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 ...

"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 Ros are currently on a unique tour, which has the band playing two sets at each show with no opener. It’s also just their current trio lineup, with none of the string and brass accompaniment ...

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 ...

Ethereal alternative outfit Sigur Ros and famed 41-piece band Wordless Music Orchestra played a few shows together in 2023, but it looks like US-based fans will get to enjoy a more extended tour in ...

The music of Icelandic band Sigur Ros is hard to describe. The critics have tried, comparing it to ice floes drifting across the water and a hang glider riding the breeze to the edge of the sea.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The list of accomplishments by Sigur Ros, Iceland’s most successful band of all time, keeps growing, 31 years after its then-teenaged members first came together in Reykjavik. It includes: appearances ...

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 ...

Sigur Rós are bringing the Wordless Music Orchestra on a U.S. tour. The Icelandic band and 41-piece orchestral outfit will bring Átta and more to life at concerts in September and October. (The lone ...