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 ...

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 ...

With global album sales of more than 10 million, Sigur Ros is Iceland’s top-selling band ever. “We still inch ourselves,” ...

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 ...

"I wished to show how Sigur Rós is the soundtrack of our lives through happiness, pain, hope, grief, and love. The short documentary, Andrá, celebrates the way in which Sigur Rós captures and channels ...

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 ...

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 ...

There’s always been a symphonic grandeur implied in Sigur Ros’ music throughout its 27 years of recording — and more fully realized on recent projects such as the soundtrack to “Odin’s Raven Magic” in ...

Those with long memories can recall when the otherworldly Icelandic combo Sigur Ros’ music first began filtering over to these shores at the turn of this century — maybe on Napster or Limewire after ...

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 ...

ADD REYKJAVIK to the farthest outposts of pop culture overrun with American music journalists and label talent scouts. From the East Coast, it's about the same flight time as it was to Seattle a ...

This week's roundup of deals and doings in the wide world of music publishing. By Marc Schneider Industry News Editor Universal Music Publishing Group signed Grammy-winning songwriter, producer and ...