Reykjavík Grapevine - 18.07.2014, Page 35

Best song for a hazy
day at the beach:
Pretty Please’s “100kg”
Pretty Please’s “100kg” has you
hypnotised while taking a walk on
the beach and enjoying hazy sum-
mer parties and happy days.
The hardest rocking song:
Pink Street Boys’s
“Kick the trash out”
The dirty rocking “Kick the trash
out” by Pink Street Boys is a heav-
ily distorted fusion of garage rock
and modern punk. Every note of
the song is played with intense raw
emotion that viciously attacks your
ears and assaults your heart.
Best new concert venue:
Húrra
Since Húrra opened its door in May
a single week has not gone by with-
out something spectacular hap-
pening inside the venue. Húrra has
become a melting pot for the best
music within the Icelandic scene.
We have seen great hip hop, indie,
electro and rock artist grace the
stage. A mid-sized concert venue in
the heart of the city is just what we
needed.
Best concert at an aban-
doned military base:
Portishead at All
Tomorrow’s Parties
Portishead’s performance at All
Tomorrow’s Parties in a crammed
airplane hanger was an audiovi-
sual blast of hydrogen proportions.
The sound was perfect with every
drum sound tailor made for each
song, and the accompanying visu-
als were impeccable with a live feed
of the band drenched in trippy fil-
ters mixed with pre-made videos
warped on the huge screen behind
them. Highlights include, but were
in no way limited to, Beth Gibbon’s
voice acting as a human Theremin,
Geoff Barrow’s turntable scratch
solo in “Over,” the goose bump-in-
ducing Rhodes chords opening the
first song of their encore, “Roads,”
and the ‘60s psychedelic video ac-
companying “Rip.”
Straumur has been active since last
summer, with writers Óli Dóri and
Davíð Roach documenting the local
music scene and helping people
discover new music at straum.is. It
is associated with the radio show
Straumur on X977, which airs every
Monday evening at 23:00.
The Reykjavík Grapevine and Inspired by Iceland
are looking for THE TOURIST OF THE YEAR. Tell
us why you should be the Tourist of the Year for a
chance to win a free trip to Iceland.
Visit www.touristoftheyear.is to submit your entry!
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The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 10 — 2014 MUSIC35