El Perro Del Mar. A pretty big add, but one add. Is this a 12M Saturday act, reserved for 4 venue splitting, agonizing decision making type acts? I don’t think so.
Attempting optimism…really trying, but uh, just not feeling it. I want to be dazzled, challenged, and excited about the bands and the scene. Perhaps I’m just on the other side of the fine line between anticipation and delay. The former builds excitement, the latter gives the impression that things are unorganized.
Two months out… no new acts named….
Waiting, waiting, waiting…
It must be an Iceland thing.
This hilarious, empathy inspiring post from the Iceland Weather Report on Alda’s last concert experience inspired a “yeah, been there,” feeling from moi.
As clockwork as the festival is itself, as in bands start on the hour, every hour, everywhere, and NEVER go past their alloted 45 (or so) minutes, the beverage buying experience leaves a lot of to be desired.
Best: NASA and Lido. Selection, service and ice. Sounds like….an actual bar.
What you’d expect: Grand Rokk, Gaukurinn. Also bars. They can get wall to wall crowded fast. Don’t expect much.
Worst: The Art Gallery. Great venue, but nothing but warm beer. Enjoy.
Don’t recall: Lido. But Lido wins the “best venue to get away from it all” award. Separate chatting/drinking rooms and an actual outdoor patio where you can get some fresh air. Cozy and good acoustics. Hooray..
It’s not like the cocktail and beer buying experience is PARAMOUNT to having a good time out, or at Airwaves. So the alternative is “drinking like an Icelander,” which means at home, or in this case, your hotel. Fine, but you’ll miss the 8p, 9p and 10p bands. Maybe even the 11p. So what does a budget conscious music fan do? (Not go to Iceland Airwaves because it is so damn expensive this year? That is an option. Not a good one but an option.)
Go back to your teen years-sneak it in. Be resourceful, and by all means after you smuggle your stash into the bar, be cool. Don’t give the bouncers a reason to do their job.
But damn, is it SLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW in Airwaves land still. Nary a syllable of new info, except threats from Icelandair to book before August 30th or you won’t receive the discount! As has been previously posted, that is not an effective threat, merely another reason for someone to logically say, “I wanna go, but damn, it’s just too expensive.” Perhaps it will be Euro-centric this year, at least from countries that pay in Euros. I do not live in one of them, alas.
But there is another festival, that I would desperately like to attend this weekend-All Points West, in New Jersey. (Not New York, New Jersey.
Check out Friday’s lineup-a veritable Airwaves Alumni Association:
And on Saturday, Metric and Chromeo will be playing the same stage. Feel free to annoy your friends and anyone else for that matter by saying, as often as possible, “yeah, I saw them years ago, in Iceland.”
Why there haven’t been any updates to the Airwaves lineup in a long time.
Everyone there has an extended case of spring fever. And who can blame them?
