Sigur Ros

Sigur Rós () is an Icelandic post-rock band. The band is known for its
ethereal sound, frontman Jónsi Birgisson's falsetto vocals, the use of
bowed guitar. and for incorporating elements of classical and minimalist into
their music. In January 2010, the band announced that they will be on hiatus,
however the band have anounced that they are currently working on a ... read more

Gig of the Month: A Winged Victory for the Sullen @ Cecil Sharp House

A Winged Victory’s music is what I would imagine a Sigur Ros and Ludovico Einaudi collaboration would sound like. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com...
Posted 31 January 4.38pm — Comment on this

New music: Sleep Party People – A Dark God Heart

These Danish post-rockers start their songs like lo-fi lullabies, only to shatter the slumber with crashing guitars and drumsAs band names go, Sleep Party People is prett...
Posted 17 January 12.59pm — Comment on this

Sigur Ros Frontman Releases Music Video

The animated video for "Gathering Stories," which is a song that was composed by *Sigur Rós (http://absolutepunk.net/sigurros)*' Jónsi for the We Bought A Zoo mo...
Posted 25 December 2011 2.32am — Comment on this

Sigur Ros working on 'floaty and minimal' new album

Icelandic band expecting to release record in the spring
Posted 10 November 2011 8.39am — Comment on this

New music: M83 feat Zola Jesus – Intro

This track strikes a fine balance between grandiose and genuinely heartfelt, before Zola Jesus adds some otherworldliness to the mixIntro is the appropriately titled open...
Posted 31 August 2011 12.45pm — Comment on this

Sigur Ros doing film stuff, Canon Blue released an album

Canon Blue Canon Blue, the solo project of Daniel James, released his sophomore LP, Rumspringa, today (8/16) via Temporary Residence Limited (and via Efterklang's label R...
Posted 16 August 2011 6.05pm — Comment on this

Matt Damon - Damon And Crowe Turned Movie Into A Musical Experience

Matt Damon's new movie We Bought A Zoo was a very musical experience because he insisted director Cameron Crowe play Sigur Ros star Jonsi's soundtrack tunes on the set. I...
Posted 5 August 2011 1.37am — Comment on this

Lord of the Ants - Mind Like Water (album stream)

Things are extremely slow at the moment on SoundCloud, as far as new album streams are concerned. So I'll have to go hunt some lesser known stuff, a lot of work, very ti...
Posted 25 May 2011 9.11am — Comment on this

Delay Trees

Delay Trees - About Brothers (video premiere) FRIENDLY FIRE SIGNS DELAY TREES, DEBUT FULL-LENGTH OUT MAY 10We are overjoyed to announce the newest addition to our ros...
Posted 13 April 2011 11.01pm — Comment on this

Shorties (Olof Arnalds, Books for Grammar Lovers, and more)

The Georgia Straight profiles singer-songwriter Olof Arnalds. Arnalds breaks with that tradition on Innundir skinni, a sophomore album that finds her working with two pro...
Posted 13 April 2011 3.31pm — Comment on this

Sleeve Notes: Meet our Radiohead covers band

First Radiohead printed a newspaper, then the Guardian decided to put out a record. Then Radiohead reviewed the Guardian's record. Then the world imploded ...Five things ...
Posted 1 April 2011 3.31pm — Comment on this

D.Paris - Trojan Drubbing

Transparent only turned us on to D Paris and the luscious dance of ‘1954’ last week, but there’s already more of this clever electronic sound to g...
Posted 7 March 2011 9.29am — Comment on this

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The 5 most played Sigur Ros songs in the past year.

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Sigur Ros over the past year.

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