Reykjavík Grapevine - 08.01.2016, Page 32

“Icelandic is stiff—most words are longer
than their counterparts in English. Being
able to bend the language opens new
dimensions, and it pisses off conservative
nationalists, which is always fun.”
Úlfur Úlfur are our band of the year in the fourth
Grapevine Music Awards
“The more I get to know the music business,
the more I know you don’t have to do
anything you don’t want to do. It’s perfectly
possible to keep your integrity, and be wildly
successful, at the same time. You just need
to be a bit wise about it. Anyone can do that.”

Kira Kira reflects on ten years of making music
“This is probably the only photograph of
this iceberg that was ever taken. I got this
shot, and we sawed off a piece of ice to put
in our whisky.”
Photographer Ásgeir Peterson went to
Greenland for a week, and came back nine
months later
“He had no time for bullshit… in my opinion,
it’s impossible to be a metalhead and not to
be affected by Lemmy’s contribution to the
music, whether you’re a Motörhead fan or
not.”
Icelandic metalheads remember Lemmy
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