Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.10.2014, Blaðsíða 58

Reykjavík Grapevine - 10.10.2014, Blaðsíða 58
The The show to catch if you want your eardrums assaulted — Falk Night Falk (Fuck Art Let's Kill) is a collective of domestic sonic terrorists that have been putting out records and organiz- ing events of the noise/drone variety for quite some time now. Enter at your own risk. (Harpa Kaldalón on Friday) The show to attend to channel your exotic taste — Ibibio Sound Machine Led by Nigerian/British vocalist Eno Williams, Ibibio Sound Machine cites ev- erything from disco to postpunk to Nige- rian folklore as an influence. Having seen them earlier this year at Roskilde, we can attest to the fact that this is the show to bring out those eclectic dance moves you’ve been working on. (Friday, Reykjavík Art Museum 22:50) The show for a dance with the locals — Prins Póló Armed with the number one song in the country, great showmanship and the right attitude, Prins Póló can do no wrong. There will be Icelandic mayhem at Gamla Bíó on Saturday at 22:00. The band to see if you have a hangover — Yumi Zouma Feel your hangover melt away while you enjoy the dreamy pop of New Zealand’s Yumi Zouma at Harpa, Kaldalón on Saturday at 22:30. The show for your body and soul — Tonik Ensemble Combining thumping techno rhythms with melancholic vocals underscored by strings and brass, the Tonik Ensemble is a holistic mind-body experience. (Saturday, Harpa Kaldalón 00:20) The best place to go if you're undecided and the weather is shit — Harpa Head to Harpa. It has three great venues crammed into one big space so you don’t have to face the elements as you wander indecisively between shows. Best concert to get your groove on — Caribou Canadian math wiz and musical wun- derkind Caribou is sure to get the audi- ence grooving with the smooth, organic techno of his two latest releases, ‘Our Love’ and ‘Swim’. He has played twice before in Iceland and both concerts were astonishing. (Saturday, Reykjavík Art Museum, 23:45) Best show to see if you want to wait a couple of hours in line for a ticket — Flaming Lips and The War on Drugs Having the chance to catch those two remarkable indie veterans, we think it’s definitely worth your time in a line. Flaming Lips played one of Iceland Airwaves’ most memorable shows to date when they opened for Suede at Laugardalshöll in 2000. (Vodafone Hall on Sunday, 22:30) The show to see for a feminist postcolonial deconstruction of a legendary final gig in the making — The Knife The Swedish electronic sibling duo has become increasingly political with the years and their Shaking The Habitual tour is supposed to be some sort of de- construction of the concept of a rock concert. Apparently that includes mim- ing, strange masks and a lot of modern dancing. Also, this will be their last con- cert ever, so who knows, they might as well overthrow the capitalist patriarchal powers that be while they are at it. (Saturday, Harpa Silfurberg, 22:00) Straumur has been active since the sum- mer 2012, 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 Óli Dóri hosts every Monday evening at 23:00. We are extra excited for this year’s festival because for the first time we, Straumur, are having our very own off-venue program at Bíó Paradís. Also, the Knife will play their final show ever and other great international acts like Caribou, The Flaming Lips and Unknown Mortal Orchestra are playing. These following recommendations are based on the physical and mental state you may find yourself in. It’s somewhat common around this time of year for Reykjavík music lov- ers to get, in the parlance of our times, “hella planny.” Many locals map their movements during the Iceland Air- waves festival to an uncharacteristi- cally exact degree. A simple “who are you seeing tonight?” can be greeted by “I’ll be watching off-venues at A, B and C, then eating dinner whilst watching band X at restaurant P, then going to venue D and catching three songs of band Y—because you have to be in venue D before the queue starts—then I’m off to venue E for the last few songs of band Z, and then maybe an after-party at KB...” Given that Icelanders are usually totally averse to planning anything beyond the next drink, I found this unusual. But maybe it makes sense— whereas in larger capital cities the gig circuit is a kind of an ongoing all-you- can-eat buffet, in little old Reykjavík, things are very different. Visits from international bands are fewer here, and if you happen to be into alterna- tive or underground music, then gigs can be scarce indeed. Airwaves is, seen in this light, a rare chance for Icelanders to gorge on incoming new music. People have to be organised, otherwise the festival can rocket by in a blur, leaving bewil- dered wristband-holders with just an empty wallet, a banging hangover, and hazy memories of long queues and second resorts. So, some interesting festival tac- tics emerge. One set of friends load a parked car with beers during Air- waves week for a convenient down- town spot to speed-drink between gigs; others turn their hallway into a giant Airwaves schedule, with each day’s on-venue and off-venue shows blue-tacked to the wall (this in addi- tion to a dog-eared printout for when their smartphone inevitably dies, tak- ing the Airwaves app with it). But no matter how well you lay out what bands you’re going to see, there’ll always be clashes. It was with mounting horror, via a Snapchat from an equally perturbed friend, that I no- ticed an almost sadistic programming clash—on Saturday night, at the peak of the festival, brother-sister duo The Knife and theatrical alt-pop band Fu- ture Islands almost completely over- lap. Now, this might seem like no big deal. Just… you know. Pick one. Right? Well, there’s more to it than that. For The Knife, this is their final gig ever, possible reformations notwith- standing. For Future Islands, this show comes after they were cata- pulted from a long period of cult-band status into the popular conscious- ness, when their Letterman perfor- mance went viral. Both are poten- tially the only Reykjavík shows these bands will ever play, and both carry a heightened energy—it’s a chance to catch each of them in a special mo- ment that won’t come round again. I still have a few weeks to solve this serious #firstworldproblem. But if you should see me on my bike rocket- ing between Hafnarhusið and Harpa that night, please—step aside, and wish me luck. T H E R E Y K J A V Í K G R A P E V I N E I C E L A N D A I R W A V E S S P E C I A L6 Negotiating the Air- waves schedule, and a clash of the titans WORDS BY JOHN ROGERS Best-Waves WORDS BY ÓLI DÓRI & DAVÍÐ ROACH
Blaðsíða 1
Blaðsíða 2
Blaðsíða 3
Blaðsíða 4
Blaðsíða 5
Blaðsíða 6
Blaðsíða 7
Blaðsíða 8
Blaðsíða 9
Blaðsíða 10
Blaðsíða 11
Blaðsíða 12
Blaðsíða 13
Blaðsíða 14
Blaðsíða 15
Blaðsíða 16
Blaðsíða 17
Blaðsíða 18
Blaðsíða 19
Blaðsíða 20
Blaðsíða 21
Blaðsíða 22
Blaðsíða 23
Blaðsíða 24
Blaðsíða 25
Blaðsíða 26
Blaðsíða 27
Blaðsíða 28
Blaðsíða 29
Blaðsíða 30
Blaðsíða 31
Blaðsíða 32
Blaðsíða 33
Blaðsíða 34
Blaðsíða 35
Blaðsíða 36
Blaðsíða 37
Blaðsíða 38
Blaðsíða 39
Blaðsíða 40
Blaðsíða 41
Blaðsíða 42
Blaðsíða 43
Blaðsíða 44
Blaðsíða 45
Blaðsíða 46
Blaðsíða 47
Blaðsíða 48
Blaðsíða 49
Blaðsíða 50
Blaðsíða 51
Blaðsíða 52
Blaðsíða 53
Blaðsíða 54
Blaðsíða 55
Blaðsíða 56
Blaðsíða 57
Blaðsíða 58
Blaðsíða 59
Blaðsíða 60
Blaðsíða 61
Blaðsíða 62
Blaðsíða 63
Blaðsíða 64
Blaðsíða 65
Blaðsíða 66
Blaðsíða 67
Blaðsíða 68
Blaðsíða 69
Blaðsíða 70
Blaðsíða 71
Blaðsíða 72

x

Reykjavík Grapevine

Beinir tenglar

Ef þú vilt tengja á þennan titil, vinsamlegast notaðu þessa tengla:

Tengja á þennan titil: Reykjavík Grapevine
https://timarit.is/publication/943

Tengja á þetta tölublað:

Tengja á þessa síðu:

Tengja á þessa grein:

Vinsamlegast ekki tengja beint á myndir eða PDF skjöl á Tímarit.is þar sem slíkar slóðir geta breyst án fyrirvara. Notið slóðirnar hér fyrir ofan til að tengja á vefinn.