Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2009, Page 19

OMG! Skátar Bid Farewell!
Sódóma Reykjavík 21PM
1000ISK
So we just got word... the mighty Skátar are breaking up! Goddamn! All swine
collapse, economic flu issues aside, this is some of the very worst news we’ve
heard all year. Reykjavík’s music scene mainstays, overall-clad overlords Skátar are
breaking up. No more Skátar shows for us, no more Skátar songs to sing along, no
more glittery golden pants, deranged humour and weirdly hooky skronk. A sad day
for Icelandic music.
“It’s a very amicable split,” Skátar guitarist Benni told Grapevine over the
phone. “We’ll probably keep on playing together in some form, under a different
moniker. But our singer Markús decided it was time for other pursuits and we
decided that it was an appropriate time to put Skátar on indefinite hiatus. We’ll
probably be like Dinosaur Jr – we’ll get together for more shows and albums in
eighteen years or so.”
THERE IS ONE LAST CHANCE TO SEE SKÁTAR PERFORM, and you seriously
need to be there. Catch their farewell show at Sódóma Reykjavík on Friday August
21, where the band will play for the last time, to celebrate the good times and the
great music they made together. Supporting bands Reykjavík!, Sudden Weather
Change and Me, The Slumbering Napoleon will warm up the send-off and show
their love for their fellow brother-in-band. Bring your handkerchiefs! HSM
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
All over Reykjavík
1000ISK
All you jazz enthusiasts are in for a treat in the latter half of August as the 20th
annual Reykjavík Jazz Festival takes over the city, ambushing us with a flurry of
symbol brushes, freeform sax solos and rich, brooding vocals. World-class acts from
Iceland and its Nordic neighbours, as well as Austria, France and the United States,
will be performing more than fifty concerts from August 13th through to the 1st
of September at venues throughout the city. The festival also features an outdoor
concert on Ingólfstorg and a series of jazz workshops that include masterclass
discussions with the likes of guitarist Hilmar Jensson and drummer Jim Black of the
jazz ensemble AlasNoAxis.
Another interesting feature of this year’s festival agenda is Organ Orgy!, a
performance in which the ASA trio tackles the classics of Jimi Hendrix and Thelonius
Monk. The trio consists of Andrés Þór on guitar, Agnar Már Magnússon playing a
Hammond organ and Scott McLemore keeping time on the drums.
The Reykjavík Jazz Festival is also offering up a special Culture Night calendar
on August 22nd. Culture Night, Reykjavík Jazz Festival style, presents jazz band
The Animals, a jazz DJ set at Hafnarhús, a guided jazz-walk through the Reykjavík
Gallery and a literature and jazz symposium at Iðnó.
A Jazzpass that grants holders entrance to all the events of the Reykjavík Jazz
Festival can be bought online at midi.is for only 8000 ISK and more information about
the festival, including the complete program can be found at reykjavikjazz.is. CF
21
Aug.
13
Aug.
1
Sept.
Jacobsen
22:00 Jón Jónsson Presents:
Kompakt (DE). Pan/Tone (Live),
Shumi. Jack Schidt and Sexy
Lazer.
Kaffibarinn
23:45 Már & Níelsen.
NASA
23:00 Culture Night event. Entrance
2000ISK.
Prikið
21:00 Culture Night with Agent
Fresko,Dr Spock,Hooker Swing,
Cliff Claven, DJ Danni Deluxxxe
and more.
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
All day Culture Night events. Jazz
programming.
Sódóma
22:00 Entombed, Sororicide, In
Memoriam and Gone Postal.
Tapas Barinn
15:00 Virtual Motion.
23 SUN
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
Prikið
11:00 Hangover Cinema screening
Jabberwocky. Free popcorn.
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
12:00 Dill Restaurant. Live Jazz at
Noon.
15:00 Kjarvalsstaðir. Kristjana
Stefánsdóttir and Ragnheiður
Gröndal unite the singers on the
Icelandic scene.
20:00 Iðnó. Guðmundur Stein-
grimsson's 80th Birthday Celebra-
tion.
21:00 Rósenberg. Scott
McLemore
22.30 Kúltura/Múlinn. Charles
Mingus Tribute. Bop ’till you drop.
24 MON
Dubliner
22:30 Live Music.
Kaffi Hljómalind
20:00 Audiobook Night.
Prikið
22:00 Friskó.
Reykjavík Jazz Festival
20:00 Djúpið. Jazz Quiz 2.
21:00 Rósenberg. Samuel J