The Return of Sigur Rós
Hey there, beloved High Five Club members and prospective members,
It's your friends at the Reykjavík Grapevine (Opens in a new window), popping back into your inbox with a hello and to bring you the latest reads from our mag and news from Iceland.
FROM THE MAG
Our new issue hit the streets of Reykjavík this morning! On the cover and the feature spread is the iconic and incomparable Sigur Rós. Contributor Árni Hjörvar caught up with band members Kjartan Sveinsson, who has rejoined Sigur Rós after 10 years away, and Georg Hólm to discuss the bands first new album since 2017. Átta is a “gigantic” release that has the reunited trio currently touring with a full orchestra in an effort to do the grandness of the sound justice. Read the feature right here (Opens in a new window).
(Opens in a new window)Also in our latest issue, food writer Shruthi Basappa digs into the significance of the recent increase in Icelandic restaurants with Michelin stars and ponders why more focus isn’t being placed on marketing Iceland as a gastronomic destination. Take a closer look at the state of the culinary scene in Iceland (Opens in a new window).
(Opens in a new window)Other weekend reading from the Grapevine
Charlie Winters marvels at the majesty of the swimsuit dryer (Opens in a new window)
Catharine Fulton spends a day wandering around the old harbour (Opens in a new window)
Catherine Magnúsdóttir goes inside Reykjavík’s most underground museum (Opens in a new window)
EXTRA! EXTRA!
Reykjavík Mayor Defends City’s Rainbow Street on Twitter (Opens in a new window)
Man Dead Following Physical Attack in Reykjavik Club (Opens in a new window)
Video of Icelandic Child Gets 58 Million Views on Instagram (Opens in a new window)
LISTEN UP
Not much has changed in the last week, in that the weather outside continues to get us down. It’s July tomorrow, people! Give us some sun already! Luckily, some fresh tracks hit the airwaves recently to keep our spirits up (even indoors).
Read about (and listen to) the new music streaming at Grapevine HQ in our weekly new music dispatch (Opens in a new window). And stream our new weekly music podcast right here (Opens in a new window).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7fu39a58cZ2t6AjzZIU7d5?si=a2703edb3a6a4b64 (Opens in a new window)Have you been keeping up with Valur Gunnarsson’s eight-part series exploring alternative outcomes to key events in Icelandic history? His latest hypothetical thought experiment centres around what would have happened had German troops landed on Icelandic shores in World War II instead of the British. Give it a read right here (Opens in a new window).
(Opens in a new window)Catch up with the entire series (Opens in a new window) and tune in to the Grapevine’s Alternative History of Iceland podcast, where Valur and Grapevine publisher Jón Trausti Sigurðarson delve deeper into a new “what if” in each episode. If you like history, alternative reality or middle-age dudes talking about stuff that never happened, this podcast is for you (Opens in a new window).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5HHo3DZvrmFLdqeV8JJfaG?si=K7aAQA6ORV6Jh7c89ZKuug (Opens in a new window)That's it from us this week. As always, thanks for your support.
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