a series of...
The Rain Doesn’t Last Forever
Bringing back the grandiose, pitch-black wall of sound that was blasting up the Batcave in the 80s, Murmansk are a hard, howling band full of sexy sorrow.
