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Album Review: Icelandic Rock Band Mammút

Review of Mammút’s third album Komdu til mín svarta systir (loosely translated as “Come to my Black Sister”), 2013 An Icelandic Style As I sat in 12 Tonar, Reykjavik’s indie record store (and indie label, as it turns out), listening to the suggested bands on a blue Walkman mini-boombox, I noticed a trend. The vast […]

How Iceland’s Only Circus is Changing Gender Roles

All photos from Sirkus Islands Facebook Page. Used with permission. Skip to the Important part Random Pub on a corner Reykjavik, Iceland Saturday, 13 December 2014 15:00 Greenwich Mean Time Looking For Entertainment Maria and I have followed our noses up and down the street, looking for the source of “that Icelandic hotdog smell“. Eventually, […]