Set your calendars, ladies and gentlemen. Set your alarm clocks almost a week in advance, cancel any plans with friends or loved ones. In short, make sure you’re in front of a television on Sunday ...

Sigur Rós’ sixth studio album, Valtari, closes with eight minutes of crawling, pointillistic ambience called “Fjögur píanó” (translated in English to “Four Pianos”), a track built almost entirely on ...

Sigur Rós, as cliche as it may be to say, make magic. Ever since their breakout album, Ágætis byrjun, the Icelandic project has redefined post-rock—and music writ large—uncovering the cool, cathartic ...

Last summer, Sigur Rós toured with the 41-piece Wordless Music Orchestra, and they’ve just announced they’re teaming up again for fall 2024 US shows. The eight date tour kicks off September 19 in ...

Members of the Icelandic band Sigur Rós (left to right: Kjartan Sveinsson, Jón Ϸór Birgisson and Georg Hólm) have released ÁTTA, their first album in 10 years. The music scene in Iceland is very ...

It's easy to stereotype Icelandic band Sigur Rós as fey post-rock softies. From singer Jónsi Birgisson's impossibly high falsetto and preference for singing in a self-created language to the use of ...

Conductor Robert Ames and Sigur Rós guitarist and vocalist Jónsi Birgisson onstage with Wordless Music Orchestra. Credit: Photo by Suzette Smith Sigur Rós was quiet, which was surprising. Because the ...

Sigur Rós will rise from their slumber (at least as far as studio recordings go) this week to release Átta, their first LP since 2013’s Kveikur. The group previewed the record earlier this week with ...

Jonas approached us about LoC not long after he’d made the video for “Óveður.” He wanted a full new score, but had “temped” the scenes with music from across our catalogue. We watched the movie and I ...

On this edition of All Songs Considered we get a preview of new music from the band from Iceland, Sigur Ros; We look back at the strange and comical music of Sparks, plus new music from Portland's ...