Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.09.2012, Blaðsíða 38

Reykjavík Grapevine - 21.09.2012, Blaðsíða 38
Grænn Kostur | Skólavördustíg 8b 101 Reykjavík | Sími: 552 2028 www.graennkostur.is Opening hours: Mon - Sat. 11:30 - 21:00 Sun. 13:00 - 21:00 The Green Choice Premium Quality Vegetarian Food • Vegetarian dishes • Vegan dishes • Bakes and soups • Wholesome cakes • Raw food deserts • Coffee and tea Grænn Kostur is the perfect downtown choice when you are looking for wholesome great tasting meals. Vegetarian Dish of the Day 1.680 kr. From: War And Uneasy Peace: Legend Interviewed The undeniable truth is… Iceland needs more bands like Legend. And so do you. Legend frontman Krummi Björgvinsson pauses and contemplates, before sipping his beer and continuing our conversation: “War, hate, and all these things we end up talking about. I see it on TV and the media everywhere. I know people around the world who are touched by this and it affects me. I can’t really sit down and be all happy, happy, joy, joy cheery when I don’t think that the world is cheery at all.” We’re meeting at Krummi’s favourite local haunt, Boston, to discuss his band, Legend, their recent album and the environment whence it sprang. Why it sounds the way it sounds. And why we need its kind of pessimistic honesty. But let’s start at the beginning. We meet in the evening. Krummi takes a seat, and I start recording. I ask him about the state of the Legend camp these days. “They’ve been really good,” he says. “We’ve just been really busy setting with Artoffact, a Canadian indie label who contacted us about wanting to distribute the album. They’re going to distribute the album in Canada, the US and Europe, and we’ve been working with them on things, such as changing the album artwork and packaging. So we’ve been at our computers doing all these changes and making sure everything’s in place before it goes into production. Go to airwaves.grapevine.is and read the full interviews From: Enter The Court Of The Caterpillarmen Sonic space monkeys Cat- erpillarmen are looking to get all prunky in your face! Ever since the release of their debut album ‘Adopt A Monkey’ in 2009, Caterpillarmen have been one of the quiet playmakers in the Icelandic music scene, slowly bubbling under the radar. 2011 saw the band crank up a gear, releasing two albums (the self-titled ‘Caterpllarmen’, and ‘Babycum’), while 2012 has seen their profile rise as they sup- ported acts like Ceremony and tUnEyArDs (they toured through Europe with the latter). We got the lowdown from bass player Zakarías Herman Gunnarsson on what’s been happening in the world of Caterpillarmen. One term often pinned to you is “prog” as in “progressive rock.” What does that mean to you guys, if at all? In musical terms, what do Caterpillarmen represent? Zakarías Hermann Gunnarsson: Yup, the “Ye olde prog.” Um… we started out wanting to play prog, but it’s sort of old now for us. We’re expanding our limits, diversifying. On our new album, you have a ballad, and we also have a sort of single, so we’re chilling on the prog. But by that, I mean chilling on fucking playing that genre card, you know? I still think of us as a progressive phenomenon. A punky, whatever thing. Does that make sense? Go to airwaves.grapevine.is and read the full interviews From: The Insider’s Guide To Iceland Airwaves: Nick Knowles Edition We got UK music management maestro, magazine maven (and not at all scary dude judging by his photo), NICK KNOWLES to tell y’all all about Air- waves On what to get at Keflavík Airport: I’m not saying you need to have alcohol to have a good time, BUT it would be a very good idea to stock up on an assortment of alcoholic beverages. Al- though drinks prices are not as much as they were pre-2007, the Duty Free will definitely help save some krónur. Do you go fast or go slow?: Normal week- ends in Reykjavik are legendary. Airwaves week- ends are ridiculous. If you’re getting to Airwaves on Wednesday, you’ll definitely need to pace your- self. The first couple of days are perfect for ac- quainting yourself with this fine city, its wonderful musical produce, restaurants and hip fashion bou- tiques. In the evening watch some awesome new music, hang out, meet new people and get your head down before two AM. If you’ve followed my advice, by Friday you’ll still have the energy to don your party hat for the greatest weekend of your life. BÁRUJÁRN Sunday, Gamli Gaukurinn, 21:00 A rag-tag band of hippie ne’er-do-wells doling out gothy surf-punk tunes from even further beyond the valley of the dolls. DANíEL BJARNASON Friday, Iðnó, 20:00 / Saturday, Fríkirkjan, 20:00 (Solaris special perfor- mance) – From conducting to composition, this classical avant-gardist’s work transcends the canon and his contemporaries alike. PRINS PÓLÓ Wednesday, Iðnó, 22:30 / Saturday, Reykjavík Art Museum, 20:00 – As quirky and cutesy-buttons as they come, this local indie-pop supergroup of indie- pop is all frills and fun and paper crowns GUSGUS Saturday, Harpa Silfurberg, 01:00 One of Iceland’s most enduring bands, who defined much of the local electronic scene. Their Airwaves shows have become hard-to-get-into spectacles of delight MOMENTUM Saturday, Gamli Gau- kurinn, 02:00 / Sunday, Amsterdam, 00:00 – Like a fire-breathing, redbearded dragon soaring through the sky, this bowel-shat- tering metal band will delight and terrify. Go to www.airwaves.grapevine.is for our super duper on-line magazine devoted to all things Iceland Airwaves Good news everyone! We’ve gone and made a special website dedicated to talking about the upcoming Iceland Airwaves festival in all sorts of ways. Yup, it’s the internet, so there will be no limit to what we can do save for our imagination. We can use all the fucking cuss words we want. We can post videos. Super long interviews. Or super short interviews. Or YouTube clips of kitties being all cute (THERE’S an idea!). And we’ve already begun! Harnessing the untamed forces of two of our favourite Constant Contributors, the mighty Rebecca ‘Louder’ Louder and Bob ‘Bobarella’ Cluness, we’ve posted interviews with some mighty fine bands, some pretty rad tips & trix and not a few YouTube clips. And this is just the beginning! There will be contests! Free beer! News! Performances! More interviews! Make sure to go to www.airwaves.grapevine.is right now. Bookmark that shit. And keep coming back. We promise to make it worth y’alls while! 38 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 15 — 2012AIRWAVES Introducing The Reykjavík Grapevine’s Airwaves Journal airwaves.grapevine.is INTER NET INTER VIEWS VIP SHIT ARTIST GUIDE We talk to a select and lovely bunch of Airwaves artists, discussing ev- erything from their upcoming performances and albums to bathroom sex, Russian literature, Romneycare and everything in-between. THE INSIDER Of course you’ll have fun at Iceland Airwaves no matter what (so long as you can afford to buy beer and gener- ally like the idea of a multi-venue music festival slash party (with an emphasis on party)). However, a great experience can always be enhanced with a bit of foresight, planning and listening to your elders. In ‘THE INSIDER,’ we get some veteran Airwaves-goers to divulge their tips ‘n’ trix for getting the most out of IA2K12 and answer your very own ques- tions (send ‘em to rebecca@grapevine. is). A GLIMPSE Every year we listen to a bunch to the scheduled artists and write up short and (hopefully) informative descriptions of why people should see them and what to expect. You can read ‘em all in the forthcoming Iceland Airwaves programme pamphlet—or you can sneak a peek at ‘em all on airwaves.grapevine.is. AIRWAVES JOURNAL by Bob Cluness Compiled by Haukur S Magnússon

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