Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.01.2007, Side 20

Music Art Films Events
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Music
Bar 11
Laugavegur 11
A popular hangout for Reykjavík’s
rockers and their young idolaters with
DJ’s playing classic rock‘n’roll hitters.
Fri 12.01 DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 13.01 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 19.01 Grapevine gig: Mammút and
Slugs followed by DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 20.01 DJ Óli Dóri
Fri 26.01 DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 27.01 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 02.02 DJ Palli MAus
Sat 03.02 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Broadway
Ármúli 9
13.01 Dr. Mister and Mr. Handsome
final show. Starts at 23:00.
Café Amsterdam
Hafnarstræti 5
Fri 12.01 10:30 Noise and Coburn with
guests, DJ master
Sat 13.01 DJ Master
Thu 18.01 Grapevine gig: Mammút
and Slugs
Fri 19.01 Perfect Disorder + Guests
followed by DJ Fúsi
Sat 20.01 DJ Fúsi
Fri 26.01Party
Sat 27.01 Party
Café Cultura
Hverfisgata 18
Music from the world’s four corners.
12.01 Grapevine Party. FM Belfast and
Terrordisco. Starts at 21:00.
Café Rósenberg
Lækjargata 2
A true jazz club featuring live gigs with
some of Iceland’s finest jazzists almost
every night of the week.
Fri 12.01 Krummafótur playing
djangojazz
Sat 13.01 Gítarpakkið djangojamm
Thu 18.01 Siggi Sig. and Bjöggi Gísla
bluesnight
Fri 19.01 Helgi Valur troubadour
Sat 20.01 Helgi Valur troubadour
Thu 25.01 Sviðin jörð play melancholic
country
Fri 26.01 Andri Þór + Jazzband
Sat 27.01 Mímósa djangojazzband in
concert
Gaukurinn
Tryggvagata 22
Fri 19.01 Party Zone presents: Booka
Shade, Hairdoctor, FM Belfast, Jack
Schidt DJ set, Djuna Barnes DJ set,
Darren C DJ set and more.
Reykjavík Art Museum
Tryggvagata 17
13.01 TÞM Megaconcerts, open for
all ages: Rökkurró, Ólafur Arnalds,
Lay Low, Mongo Lidoz,Kannski
NEi, kannski Já?, Sudden Weather
Change, Who Knew, South Coast
Killing Company, Transsexual Daycare,
My Summer as a Salvation Soldier,
Atómstöðin, Benny Crespo´s Gang, I
Adapt, Severed Croth and Changer.
Introductions about TÞM at 16:30,
concerts from 17-22:30.
Háskólabíó
Hagatorg
Thu 18.01 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Bartok & Brukner
Thu 25.01 The Icelandic Symphony
Orchestra: Dark Music Days
Hressó
Austurstræti 20
Here, troubadours play sing-along
hitters until midnight followed by DJs
playing whatever the crowd is aching
for at the moment.
Fri 12.01 Helgi Valur troubadour
followed by DJ Jhonny
Sat 13.01 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Jhonny
Fri 19.01 Menn ársins in concert
followed by DJ Maggi
Sat 20.01 Gotti and Eisi followed by DJ
Jhonny
Fri 26.01 Touch in concert followed by
DJ Maggi
Sat 27.01 Pub-lic in concert followed
by DJ Maggi
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
With a mixture of techno, reggae, hip-
hop and classic dance hitters, the DJs
are usually capable of crowding the
dance floor each weekend and getting
the regulars frisky at weekdays.
Fri 12.01 DJ Jón Atli
Sat 13.01 Don Balli Funk
Wed 17.01 Don Balli Funk
Thu 18.01 DJ Pétur
Fri 19.01 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 20.01 DJ Jón Atli
Wed 24.01 DJ Pétur
Thu 25.01 DJ Jón Atli
Fri 26.01 Don Balli Funk
Sat 27.01 DJ Alfons X
Kaffi Hljómalind
Fri 12.01 Disconvenience from
Sweden, along with Morðingjarnir,
The Best Hardcore Band in the World
and Deathmetal Superscuad. Starts at
19:00.
Nasa
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Sat 27.01 Peter, Bjorn and John in
concert
Sat 03.02 Flex Music presents DJ duo
S.O.S
Prikið
Bankastræti 12
This old coffeehouse turns into a
hip-hop mania at weekends where
not only DJs but also drummers
and bassists create a crasy pit at the
dancefloor.
Fri 12.01 Friskó followed by DJ Gísli
Galdur
Sat 13.01 Kacoon and DJ B-Ruff
Wed 17.01 DJ Kári
Thu 18.01 DJ Gísli Galdur
Fri 19.01 Franz and Kristó followed by
DJ Playmobile
Sat 20.01 DJ Andri and DJ Gunni Stef.
Wed 24.01 DJ Kvikindi
Thu 25.01 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 26.01 Friskó followed by DJ Danni
Deluxe
Sat 27.01 DJ Gulli, Bloodgroup in
concert and DJ B-Ruff
Wed 31.01 DJ Kocoon
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Playing reggae, country and usually
hosting at least one live gig at
weekdays, Sirkus’s veteran techno DJs
keep the party going until morning at
weekends.
Fri 12.01 Sirkus DJ
Sat 13.01 DJ Jón Atli
Thu 18.01 DJ Ívar Árni
Fri 19.01 DJ Árni Sveins
Sat 20.01 Sirkus DJ
Thu 25.01 Sirkus DJ
Fri 26.01 Sirkus DJ
Sat 27.01 DJ Árni Sveins
Stúdentakjallarinn
Hringbraut
The University students’ former
hangout spot, now a diverse concert
venue, attracting, still, a lot of
students.
Fri 12.01 Evil Madness, Fabrizio
Modenese Palumbo and Paul
Beahchamp
Sat 13.01 Forgotten Lores, Bent and
Dóri DNA in concert
Thu 18.01 Touch in concert
Thu 25.01 Nyhil Poetry Night
Vegamót
Vegamótarstígur 4
A weekly anticipation for its trendy
clientele, always dressed for the
occasion, the party starts at midnight
and ends early in the morning.
Fri 12.01 DJ Anna Rakel and Hjalti
Sat 13.01 DJ Kári
Fri 19.01 Vegamót DJ
Sat 20.01 Vegamót DJ
Fri 26.01 Vegamót DJ
Sat 27.01 Vegamót DJ
Art
101 Gallery
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The newly founded physical-the-
atre group Good Company will
premiere its first offspring at Haf-
narfjörður Theatre, January 25. At
20:00. Entitled Vikings and Jews,
four different pieces will be per-
formed, including Strength through
Embarrassment, a physical-theatre
piece addressing the absurdity re-
garding terrorism. All performanc-
es are in English.
The group consists of four girls,
Margrét Bjarnadóttir and Saga
Sigurðardóttir from Iceland and
Anat Eisenberg and Noa Shadur
from Israel, who met when study-
ing together in Holland. “The title,
Vikings and Jews, is meant to re-
flect the stereotypical ideas people
try to pin on Icelanders on the one
hand and Jews on the other,” Saga
Sigurðardóttir explains. “These two
worlds are totally black and white.
Me and Margrét Bjarnadóttir don’t
have any experience of terrorism
for example,” she continues. Tick-
ets can be bought at Hafnarfjörður
Theatre. The price is 2,000 ISK but
1,200 ISK for students.
Hafnarfjörður Theatre,
Strandgata 8, Tel: 555 2222
Tónlistarþróunarmiðstöðin (“The
Music Development Centre”), TÞM
for short, is a remarkable resource
for Reykjavík’s young bands, as
it grants them access to profes-
sional rehearsal spaces (and an at-
tached concert venue) for a reason-
able monthly fee. This service has
proved essential in the three years
since TÞM’s inception, especially
since Reykjavík’s prosperous mu-
sic scene seems to breed bands at
bunny-like rates while available ga-
rages become scarcer by the year.
Publicly funded in part, the private
enterprise has recently found itself
suffering from a lack of finances,
and recently sent out an SOS in
a last minute attempt to save the
operation from going under. City
officials and their ilk apparently
haven’t seen reason to respond to
TÞM’s plea (or the Grapevine’s in-
terview e-mails and calls regarding
the subject, for that matter) – per-
haps we should thank them for it,
as this is why we’re getting a free
concert featuring some of Iceland’s
best live acts.
Conceived to raise awareness
of TÞM’s plea, the six-hour plus
“Stál í Stál” concert extravaganza
takes place in the enormous Reyk-
javík Art Museum - Hafnarhús ven-
ue in downtown Reykjavík, better
known for hosting Airwaves head-
liners such as The Kaiser Chiefs.
A brief introduction of what goes
on in TÞM and the artists working
there is followed by a mass of half-
hour sets from long time favourites
(I Adapt, My Summer as a Salvation
Soldier), chart-toppers (Lay Low),
up and comers (Rökkurró, Ólafur
Arnalds) and exciting unknowns
(Sudden Weather Change, et al).
Starting at 5 PM, one can expect
the proceedings to build up to an
explosive climax as the night pro-
gresses. The closing set by Reykja-
vík metal gods Changer is likely to
drain completely whatever energy
the crowd has left at that time.
A full line up is listed right here
on these pages. The concert is all-
ages and admission free. So you
really have no reason not to spend
the day acquainting yourself with a
fine cause, and some of Iceland’s
best music.
Reykjavík Art Museum,
Hafnarhúsið, Tryggvagata 17,
Tel.: 590 1200
Grand Concert In Defence Of
The Holy Right To Rock
Reykjavík Art Museum – 13 Jan.
Good Company
Hafnarfjörður Theatre – 25 – 26 Jan.
On January 12, a new photo ex-
hibition will open at the National
Museum of Iceland. Twins Kristján
Magnússon and Ingimundur Mag-
nússon display their work of pho-
tos, all shot during the sixties,
where teenagers, with beehive
hairdos and chilled-out lifestyles are
the subject. It was a decade when
teens spent their free time listening
to music, obsessing about fash-
ion and hanging around on street
corners or in the neighbourhood
kiosks to meet other frisky teens.
Couples danced the Twist and the
Beatles-band Hljómar were at their
peak in popularity, surrounded by
screaming fans and crying school-
girls. The exhibition portrays these
vibrant times in the local commu-
nity and its nostalgic moments. A
good opportunity to recollect old
memories, or for the younger gen-
eration, understand the past.
The National Museum of Iceland,
Suðurgata 41, www.natmus.is

The Swinging Sixties
National Museum of Iceland – 12 Jan.