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Icelandic dream-rockers Sigur Rós have been on hiatus since 2008, only giving us frontman Jónsi Birgisson's solo album Go and the forthcoming live double-CD/DVD INNI to keep us occupied since then.…   Read Story »
From the special edition of the live Sigur Rós DVD/album INNI comes "Lúppulagið," a previously unreleased studio affair that has that the piano-plinked serenity that is so quintessentially this…   Read Story »
Icelandic majesty-rockers Sigur Rós have posted a new video called "Klippa," which mysteriously consists of three people in a dark room, cutting up clothes and slowly waltzing. All this somehow has…   Read Story »
Honestly, I don't have a certain idea what this little video clip is about. It features some artistic footage (as if another sort existed?) of Sigur Rós, set to sounds clearly created by the them,…   Read Story »
Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power recently said "soundtracking nature documentaries would work out pretty well" for his new Blanck Mass project. Well, Benjamin, Sigur Rós are living the dream.…   Read Story »
Jónsi is releasing Go Live, the live companion to the solo debut Go he's been touring the better part of this past year. The stage show is visually stunning -- you've seen photos -- and he's got a…   Read Story »
In a post excellently titled "homage or fromage" (all lower-case because the band is nearly moby-like in their fear of capital letters), camp Sigur Rós give some valuable, free exposure to a string…   Read Story »
Directed by Dean Deblois. Go is out via XL. If you missed it, check the "Go Do" video.   Read Story »
Sigur Rós introduced a more colorful visual element to their list-topping live show with their last album, the relatively ecstatic Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, though after seeing…   Read Story »
The Reykjavík Grapevine caught Nico Muhly and Jónsi after the Icelandic Music Awards for a last-minute interview, and the resulting conversation between the two musicians is giddy and drunk (likely…   Read Story »