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Jónsi Releases First New Single In A Decade
Jónsi has released a new single for the first time in a decade. The lead singer of the band Sigur Rós issued a press release with the single, ‘Exhale,’ which can be streamed on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and other services. According…
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Put The Soul In The Soul: Einarindra Artist Playlist
Iceland’s most soulful electro artist, Einarindra recently made a serious splash at the 2019 Iceland Airwaves festival. While we’ve been busy streaming Einarindra on Spotify (you should, too) we asked him to create a playlist of his favourite Icelandic music, and he…
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Grapevine Playlist: ROKKY, Hildur & Teitur, Sigur Rós, Gyðjan Uxi & More
Like six hidden people pirouetting out of a weird misty summer moss-scape, here are the latest mythical emergences from the Icelandic music scene in a brand new edition of Grapevine playlist. ROKKY – deux A bit like a less goth and silly…
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Music News: Sigur Rós Celebrate Ágætis Byrjun, Sacred Arts & Kælan Mikla
‘Ágætis Byrjun,’ the breakthrough album by Sigur Rós, is twenty years old on June 12th. To celebrate, the band are staging a variety of events looking back at how the album was made, and unveiling a time capsule of unseen archive materials.…
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Sigur Rós Deny All Tax Evasion Charges Against Them In Court Today
The four current and former members of Sigur Rós appeared at the Reykjavík District Court today to hear and deny the charges of tax evasion and tax fraud that have been levelled against them. RÚV reports that current members Georg Holm and…
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Sigur Rós Band Members Charged With Tax Fraud
Four members of the band Sigur Rós have been charged with tax evasion, just over a year from when they were last charged with the same. RÚV reports that Georg Holm, Kjartan Sveinsson, Orri Páll Dýrason and Jón Þór Birgisson are charged…
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Dancing In Darkness: The Icelandic Dance Company Welcomes Winter
Premiering in November at the arts festival Everybody’s Spectacular, The Best of Darkness by Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhannsson is the final piece in a series of four works exploring the human body’s vulnerability in the absence of light. The pieces were…
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What Are Icelanders Talking About?
Probably the weather, but what else? Way up in the Westfjörds, someone stole a yacht and attempted to sail it out of national waters. The yacht was reported missing to the police, who in turn contacted the Icelandic Coast Guard. A deployed…
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Lawyer For Former Sigur Rós Drummer Issues Demand To Cease Coverage Of Sexual Assault Allegations
A lawyer for Orri Páll Dýrason, the former drummer for Sigur Rós who quit the band in the wake of sexual assault allegations against him, issued a letter to the editorial board of Stundin magazine demanding they engage in no further reporting…
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Sigur Rós Drummer Quits Band In Wake Of Sexual Assault Allegations
Orri Páll Dýrason, the drummer of Sigur Rós, announced today on Facebook that he is quitting the band in the wake of sexual assault accusations brought against him. Orri appears to deny the accusations, but says: “I cannot have these serious allegations…
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Cold As Ice: A Rex Pistols Playlist
When asked to make this list I started with a nostalgic list that reminded me of my first trip to Iceland in 2006, where I blew all my money at 12 Tónar. My nepotistic second was a compilation of hits by my…
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Iceland’s Sigur Rós Accused, Then Cleared, Of Tax Evasion
Local media outlet Fréttablaðið reported this morning that members of popular band Sigur rós have recently been accused of tax evasion following an inquiry by the Directorate of Tax Investigations in Iceland. The District Commissioner in the capital area immediately froze around 800…
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Sigur rós Involved In A Lawsuit Over Millions Of ISK Missing From Concert Revenue
The 35 million ISK that went missing from the tickets sale of Sigur rós’ Norður og Niður festival were never paid back, prompting a lawsuit that dragged all parties involved to Reykjavík District Court, Fréttablaðið reports. Breach of contract According to Harpa…
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Norður Og Niður Finishes In A Wistful Haze Of Ambient Sound
The fourth and final night of Norður og Niður dispensed once again with the party vibe as weary festival goers wandered between sets of feel-good ambient music, blissed out pop and orchestral post-rock. Here’s what went down. WWJFDRD Words: Grayson Del Faro…
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Total Wildness: Peaches And Dan Deacon Ignite Norður Og Niður
After a quiet and thoughtful start, Norður Og Niður festival turned the fun up to eleven for a spectacular, invigorating, wildly diverse Friday night party. Here’s what went down. The Many Routes To Euphoria Words: John Rogers The lineup of Norður Og…
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Live Painting, Sound Bathing, Dance, Gramophones: The Art Of Norður Og Niður
As we approach the final day of Norður og Niður music festival, you probably have noticed that a lot of acts aren’t just traditional popular music. Rather, they are music infused with an art perspective. To go along with the unique curation…
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Norður Og Niður Day Two: Verdant Sounds, Crystal Dreams & An Absence Of Dogs
After the grand opening ceremony and climactic Sigur Rós concert of Norður og Niður’s first night, the second day offered up a varied menu of experimental music. Here’s what went down. Through Shimmering Webs And Verdant Soundscapes Words: John Rogers A wistful,…
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Wild Imagination, Screaming Butthole & Piano People: Inside Norður Og Niður
While one of our reviewers was being thoroughly wowed by the opening night Sigur Rós performance, the rest of our review team was fanned out across the Norður og Niður festival taking in everything from krútt piano ballads to raging metal to…
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The Norður Og Niður Circus Arrives, Finds Sigur Rós In Transcendent Form
There’s something different about Harpa today. The usually pristine halls of Reykjavík’s glittering music palace are abuzz with activity. Downstairs, an armchair has been pushed up against the wall, surrounded by empty soda cans and video games, like a post-Christmas living room…
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London Hopes Sigur Rós’ Drummer Has A Day Job
Orri Páll Dýrason, drummer of Sigur Rós, was seen busking on Oxford Street in London yesterday. He was playing a drum kit made out of plastic buckets and pots, percussion tools a lot of busking musicians use. Most people did not recognize…
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Sigur Rós Team Up With Magic Leap For Mixed Reality App
Icelandic music legends Sigur Rós have always been at the forefront of musical and artistic innovation, and now they have taken it even further. Recently the band revealed that they have been working with tech startup Magic Leap for a mixed reality…
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Jónsi From Sigur Rós & Family Open Icelandic Art & Design Space
Today, Friday December 15, musician Jónsi from the world-renowned band Sigur Rós wil open up an inventive and exciting design store with his family, right in the heart of Reykjavík. The store, which is name Fischer, will, however, be more than just…
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Norður Og Niður Festival Updates Schedule, Becomes Even Cooler
The Sigur rós love child the Norður og Niður art festival has already expanded way beyond your run of the mill music festival and it keeps just getting cooler and better. Today, the festival announced a plethora of new acts and events,…