Reykjavik Nights in London #2
1 Comments Published by magnusk on Wednesday, September 12, 2007 at 14:37.
Like many other contributors here on indie-mp3 I have now gotten myself involved in club nights in London, more specifically a bi-monthly event called Reykjavik Nights in London. Like the name suggests it will feature bands from Iceland, sometimes coupled with a local London band, sometimes not. The next Reykjavik Night will take place on September 26th in The Luminaire in Kilburn. This evening is a kind of an introduction night to the Iceland Airwaves festival in late october, and thus it features three rather different bands which all will participate in the 5 day festival in Reykjavik.
You'll get some loud indie-rock from Jan Mayen whom I wrote about earlier here. Their latest CD has been played rather repeatedly in my car these past weeks, especially the song Let It Burn. In some Icelandic newspaper I read that they were actually going to plant a tree for each sold copy of the CD.
Also appearing are Motion Boys who, despite not having a label yet, are getting quite popular just by giving their songs away on Myspace. There are two of them but they are joined on stage by two members of glimmer band Trabant and the drummer of intolerable heavy metal band Minus.
Headlining the evening will be Hafdis Huld, which currently resides in London and might thus be considered the local act of the evening. Hafdis got the Icelandic Music Award last year for best pop album of the year. She'll present yet another musical angle, appearing with a xylophone and a ukulele which I doubt the other bands will have.
I hope some of you can make it, and I might add that despite this being a wednesday night there will be free vodka also!
Late november will see an electronic Reykjavik Night in London, and this event will continue on a bi-montly basis following that.
Late november will see an electronic Reykjavik Night in London, and this event will continue on a bi-montly basis following that.
[More about Reykjavik Nights and related events, including interview with Hafdis Huld and Valgeir of Jan Mayen + some more songs and videos]
[Buy tickets to Reykjavik Nights in London here]
[Buy tickets to Reykjavik Nights in London here]
Hafdis Huld - Tomoko:
Free Vodka?
I'm there.