Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.08.2012, Síða 56

M U SI C
concerts & nightlife in August
22:00 Live music
Faktorý
22:00 DJ Atli Kanill (downstairs)
22:00 Agent Fresco, Útidúr,
Nolo
(upstairs)
Gamli Gaukurinn
21:00 Live music
Glaumbar
0:00 DJ Seth
Hemmi og Valdi
22:00 Intro Beats
Hressó
22:00 DJ Cyppie and Steini Sax
Kaffibarinn
23:00 fknhndsm DJs
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Nordic House
21.00 Warm up for Culture night
with Jimi Tenor
Prikið
22:00 Steini and House Band
0:00 DJ Árni
Vegamót
23:00 Símon
18 SAT
Austur
22:00 DJ Gunnar
B5
22:00 Resident DJ
Bakkus
22:00 Raftónlist á
Menningarnótt
Café Rósenberg
20:00 Ljótu hálfvitarnir
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Faktorý
22:00 Retro Stefson
Glaumbar
0:00 DJ Cyppie
Hallgrímskirkja
12:00 Festival of Hyms
Hemmi og Valdi
22:00 DJ Atli Kanill
Hressó
22:00 Tandoori Johnson – Men-
ningarnótt
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Nordic House
19:00 Völuspá
Prikið
0:00 DJ Danni Deluxe & Gísli
Pálmi
Vegamót
23:00 Benni and Jónas
19 SuN
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Faktorý
21:30 Live jazz
Kaffibarinn
23:00 DJ Kári & Alfons X
Harpa - Kaldalónq
17:00 Pearls of Icelandic Song
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Indie Darlings Bring The Noise
Japandroids
Gamli Gaukurinn
August 22 – 20:00
2,490 ISK
There’s a lot to love about Japandroids. They’re fun. They’re raucous. They’re form Vancouver. And they followed up a solid
debut “Post-Nothing” with a sensational sophomore album “Celebration Rock.” Both records earned praise from critics in pretty
much every publication – interwebz or print – that writes about music. “If they try to slow you down / Tell ‘em all to go to hell,”
they chant in their best song of this year’s album, ‘The House That Heaven Built.’
There’s no slowing down Japandroids though. Their songs are anthemic, with an “Outsiders”-like yearning for child-
hood and words often set under a haze of guitars. It’s garage rock, Canadian style. And while the tracks sound like they were
recorded in an attic full of thrashing rockers – it must be a dozen strumming care-free! – the band is actually a two-piece outfit.
David Prowse plays the drums and Brian King plays guitar. Who gets to sing the songs? They’re good at sharing.
Japandroids are circling clubs and festivals throughout Europe in the late summer and fall after hitting Reykjavík. They’ll
also play the Paris version of the Pitchfork Music Festival in November. And on August 22, they’re at Gamli Gaukurinn – playing
as arguably the most high-profile international indie band to hit the city this summer. CW
20 MoN
Café Rósenberg
20:00 Jimmy Monaham
Den Danske Kro
22:00 Live music
English Pub
22:00 Live music
Harpa - Kaldalón
20:00 Deborah Davis – Reykja-
vík Jazz Festival
Kaffibarinn
22:00 Simon fknhndsm
Lebowski Bar
22:00 Live DJ
Prikið
0:00 DJ the Third
21 TuE
Bakkus
21:00 DJ Katla