Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.06.2004, Side 23

LISTINGS : june 11 - june 24
When superstars go from drugs to comfort-food, the
next step is Iceland
by Aðalsteinn Jörundsson
Music and nightlife events usually start around
21:00, unless otherwise stated. Pubs close at
01.00 on weekdays and much, much later on
weekends. For those just wanting to party, the
pubs and clubs don´t get crowded until after
midnight on weekends, although Thursday is a
semi-official night out.
FRIDAY
JUNE 11
Prikið: 20:00 Búðarbandið play fun stuff
23:00 DJ KGB
Dubliners: 22:00 Troubadour Spasky
01:00 Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
Grand Rokk: 23:00 Bands Botnleðja and Hoff-
man, see picks for details
Celtic Cross: A troubadour playing upstairs and
a live band downstairs
Nasa: Band Starsailor (sold out) after they finish
Coverband Buff play
Dillon: DJ Andrea Jóns
Felix: DJ Andri
Hverfisbar: DJ Benni
Bar 11: DJ Doddi from band Trabant
Sirkus: DJ Kári
Café 22: DJ Matti from radiostation X-id
Vegamót: DJ Sóley (buttercup)
Kaffibarinn: DJ Tommi White
Thorvaldsen bar: DJ’s Daddi Diskó & Hlynur
De Palace: DJ’s Devious & Extreme
Jón Forseti: DJ’s Fun
Muhitos: Launch feeling with a dancefloor
Miðbar: Pianist Magni plays
Café Sólon: Sólon Summer party, DJ Þröstur
3000
Nelly´s: Stand up comedians compete
Kapital: State of Mind; DJ’s Arnar & Frímann
De Boomkikker: Troubadour Óskar Einarsson,
and then DJ Heavy Metal
Ari í Ögri: Troubadours Halli & Kalli
Gaukur á Stöng: A band from Húsavík called
The Hefners play covers
Café Victor: DJ Heiðar Austmann
Amsterdam: DJ Steini
Glaumbar: DJ Þór Bæring
Pravda Barinn: DJ’s Tommi & Einar play a mix
of R’nB & 80’s hits
SATURDAY
JUNE 12
Jómfrúin: 16:00 Guitar Islanico play, see picks
for details.
Dubliners: 22:00 Troubadour Spasky
01:00 Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva.
Grand Rokk: 23:00 Bands Babtist and Norton
Kaffi List: 23:00 Ragnheiður Gröndal with band,
see picks for details
Celtic Cross: A troubadour playing upstairs and
a live band downstairs
Nasa: Band Skítamórall from Selfoss plays
covers
Dillon: DJ Andrea Jóns
Hverfisbar: DJ Andri
Café 22: DJ Andri from radiostation X-id
Sirkus: DJ Árni Sveins
Felix: DJ Doktorinn
Prikið: DJ Gísli Galdur pulls tricks on listeners
Kaffibarinn: DJ Kári
Bar 11: DJ Lazer (Jón Atli)
Vegamót: DJ Rampage/Dóri
Café Sólon: DJ Þröstur 3000
Kapital: DJ’s Alfons X & Hjalti
Thorvaldsen bar: DJ’s Daddi Diskó & Hlynur
De Palace: DJ’s Devious & Extreme
Jón Forseti: DJ’s Fun
Miðbar: Guitarist/pianist Sigurjóns plays covers
and singalongs
Muhitos: Launch feeling with a dancefloor
Pravda Barinn: Private DJ Party
Nelly´s: Troubadour Einar
De Boomkikker: Troubadour Óskar Einarsson,
and then DJ Heavy Metal
Ari í Ögri: Troubadours Halli & Kalli
Café Victor: DJ Heiðar Austmann
Glaumbar: DJ Þór Bæring
Amsterdam: Happy coverband Buff
Gaukur á Stöng: Pop band “Menn í Svörtum
Fötum” with frontman Jónsi, who claims he’s not
gay, play covers.
SUNDAY
JUNE 13
Bar 11: 21:00 Hung over? Movie Night: Dark
Crystal / Nightbreed
Grand Rokk: Bands; Indigó, Bob Justman, Viking
Giant
Dubliners: Troubadour Andy Garcia
MONDAY
JUNE 14
Dubliners: Troubadour Stebbi Stef
TUESDAY
JUNE 15
Dubliners: Troubadour Stebbi Stef
De Palace: 21:00 US based, female fronted,
chilled rock band, 27 will come by on Iceland as
part of their european tour. They play one show
with Icelandic indie experimental bands Kimono,
Future-Future and Lights on the Highway. Admin
is 500 ISK
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 16
Prikið: 20:00 Band Búðarbandið play all sorts of
stuff, 23:00 DJ Jói
Café 22: 20:00 DEAD opening party, artist Jón
Sæmundur reopens his Dead label store at a new
location, beer, booze and BBQ
Bar 11: 21:00 Poetry 11, poems and short
stories, 00:00 Grapevine’s farvorites DJ’s Palli &
Biggi from band Maus
Dubliners: 22:00 Troubadour Homer
01:00 Troubadour Mundi
Kapital: Alot of drinking going on, good DJ’s see
cupon in Grapevine for details
Grand Rokk: Band Misery Index plays
Dillon: DJ Andrea Jóns
Felix: DJ Andri
Kaffibarinn: DJ Árni Sveins
Nasa: DJ John Digweed from the UK. Admission
2900ISK
Sirkus: DJ KGB
Hverfisbar: DJ Kiddi Bigfoot
Café Sólon: DJ Svali
Nelly´s: Party Party Party
Pravda Barinn: Scrabble & Trivial Pursuit night
Ari í Ögri: Troubadours Acoustic play covers
Gaukur á Stöng: Band Írafár (Rush) plays
covers
Gaukur á Stöng: Bands Dikta and Tristian play
their own songs
Amsterdam: Coverband Oxford
Café Victor: DJ Heiðar Austmann
Glaumbar: DJ Þór Bæring
THURSDAY
JUNE 17
Hverfisbar: 21:00 Acoustic duet called Bítlarnir
(Beatles) plays covers
Bar 11: Band Norton play funk, see Picks for
details
Hressó: Beloved Icelandic pop star Eyfi plays
various pop tunes, and later on Band Búðarbandið
play covers
Prikið: DJ Andri
Kaffibarinn: DJ Jón Atli
Sirkus: Live bands in the back yard
Dubliners: Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
FRIDAY
JUNE 18
Prikið: 20:00Band Búðarbandið play along
Dubliners: 22:00 Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
01:00 Nasitam
Nasa: Band Icelandic Flag plays mostly old Ice-
landic pop hits
Dillon: DJ Andrea Jóns
Hverfisbar: DJ Andri
Bar 11: DJ DCR (Daniel) & friend
Felix: DJ Doktorinn
De Boomkikker: DJ Heavy Metal
Café 22: DJ Rafnar
Kaffibarinn: DJ Raggi
Café Sólon: DJ Svali
Sirkus: DJ Þormar
Jón Forseti: DJ’s and Fun
Thorvaldsen bar: DJ’s Daddi Diskó & Hlynur
De Palace: DJ’s Devious & Extreme
Muhitos: Launch feeling with a dancefloor
Ari í Ögri: Troubadours Acoustic play covers
Celtic Cross: A troubadour playing upstairs and
a live band downstairs
Amsterdam: DJ 18
Café Victor: DJ Tutti Frutti
Glaumbar: DJ Viking
SATURDAY
JUNE 19
Bar 11: 22:00 Band Dikta
01:00 DJ Lupin
Dubliners: 22:00 Troubadour Bjarni Tryggva
01:00 Nasitam
Dillon: DJ Andrea Jóns
Sirkus: DJ Andri
Hverfisbar: DJ Benni
De Boomkikker: DJ Heavy Metal
Prikið: DJ Jöri
Felix: DJ Kiddi Bigfoot
Café Sólon: DJ Svali
Jón Forseti: DJ’s and Fun
Thorvaldsen bar: DJ’s Daddi Diskó & Hlynur
De Palace: DJ’s Devious & Extreme
Kaffibarinn: DJ’s Gullfoss & Geysir
Café 22: DJ’s Palli & Biggi from band Maus
Grand Rokk: Iceland’s only reggae band Hjálmar
or Helmets play
Muhitos: Launch feeling with a dancefloor
Nasa: Massive MTV Party, look for posters in the
streets of Reykjavík for more info
Kapital: The great DJ Margeir
Ari í Ögri: Troubadours Acoustic play covers
Amsterdam: DJ 19
Café Victor: DJ Tutti Frutti
Glaumbar: DJ Viking
Gaukur á Stöng: Band “Menn í Svörtum Fötum”
plays cover. Front man Jónsi contributed for Ice-
land in last Eurovision contest
SUNDAY
JUNE 20
Bar 11: Hung over again? 21:00 Movie Night:
Scanners / War of the Worlds
Dubliners: Troubadour Ingvar Valgeirs
MONDAY
JUNE 21
Dubliners: Troubadour Stebbi Stef
TUESDAY
JUNE 22
Prikið: Guest DJ’s
Dubliners: Troubadour Stebbi Stef
WEDNESDAY
JUNE 23
Kaffibarinn: DJ Kári
Bar 11: Punk Rock band Innvortis, watch out
for that bass player! Loads of fun
Pravda Barinn: Scrabble & Trivial Pursuit night
Dubliners: Troubadours Bjarni and Ingi
THURSDAY
JUNE 24
Hverfisbar: 21:00 Acoustic duet called Bítlarnir
(Beatles) plays covers
Bar 11: Bands Viking Giant, Bob and Justman,
no admission
Klink og bank artist workplace: Concert,
Hýsill Kitchen Motors
Café Sólon: DJ Andrés play a Green room ses-
sion)
Kaffibarinn: DJ Raggi
Prikið: DJ Sóley aka. Buttercup
Kapital: Trance.is night
Dubliners: Troubadours Bjarni and Ingi
Glaumbar: Ari & Gunni unplugged
All hell is breaking loose in the imports division of the Icelandic
music scene. World famous pop and rock bands come surging onto our
shores and we, the rock-thirsty Icelanders, stand in awe and appre-
ciation while the likes of Violent Femmes, Deep Purple, Kraftwerk
and most recently Pixies (May 25th)and Korn (May 31st) come to
give us the performances we’ve heard about for ages but never seen
with our own eyes.
I idolised these bands as a teenager
and in my early twenties. Back then
I was the only one in my circle of
friends who liked the Pixies and
I’ve always been grateful to Korn
for putting metal-esque music back
into the mainstream. I never thought
that those bands would consider the
possibility of coming here but they
did - finally.
Both the Pixies and Korn had really
obscure experimental-noise bands as
a warm up number. The Icelandic
group Ghost Digital opening the
Pixies show were fantastic, with
brilliant sound engineering from
the noise artist Curver and Einar
Örns´ (former Sugarcubes member)
cataclysmic shout outs. Mike
Patton’s (from Faith No More) pet
project, Phantomace, came with
Korn and played, what I would like
to call, mind-fuck n’ roll. It was
a mix of death-metal, hard-core
and noise music which was fun to
experience. Still, somehow I had the
feeling that it would have been more
interesting to see them in a smaller
venue.
The headlining performances were
not as entertaining. Both the Pixies
and Korn made it too obvious that
they were on the job. It was as if
they had just clocked in to play their
songs and they wanted it over and
done with fast. I had heard that
the Pixies always used to be quite
immobile on stage but I didn’t
expect them to never address the
audience nor did I expect them to
play their songs in the exact same
versions as on their albums. Korns´
performances weren’t as dead as
Pixies but the lead singer, Jonathan
Davis, had the annoying habit of
disappearing from the stage in
between songs. I know he has to
breath in oxygen during a show but
is it that urgent to do it after every
single song? He isn’t moving that
much.
Don’t get me wrong. I loved seeing
those bands. And maybe I shouldn’t
be bitching about their stage
performances while I should be
talking about their music, which was,
of course, brilliant. Neither of the
bands made any obvious mistakes
playing their instruments (so you
didn´t get your money back? -ed.)
and both played all my favourite
songs. Regarding their music and the
sound on the concerts I have nothing
to complain about. It’s just when I
pay to see a show like that, I want
to experience something more than
what I can get from listening to their
albums. It’s just not enough to see
the musicians play the music you’ve
already heard. I want to see them put
on some kind of a show to go with
the music.
The summer isn’t over yet. More
bands are coming; some old, some
new. Some bad, some good. We, the
inhabitants of Iceland, can only hope
that the rest haven’t yet passed their
prime.
NIGHTLIFEMUSICand
By the Reykjavík harbour
Suðurbugt Reykjavík harbour
Tel: 551 5101
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