Reykjavík Grapevine - 19.06.2015, Page 28

The International Organ Summer
in Hallgrímskirkja 2015
13th June – 9th August
Hallgrimskirkja's Friends of the Arts Society 33rd season
18. 6. Lenka Mateova,
Kópavogur Church
Steinunn Skjenstad soprano
25. 6. Kári Þormar, Dómkirkjan
2. 7. Jónas Þórir, Bústaðakirkja,
film music, Star Wars and more
9. 7. Hörður Áskelsson,
Hallgrímskirkja
Fjölnir Ólafsson baritone
16. 7. Guðný Einarsdóttir,
Fella- og Hólakirkja
23. 7. Steingrímur Þórhallsson,
Neskirkja/Pamela Sensi flute
30. 7. Eyþór Wechner Franzson
6. 8. Ágúst Ingi Ágústsson
Lunchtime concerts
on Thursdays at 12 noon
In cooperation with
Icelandic Organist Association
Lunchtime concerts
on Wednesdays at 12 noon
Schola cantorum
Hallgrimskirkja Chamber Choir
13. 6. 12 noon Björn Steinar Sólbergsson,
& 14. 6. 5 pm Hallgrímskirkja
20. 6. 12 noon Iveta Aphalna, world famous concert
& 21. 6. 5 pm organist, Latvia
27. 6. 12 noon James B. Hicks, Norway
& 28. 6. 5 pm / Virginia Hicks USA soprano
4. 7. 12 noon Elżbieta Karolak, Poland
& 5. 7. 5 pm
11. 7. 12 noon Hörður Áskelsson, Music Director of
& 12. 7. 5 pm Hallgrimskirkja
18. 7. 12 noon Dexter Kennedy, USA, Winner of
& 19. 7. 5 pm Chartre Int. Organ Competition 2014
25. 7. 12 noon Janos Kristofi, Hungary
& 26. 7. 5 pm
1. 8. 12 noon Lára Bryndís Eggertsdóttir, Iceland
& 2. 8. 5 pm
8. 8. 12 noon Andreas Liebig, Basel Münster,
& 9. 8. 5 pm Switzerland
Weekend concerts
Saturday at 12 noon and Sunday at 5 pm
with international concert organists
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STARTS WITH A “REFRESHING“ SHOT
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28 The Reykjavík GrapevineIssue 8— 2015MUSIC
Earlier this month, we were fortunate
enough to witness a new and upcom-
ing band playing afrobeat, which is
seldom heard in Icelandic venues.
We saw them play an event at Bíó
Paradís after the screening of a docu-
mentary about their sonic forefather,
the legendary afrobeat innovator
and musical revolutionary Fela Kuti.
The band, The Bangoura Band,
has eight members with two guitars
for extra groove, a three-piece brass
section and the obligatory percussion
player. The band was unstoppable
like a four-tonne heavy truck with no
brakes and every member of the band
glowed with infectious energy as they
took turns on show-stopping solos.
The band is currently working on
their debut album and we are mighty
psyched for it.
Last but not least, the new song
from poetry punk band Kælan mikla,
“Kalt” (“Cold”), has been on a repeat
at our headquarters this week. The
three-piece have expanded their
sound with drummer Sólveig play-
ing some dark synths, and the steady
rhythm of a distorted drum machine
loops through the song instead of
drums. It’s more cold wave then
ever, sounding like a perfect mix of
Siouxsie And The Banshees and Joy
Division. Catch the band at Secret
Solstice this weekend.
Straumur has been active since last
summer, with writers Óli Dóri and
Davíð Roach documenting the lo-
cal music scene and helping people
discover new music at straum.is. It is
associated with the radio show Strau-
mur on X977, which airs every Mon-
day evening at 23:00.
On the day this paper hits the streets, we’ll be heading
over to the Secret Solstice Festival in Laugardalur to
absorb as much music as humanly possible for its three-
day duration. It’s the closest thing you can get to a festival
like Roskilde or Primavera in Iceland and we will hopeful-
ly be basking in the much-publicised midnight sun, en-
joying acts like Totally Enourmous Extinct Dinosaurs,
FKA twigs, Wu Tang Clan, Moodyman, The Wailers
and Nightmares on Wax, to name a few.
Words
Óli Dóri & Davíð Roach
www.straum.isStraumur radio show airs
Mondays on X977 at 23:00
Straumur
Cold
Solstice
STRAUMUR