Reykjavík Grapevine - 29.07.2011, Blaðsíða 38

Reykjavík Grapevine - 29.07.2011, Blaðsíða 38
Always best price online. Various online-offers to all Air Iceland's destinations. www.airiceland.is websales@airiceland.is / tel. +354 570 3030 Contact Air Iceland or travel agent for reservation. ÍS L E N S K A S IA .I S F L U 5 13 93 0 9/ 20 10 KEFLAVÍK BORGARNES STYKKISHÓLMUR SNÆFELLSJÖKULL DRANGAJÖKULL FLATEY NESKAUPSTAÐUR BLÖNDUÓS SIGLUFJÖRÐUR BOLUNGARVÍK HRÍSEY NARSARSSUAQ Greenland FAROE ISLANDS REYKJAVÍK AKUREYRI EGILSSTAÐIR ÍSAFJÖRÐUR VOPNAFJÖRÐUR ÞÓRSHÖFN HÚSAVÍK GRÍMSEY KULUSUK Greenland Blue Lagoon AKRANES Geysir Gullfoss Jökullónið Kárahnjúkar Kraa Hallormstaður NUUK Greenland ILULISSAT Greenland www.airiceland.is CONSTABLE POINT Greenland 38 The Reykjavík Grapevine Issue 11 — 2011 Festivals | Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are a fun place to be, especially when the G!Festival is on. You can get there with a ferry from Seyðisfjörður. Or an airoplane. Your choice, really. The hills are alive with the sound of music in Gøta, the small town in the Faroe Islands, which is the setting for the Faroe’s an- nual and legendary G! Festival. Here I am, somewhere around half way in between Scotland and Iceland, watching people mow their turfed roof- tops in preparation for a festival that three days before its beginning looks like it might not happen. The Faroese are so relaxed that it often occurs to one that their watches are rather meant for ornamentation than use. So, I wait and watch. For fun, I try and get away with being a local by speaking Icelandic with a Danish ac- cent and hope that people don't ask me too many questions. A good tip for learning any language is to get drunk. A good tip for a festival whose main stage is on a tiny beach (which I am told is actually big this year) is to not get too drunk, in case you decide that you are enjoying or hating the music so much that you would like to hear it underwa- ter. Don't, it's freezing. The three stages each have their own charm. The D.J. stage is set in a ruined building on a hill coming up from the sea. Graffitied on the outer wall, the name of the venue 'Ground Zero' is cheekily displayed when you enter the town, as a pair of knickers and a vest hang on a washing line in- side. The smaller stage, called 'The Playground,' does what it says on the tin, a built stage on the playground's astro-turf football pitch, which gener- ates a charming oxymoron, with chil- dren playing on a see-saw whilst any- thing from folk to metal bands perform on stage. After being told that the main stage on the beach nearly sank into the sea last year, I watch in disbelief as it is put up. This is G! A fizzy pop drink of fantasy that has a distinctly homemade feeling. THURSDAY: Guðrun & Bartal, Andy Irvine, Annamarie Zimakoff, Spælimen- ninir, Lisa í Dali, Mirror Men, Sic, Mo- vitis!, Hamferð, Mugison, Fallulah, Dr. Mrgillis, HumanWoman, ÜberNörd. Lisa í Dali: has a lovely voice but demon- strates the problem with singer song- writers writing in a second language, or perhaps singer songwriters in general. Her lyrics were trite with simple rhymes and one song that consisted mainly of the words "fuck the rest.” Now, I'm not going to get all Mary Whitehouse on you, but continuous and gratuitous swearing does not a good lyricist make; in fact it's just a bit dull. In better mo- ments, her song "I was made by lovers" was in the tradition of Faroese a cap- pella singing, full of depth, disharmony and strangeness. Mugison: Not at his best, but always fun. His voice has chocolaty smooth- ness, rounded off by a smoker’s rough- ness. A bit disorganised at times (he arrived on stage without a guitar strap) however, despite technical problems, his energy was high and he got the crowd Mugie-boogying along with him. Fallulah: was on top form, which meant there was a good party to be had. She wooed the crowed with catchy tunes and a rock-pop sensibility. Leaping about the stage with tambourine in hand, the performance had the crowd transfixed into a permanent mode of carefree happiness. Dr. Mrgillis: Unfortunately I was a bit too drunk to make any proper or reli- able commentary on this act, but I had a good time. FRIDAY: Rod Sinclair, Katrina Petersen, Marius, Marstin & The Revelators, Nive Nielsen, Gipsy Train, Petur Pólson, Am- nesty Vinnari, Budam, Travis, Hogni, Me- suggah, Picture Book, Swagnah Dan- gah, Herr Gott. Nive Nielsen: Rarely have I seen such a strange attitude from a young, touring band. Yes, there were some technical problems; well there was an annoying buzzing sound coming from the ukulele lead. However, trying to "sort it out" for half an hour of a forty-five minute set, well, it wouldn't get you asked back to any venue I've been to. When they final- ly got to it, I was not only disappointed with the boring, clean pop—they were a shambles, to say the least. The singer was nervous, the band kept looking in despair at the soundman and I almost walked away until they played their last song. ‘Vacuum Cleaner’ which involved Words Álfrún Gísladóttir Photography Tróndur Dalsgarð
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