"Bad Taste" was a small CD shop (about the size of a small one bedroom apartment, with an impressive selection of local and international acts. We spent a little time in the store on our final day in Reykjavik, getting the shopkeepers advice on who was doing interesting things in Iceland. Ended up with a couple of CDs by "Sin Fang" ("Summer Echoes") and "Rökkurró" ("i annan heim").
Of the two, I prefer the former. It's very reminiscent of some of Bill Nelson's early solo work, especially the first track "Easier". The Rökkurró CD is pretty, but a little too ethereal.
Continuing in a somewhat musical vein, we ended up in another church (Frikirkjan) later in the week. It was quite a bit simpler and smaller than the Hallgrimskirkja, but did have a fairly impressive pipe organ for the size and was also the venue where Sigur Ros burst onto the scene at the 2000 Airwaves festival. Met an incredibly friendly woman there who told us all about the church and much more besides.
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