Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.10.2012, Síða 36

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“ At the moment there are only a handful of venues avail-
able for musicians to play—
most of them
in Reykjavík.
You can count
on one hand
the number of
places where
artists can go
in the rest of
the country
and expect to get a decent audience. „
With Iceland Airwaves right round the
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“ Perhaps the idea of a punk supergroup is a contra-
diction in terms, but this is
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Iceland’s first
band to achieve
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“ ‘Like a drill sergeant,
Frikki sent
people over
the edge: ‘Go.
Go. Go. Go…’
And one by
one like lem-
mings they
went „
We go rafting (and swimming) down Hvítá
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