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over the years we’ve come across some alternate versions of sigur rós songs circulating on the web, ranging from a capella arrangements to dance remixes. we thought we’d share some of the ones we found interesting/amusing by making them available for download below. oh and if you have a sigur rós cover or remix of […]

last night in glasgow sigur rós played their first concert in two years. the setlist was as follows: intro / glósóli / ný batterí / svefn-g-englar / sæglópur / vaka / njósnavélin / sé lest / gong / andvari / olsen olsen / hafssól / popplagið. a total of five new songs were debuted: intro, […]

the recording and mixing of the untitled #1 (a.k.a. vaka) single was completed yesterday in the álafoss studio. the single consists of track 1 from ( ) and three short b-sides: a remix of track 1 which the band has done and two brand new songs. the single is planned for release in april on […]

the band’s three music videos, svefn-g-englar, viðrar vel til loftárása and untitled 1, will be screened before the gigs in the european tour. details on that later.

more on the upcoming vaka music video. the video has been completed and will be premiered at the sundance film festival on january 23rd, the same date the band will play at the suede lounge as part of the festival (where they will be joined by the string quartet amina, as usual). as previously reported, […]

the shooting of the video to track 1 (vaka) from the new album has been completed and is currently being edited. the video was shot in toronto and the director was floria sigismondi. you can expect this video’s atmosphere to be considerably darker than the band’s two previous videos, svefn-g-englar and viðrar vel til loftárása. […]

sigur rós have finished 5 of the 18 european tour dates this month, having visited london, sheffield, edinburgh and dublin twice. the band has been playing similar setlists at these gigs, starting with the first half of ( ) and then playing older songs such as von and hafssól (which can be downloaded on the […]

we’ve just come across a short “making of” documentary of the video to svefn-g-englar, shot and hosted by sigur rós. the short film, entitled ‘introducing perlan’, is mainly centered around the acting group of disabled actors called ‘perlan’ but also features interviews with the band members and others. it’s quite a beautiful and remarkable little […]