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# Iceland Airwaves Day 5 Roundup: Slow Down Molasses // Kira Kira // PJ Harvey
- URL: https://www.glamglare.com/music/iceland-airwaves-day-5-roundup-slow-down-molasses-kira-kira-pj-harvey/
- Published: 2016-11-08T16:09:57.000Z
- Updated: 2016-11-08T16:09:57.000Z
- Author: Oliver Bouchard
- Tags: Music, #oliver-2, Song Pick of the Day, #wordpress, #Import 2024-07-26 07:44

The festival slows down considerably on day 5, but you fortunately don’t have to go off live music cold turkey: there are still off venue and official shows to see around town.

For example there was still action at **Loft** at the **Sofar Sounds** showcase. So much was going on that we could see only a glimpse of **Living Arrows** and **Owl of the Swamp**, two folk bands from the U.S. respective Australia.

![slow-down-molasses](https://storage.ghost.io/c/18/0d/180d05b3-e8e5-483a-b156-c2596ebfc2ae/content/images/wordpress/2016/11/Slow-Down-Molasses-1024x683.png)

Same situation at **Dillon** where we saw **Slow Down Molasses** in front of a jam packed room. The four-piece from Saskatoon does straightforward alt-rock, which has almost an exotic touch compared with the more than experimental music that dominates Airwaves.

After that we were in for a treat at **Kaffibarinn**: [**Kira Kira**](http://kirakira.is/?ref=glamglare.com), an ambient music artist with pop star appeal from Reykjavik, who does music with a laptop and a homemade handheld synthesizer. Only at Airwaves you can experience this kind of music together with a cheering audience.

The capstone of the festival was the [**PJ Harvey**](http://pjharvey.net/?ref=glamglare.com) show at **Vodaphoehöllin**, a huge venue outside of town. Seeing a legend live is always a delight, but I was a surprised that PJ Harvey chose nine men as backing band, all serious musicians and multi-instrumentalists, but none of them was able to play the bugle on stage for “The Glorious Land”.

And that was a wrap: the supposed shuttle busses didn’t run, so we ended our festival experience with a walk though the nightly town of Reykjavik. *Takk*, Iceland for a wonderful experience and I hope it will not be the last time we can visit Airwaves.

NOTE: please stay tuned for more photos and reviews of some shows in particular.