A Sigur Rós performance is not easy to describe. First of all, the songs do not matter as much as the occurrence of them. A bootleg wouldn’t serve its purpose. Being there, hearing it, is all. It is ...

Back in 1999, the year Sigur Rós released their international breakthrough, Agaetis Byrjun, Jón Þór "Jónsi" Birgisson wrote the following mission statement on his band's website: "We are not a band, ...

Last year, Sigur Rós staged their first world tour in five years. The Icelandic band must have liked how it felt because they’ve decided to drop their first studio album in 10 years, Átta. The ...

The post Sigur Rós Reunite with Keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson appeared first on Consequence. Nature is healing, and Kjartan Sveinsson is returning to Sigur Rós. The Icelandic post-rock band has ...

Iceland’s art-rock heroes Sigur Rós are back with a new song, “Blóðberg,” which marks their first since reuniting with multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson. The sprawling orchestral piece was ...

Right now, the Icelandic government is investigating the members of Sigur Ròs for tax evasion. As Pitchfork points out (via The Reykjavík Grapevine), the local newspaper Fréttablaðið reports that the ...

liminal is more than an ambient sigur rós mixtape curated by jónsi, alex somers and paul corley. liminal sees sigur rós as an eco-system. it identifies the connections and blurs the boundaries between ...

Sigur Rós have released their new album via BMG. It’s called Átta, and physical formats of the album will arrive on September 1. Earlier this week, the band released the album track “Blóðberg.” Listen ...

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Three members of Sigur Rós (Jón Pór Birgisson aka Jonsi, Georg Hólm and Orri Páll Dýrason) were recently under investigation for tax fraud. According to the Icelandic publication Fréttablaðið, the ...

All three members of Sigur Rós have been investigated for and cleared of tax evasion, The Reykjavík Grapevine reports, citing Icelandic papers Fréttablaðið and Morgunblaðið. The investigation ...

REYKJAVIK, Iceland — Members of the Icelandic avant-garde rock band Sigur Ros have been charged with tax evasion three years after authorities launched a probe of the group’s finances. An indictment ...