Reykjavík Grapevine - 11.10.2013, Page 62

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on the way from
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This month Hreyfill Taxi company
is supporting breast cancer awareness as
well as fund-raising breast cancer
screening by The Icelandic Cancer Society
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PICKS ISSUE 16 — 2013GRAPEVINE AIRWAVES
—Words by Óli Dóri & Daví! Roach
Straum.is has been active since last summer,
with writers Óli Dóri and Daví! Roach doc-
umenting the local music scene and helping
people discover the best new music. It is asso-
ciated with the radio show Straumur on X977,
which airs every Monday evening at 23:00.
5 Must-See
Icelandic Bands
Apparat Organ Quartet
These four dandily clad organ play-
ers plus drummer mix Kraftwerk
with classic rock and sometimes even
metal. Their live shows are a unique
breed of mannered hard rock, robotic
precision and calculated aesthetics.
And although they rarely perform live
they still have a dedicated fan base and
their own dance routine.
Catch them on Friday, November 1, 22:30 at
Harpa’s Nor!urljós Hall.
Grísalappalísa
Grísalappalísa are the Icelandic neu-
new wave pranksters stirring up a
melting pot of post punk, krautrock
and irreverent funk with two vocal-
ists whose approach is somewhere
between David Byrne’s neurotic yelps
and Nick Cave’s angry growls of his
earlier years. Their debut album, ‘Ali,’
is one of the best to come out of Ice-
land this year and their live show is a
testosterone-fuelled frenzy of fuzzed
out proportions.
Catch them on Wednesday, October 30,
20:00 at the Reykjavík Art Museum and
Friday, November 1, 21:40 pm at Gamli
Gaukurinn.
Nóló
Formerly a two-piece band, Nóló re-
cently added a drummer to the mix,
which adds to the drum machine that
they use and gives their performance
the extra kick it needed. Since their
formation in 2009, they have been
dishing out lo-fi pop gems left and
right.
Catch them on Wednesday, October 30,
23:20 at Harlem
or Saturday, November 2, 20:00 at the Reyk-
javík Art Museum.
múm
The legendary electronic glitch band
múm came out with one of our fa-
vourite Icelandic album of the year,
‘Smilewound,’ last month after a four-
year hiatus. After their performance at
the All Tomorrow's Parties in June it’s
clear that múm is one of Reykjavík’s
best live bands.
Catch them on Friday, November 1, 20:00 at
Fríkirkjan.
Prins Póló
Prins Póló started as a solo project by
Svavar Pétur Eysteinsson of Skakka-
manage but has transformed into one
of Iceland’s most energetic live bands.
Armed with tunes that mix humorous
storytelling and perfect pop sensibil-
ity, Prins Póló is a must-see.
Catch them on Thursday, October 31, 21:20
at Harpa’s Silfurberg Hall.
5 Must-See
Visiting Bands
AlunaGeorge
This electronic music duo from Lon-
don released their debut album ‘Body
Music’ in July and finished second
in the BBC Sound of 2013 poll. Alu-
naGeorge are strongly influenced by
’90s R&B that they mix with experi-
mental electronic beats. The duo hit
the number two spot in the UK early
this year, featuring on Disclosure’s
song “White Noise.”
Catch them on Saturday, November 2 00:20
at Harpa’s Silfurberg Hall.
Goat
Goat is a Swedish collective that
claims to hail from the remote village
of Korpolombolo, which has a century
long history of voodoo worship and
witchcraft. Their debut album, ‘World
Music,’ released last year combined
tribal chants and fuzzed out guitars,
the rhythms of afrobeat and the spirit
and textures of psychadelica. They
perform in gipsy garb and masks, so it
should be one hell of a ritual.
Catch them on Friday, November 1, 23:30 at
Harpa’s Nor!urljós Hall.
Jon Hopkins
Hopkins is a British producer and mu-
sician whose electronic soundscapes
walk the tightrope between techno
and ambient. On the album ‘Immu-
nity,’ one of the better ones to come
out this year, he merges analogue elec-
tronics, acoustic pianos, digital trick-
ery and found sounds into a cohesive
whole brimming with emotion and
dramatic flair.
Catch him on Sunday, November 3, 00:10 at
Harpa’s Silfurberg Hall.
Kraftwerk/Yo La Tengo
We cheat by cramming both of those
highly influential but very different
bands into one slot since neither needs
an introduction, yet one can’t make a
must-see list without them. Kraftwerk
are the electronic Beatles, masters of
rigidly high-concept synthesized pop
and their live show is an audio-visual
orgy in 3-D. Yo La Tengo are one of
the most influential indie bands to
come out of the American ‘80s un-
derground with a highly diverse cata-
logue and a reputation for amazing
live shows. These bands are the golden
oldies of the festival, but neither one
should be missed.
Kraftwerk: Sunday, November 3, 20:00 at
Harpa’s Eldborg Hall. Note: You have to get
tickets by 16:00 on Friday, at Harpa.
Yo La Tengo: Thursday, October 31, 23:30
Harpa’s Silfurberg Hall.
Mac Demarco
The Montreal-based musician Mac
Demarco is the antithesis to your
middle of the road singer/songwriter.
Formerly recording as Makeout Vid-
eotape, he has produced two fantastic
solo albums, ‘Rock and Roll Night-
club’ and ‘2.’ DeMarco's live shows can
involve nudity and lewd acts! Reykja-
vík you have been warned!
Catch them on Saturday, November 2, 21:00
at Harpa’s Silfurberg Hall.