Reykjavík Grapevine - 13.11.2015, Síða 39

Open 11:30-22:00
saegreif inn. is
Geirsgata 8 • 101 Reykjavík • Tel. 553 1500 • seabaron8@gmail.com
An absolute
must-try!
Saegreifinn restaurant (Sea Baron) is like none other
in Iceland; a world famous lobster soup and a diverse
fish selection.
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Osushi is a unique rest aurant in Iceland.
The met hod of dining involves snatching
small plates from a conveyor belt. Pricing is
distinguished by the color and pattern of the
plate – most range between 230 - 440 ISK.

Everything off the con vey or belt is tasty
and if you don’t really fancy sushi, you can
instead choose for ex ample teriyaki chicken,
noodle salad, tempura and desserts.

The vibe in Osushi is friendly and relaxed.
The restaurant is located almost next door to
Althingi (the parliament) which is in the
heart of the city.
osushi.is
Pósthússtræti 13 / Borg rtúni 29 / Reykjavíkurvegur 60 HF.
Tel: 561 0562 / www.osushi.is
OUTSIDE
FESTIVAL
LA Priest
This one-man funk assembly line rocked
our guts out at his show at Gamla Bíó on
Airwaves Thursday. Dressed in white silk
pyjamas and sporting a matching guitar,
he produced fractured beats, rubbery
bass and sensual guitar licks that got us
dancing like it was 1983, and we were at
a party at Rick James’s house.
Ho99o9
The hardest and most punk rock thing
we saw this Airwaves was hip-hop duet
Ho99o9. Sporting creepy facemasks,
rapping over horror-flick beats, the two-
some emitted more energy than a nucle-
ar power plant—there was a riot going on
at that Nasa stage.
Weaves
This Canadian future-pop band played a
solid set Friday night at Gaukurinn to a full
house of revellers. Their dirty guitar riffs
mixed perfectly with tunefulness melo-
dies from vocalist Jasmyn Burke.
Ariel Pink
Ariel Pink is a dedicated weirdo in the best
possible sense, as was evident through-
out his set at Silfurberg. He rambled all
over the stage like a hip hobo while his
awesome band perfectly performed his
left-field, psychedelic pop.
GKR
Rapper Gaukur, GKR, owned Airwaves’s
first night. GKR has slowly been building
a buzz with his sincere lyrics and kickass
beats in the months preceding the festi-
val, and his performance at Húrra felt like
a triumphant victory lap. During his song
“Morgunmatur” (“Breakfast”) he even
threw small packages of cereals to the
pumped-up crowd.
Good Moon Deer
The visually weirdest set at Airwaves
came in the form of local one-man band
Good Moon Deer. His music can be clas-
sified as progressive electronica, some-
where right in the middle between hip
hop and techno. For his Airwaves set at
Harpa, he brought a ten-person dance
troupe, utilizing stuff like a milk pitcher,
a giant flag, and a traffic cone in the very
out-there modern dance show he staged.
Mourn
Spanish teenage punkers Mourn (they’re
all aged 18 and under) rocked the house
at Iðnó on Saturday night. They looked
and sounded fearless, busting out one
beautifully written punk anthem after the
other.
Andy Shauf
At Kaldalón, early Saturday night, Cana-
dian folk singer Andy Shauf, backed by
a band of skilled musicians, presented
what could be called a perfect combi-
nation of Elliott Smith and Kurt Vile. The
show’s highlight, “Jenny Come Back To
Me,” made for a real goosebump mo-
ment.
Hot Chip
The nerdy British electro poppers played
their forth show in Iceland, this time clos-
ing the festival that brought them here in
the first place. And they have yet to dis-
appoint. The Hot Chip machine was firing
on all cylinders at the Vodafone Hall that
Sunday night, the crowd jumping along in
unison, exuding pure, uninterrupted joy.
Óli Dóri and Davíð Roach document
the local music scene and help people
discover new music at www.straum.
is. It is associated with the radio show
Straumur on X977, which airs every
Monday evening at 23:00.
With that hectic Iceland Airwaves week still simmering in our hearts, we feel obligated to
bring you a list of the top acts we saw at the festival. Here they are, in no particular order.
Photo
Anna Domnick
Words
Davíð Roach Gunnarsson & Óli Dóri
STRAUMUR
The
Definitive Statement
From STRAUMUR
Regarding The Recent
Iceland Airwaves Festival
Straumur radio show airs
Mondays on X977 at 23:00Straumur www.straum.is