For the next week Pitchfork has been granted the right to stream Sigur Rós's 2007 documentary Heima. For those of you who have not watched it, you should. it follows the band playing varoius shows in their native Iceland. Some cozy acoustic shows, others large electric...Click the link to read more
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'Sing Me To Sleep', a compilation from American Laundromat Records will feature some of todays best indie artists covering traditional & non-traditional childrens lullabies for charity.
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The Sunshine Boy, the most recent film from Icelandic director Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, is a documentary following a mother who embarks on a lengthy journey to find the best help for her 11-year old son, who has severe autism. It received a short release in Iceland at the beginning of the year, and will get its first full international showing at next month's Toronto Film Festival, on the 12th
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Things that make me feel old, #179: Sigur Ros’ Agaetis Byrjun turning 10. To celebrate, the band has released the above performance of “Nyja Lagid,” which was originally filmed at the Icelandic Opera House for Icelandic TV in 1999. The footage from the album launch party has never been seen before, and the song was [...]
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Just over ten years ago, a four-piece Icelandic band were ready to set an astonishing new album loose on a very much unsuspecting world.At a time when the music industry was asleep at the wheel during the onslaught of manufactured pop and nu-metal, Ágætis byrjun was the soundtrack for waking from the most beautiful coma. In the present day, from the echoes of the sonar that kicks off 'Svefn-g-e.
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Major pitfalls to avoid while reviewing Heima, the 2007 concert documentary from Iceland's Sigur Rós: #1. Tendency to overuse the phrase "glacial beauty" to reference the cinematography, musical performances, production, or general premise. #2. Urge to purchase gigantic fleecy sweaters like those sported by the band throughout the film.Those expecting a by-the-numbers concert video in Heima wi..
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It is very difficult for any Sigur Rós fan - no matter how long they've fed their ears with some of the most glorious music put to record in the 21st century - to free the band from the association they've been given with the words 'glacial' and 'epic'. The band themselves have found these seemingly tailor-made-for-Icelandic-music tags difficult to shake off. The release of new album Með suð í
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On occasion I allow my personal life to bleed over and contaminate the lovely and witty pages of TWF. It doesn't happen all that often, but I do feel as the sole author, writer, and creative personality behind this blog that I can afford myself the luxury to pretty much say whatever the heck I want. As some of you may remember, and as a scant few of you worried, I talked about landing a job i...
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I Just got home from seeing Sigur Ros. Swooooooooooooooon. The deed is done. I can die... right after I see them again. I was sitting up on the third tier, where I got a great view of the band as well as everyone's iphone. The acoustics at Benaroya Hall are amazing. The band couldn't sound any better live. Before the show started, my friend Bergy and I took bets on which song they would open wi...
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this thursday I finally got the chance to attend a Sigur Ros show...and to my surprise it might have been the best show i have attended in awhile. They played a 13 song set beginning with Svefn g Englar , a 10-11 minute song of full of great sound effects and minimal lighting. As the night progressed the music got much better however the crowd seemed out of it...very little response from the au...
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COTV Tags: Sigur Ros, Untitled #1, Captain Obvious
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The Icelandic group Sigur Ros song has been used in the trailer for the forthcoming new edition of classic computer game 'Prince Of Persia,' reports NME. Thier tsong 'Saeglopur', taken from their 2005 album Takk...(Geffen), is used in the new trailer for the action game(below).It just goes to show the money involved in the video game industry; being able to pluck one of the most popular bands f...
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For those of you wondering where Sigur Ros filmed the video for "Gobbldigook," the first single off their fifth studio album, Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust, where everyone runs around naked in an undisclosed enchanted forest looking like they are praising the gods of fire...I've got your answer.The video was taped in "Caumsett State Historic Park":http://www.epodunk.com/cgi-bin/genInfo.
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Með Suð í Eyrum Við Spilum Endalaust!!! (Try saying that fast ten times.) Yeah, it's pretty easy to confuse that little fragment with some J.R.R. Tolkien Elvish language scripture but the-not-so-little phrase happens to be the title of Sigur Rós fifth studio album. Mogger laura27 was "quick to announce":http://mog.com/laura27/blog_post/164041 the news today along with the album's translation
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Sigur Ros are streaming their entire new unpronounceable-to-the-un-Icelandic-eye album today on their website. (remember the days when they named them something everyone could pronounce like Takk...?)To listen to Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust (see what I mean about the title) "click here": http://www.sigurros.com/main/streaming.asp The album can also be streamed via the band's super wi
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