agaetis byrjun contains their only truly brilliant song though (Nice Weather For Airstrikes)
― acoleuthic, Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:10 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm sorry, I can't do any more than 20 minutes, I'm back to Full On Mask Hysteria on Spotify.
Somewhere, my dirty dronerock past is weeping into its oscillator banks.
― Karen D. Tregaskin, Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Gowan's Strange Animal phase
I was cringing and having serious second thoughts until I read this, now I'm stoked to hear it again!
The acoustic song on the last Sigur Ros album was easily the worst thing on the record though.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Thursday, 19 August 2010 15:28 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/?utm_source=sr1108&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=inni
― djh, Thursday, 11 August 2011 18:21 (twelve years ago) link
http://prettymuchamazing.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/SIGUR-ROS-INNI.jpg
Icelandic post-rock pioneers Sigur Rós are releasing a concert film and double live album called Inni soon, and you can download a piece of the magic even if you don’t want to drop $79 on a deluxe package that includes a piece of band member clothing (for real!).
― Bee OK, Saturday, 5 November 2011 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
I would be interested in a Lou Reed/Sigur Ros collab as long as Lou's the only one allowed to sing
― blank, Saturday, 5 November 2011 00:18 (twelve years ago) link
ok but Reed has to sing in hopelandish.
― spellcheck is really advanced these days (cajunsunday), Saturday, 5 November 2011 00:22 (twelve years ago) link
I went to see the concert film at the cinema on Friday night and, though I don't pay much attention to Sigur Ros these days, I loved the film.
― Daniel Giraffe, Sunday, 6 November 2011 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/af/Sigur_Ros_-_Valtari.jpg
Valtari (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈval̥tarɪ], Steamroller) is the sixth full-length studio album by the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, to be released on May 28, 2012.
Track listing:1. "Ég Anda" 6:152. "Ekki Múkk " 7:453. "Varúð " 6:374. "Rembihnútur" 5:055. "Dauðalogn" 6:376. "Varðeldur" 6:087. "Valtari" 8:198. "Fjögur Píanó"
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:37 (twelve years ago) link
single is a bit long:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INWZy3-Vw80
― Bee OK, Thursday, 5 April 2012 06:39 (twelve years ago) link
so i like this song alright, it is just too long for a single and really go nowhere. i have hopes for the album however.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 7 April 2012 02:35 (twelve years ago) link
Man, haters (or anybody left that's interested enough) are going to have a field day. The entire record sounds like the keyboard players dog died so he listened to Arvo Pärt for a week straight then wrote the album while the rest of the band were on holiday.
― Dick Move's Wardrobe (MaresNest), Sunday, 15 April 2012 13:55 (twelve years ago) link
Who's that rapper on track 4 ?
― StanM, Sunday, 15 April 2012 14:37 (twelve years ago) link
Really looking forward to this.
― djh, Monday, 7 May 2012 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
Ding dong.
http://www.vulture.com/2012/06/shia-labeouf-naked-sigur-ros-video-fjogur-piano.html
Link SFW -- the video in it isn't.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 18 June 2012 16:36 (eleven years ago) link
Between this and working w Nick Cave, Shia Labeouf's "arty" period is going to be amazing.
― Cunga, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:00 (eleven years ago) link
You dislike this video. Thanks for the feedback!
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:27 (eleven years ago) link
jesus christ man is this like.. how did we even... like fuckin 500 years ago people were making beautiful art/... fuckin leonardo da vinci was doing amazing things... and now some lesbian in a jumpsuit is doing slow motion footage of naked sam witwicky murdering a babe while the sound of a slow motion plane crash goes on
― Black_vegeta (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:29 (eleven years ago) link
I'm not sure what's worse; his penis, his ponytail, or his sad eyes.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 05:47 (eleven years ago) link
^^^ a sentence I never expected to read
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:25 (eleven years ago) link
Popped up on blog view, mistook it for the cheesecake thread and was about to complain "why are you being so MEAN about Thom Yorke?"
Um never mind then.
― White Chocolate Cheesecake, Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
I like that this thread now has a definitive answer to the question posed.
― I found him in a Bon Ton ad (Nicole), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 12:32 (eleven years ago) link
haha I was thinking that too
― Victory Chainsaw! (DJP), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:14 (eleven years ago) link
Why the hate for Sigor Ros? Shia Labeouf's ponytailed penis.
― Sick Mouthy (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 19 June 2012 13:32 (eleven years ago) link
just saw shia's la boeuf ... God, these Icelandic motherfuckers DEFY parody,
― notlih sirap (Eisbaer), Monday, 23 July 2012 04:16 (eleven years ago) link
Alack:
"Sigur Rós would like to apologise to anyone disappointed not to see the band's Bestival performance live online last night. Early in the day a decision had been made to delay broadcast till after the show to give the band a chance to review the footage ahead of webcast, since they were dismayed that their guaranteed 'darkness' slot had been pushed into daylight by the expansive demands of the headliner."The band's only UK show of the year, this would-be highlight of the 2012 calendar, would have to be conducted without proper lights or visuals. Sadly then, a perfect storm of production issues and technical problems conspired to mean that the band went on to have a thoroughly miserable experience onstage too. And to spare everyone’s blushes a decision was made to draw a discrete veil over proceedings."
"The band's only UK show of the year, this would-be highlight of the 2012 calendar, would have to be conducted without proper lights or visuals. Sadly then, a perfect storm of production issues and technical problems conspired to mean that the band went on to have a thoroughly miserable experience onstage too. And to spare everyone’s blushes a decision was made to draw a discrete veil over proceedings."
All of which is their way of saying "We wish we didn't have to have photos like this taken of us in broad daylight oh god please delete":
http://static.nme.com/images/gallery/2012BestivalSigurRosDB100912.jpg
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 11 September 2012 14:26 (eleven years ago) link
they lost a member and got heavier and i find myself liking the new song, which would make it the first thing i've enjoyed from them in ages
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oc6zXSdYXm8
here's the artwork for the new album, kveikur
http://pitchfork-cdn.s3.amazonaws.com/content/kveikur.jpg
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Friday, 22 March 2013 16:42 (eleven years ago) link
Got a friend's ticket to their show at MSG last night, a more muscular performance than expected. Between that and this single, genuinely looking forward to this album.
― thistle supporter (mcoll), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
They played the title track on Jimmy Fallon the other night and it's pretty intense, too.
― Austin, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
New album out today.
― djh, Monday, 17 June 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Have the vinyl on reserve for pick up on Wednesday. Oh yes, it will be a good day.
― Austin, Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:13 (ten years ago) link
album is great
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Tuesday, 18 June 2013 01:14 (ten years ago) link
Not really doing it for me.
― djh, Saturday, 29 June 2013 22:35 (ten years ago) link
it's a neat album, but i think valtari was a bit better.
― BringTheAuBonPain, Saturday, 29 June 2013 23:29 (ten years ago) link
i liked the riceboysleepiness of valtari.
the opening track on this one kind of announces itself and then ... the album goes nowhere.
― djh, Sunday, 30 June 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
Loved Valtari .. but the Valtari Film Experiment did nothing for me whatsoever - actually, it was at risk of making Valtari slightly less good.
― djh, Sunday, 18 August 2013 21:43 (ten years ago) link
Surprised to hear Sigur Ros in a cream cheese advert ...
― djh, Monday, 23 September 2013 18:51 (ten years ago) link
Having completed a Gus Gus best of, now making a CDR80 of Sigur Ros.
― djh, Friday, 29 November 2013 23:21 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMbv3Lm8BCQ
― djh, Sunday, 6 July 2014 13:36 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qVtQItpmUg
^ Just found while pottering on the internet. Surprised I hadn't heard before.
― djh, Sunday, 6 July 2014 13:37 (nine years ago) link
http://fieldrecording.net/2014/08/06/sound-jokulsarlon-1/
― djh, Thursday, 18 September 2014 21:55 (nine years ago) link
Still my favourite initial exchange of any thread, anyways, much expanded ágætis byrjun coming soon -
"announcing the expanded limited edition boxset of ágætis byrjun
to mark its 16th birthday, a definitive, much expanded edition of ágætis byrjun is in the works for early summer. the deluxe boxset edition will feature previously unheard studio recordings and rare live versions from this pivotal period in the band's development, as well as a welter of photographic and documentary material from their personal archives and plenty more besides. it will be a beautiful thing to behold, and the last word in completist editions of sigur rós catalogue releases.
while we are still finalising design and content - and will share with you as soon as it's fixed - we wanted you to know about this now [as well as other expanded editions of von and ( )], since the band's first three albums have all just become available on re-mastered, heavyweight vinyl for the first time in ages. go either look for the vinyl reissues now, or hang on for something grander still."
― MaresNest, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 09:39 (nine years ago) link
wax cylinder?
― bizarro gazzara, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 11:07 (nine years ago) link
man, i remember when sigur ros were (in my mind) the most exciting band in the world. i had to order the ny batteri EP from my local indie and i devoured ágætis byrjun when it came out. but never has my interest in a band waned so quickly than after that. but those records were GOOD and I could be tempted to return to them. Think I still have Ny Batteri and ágætis byrjun in their OG cardboard sleeves. Wonder if they're worth anything at all.
― Broth Viking (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 12:43 (nine years ago) link
This remains my favourite thing they ever did. Verges on black metal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTGLiV6QwZA
― Broth Viking (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 12:46 (nine years ago) link
I loved Ágætis byrjun too. I revisited it recently and still enjoyed it. (), however, is boring in 2015.
― Allen (etaeoe), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 12:48 (nine years ago) link
yeah everything they did afterwards sounded very boring indeed. tv ident music. or am i just saying that because a tv station in the UK did use one of their songs as an ident? i liked SR when they hinted at folky grimness, but they decided to go down a more ambient/Radiohead-lite path I wasn't mad keen on. 2000 felt like post-rock was going to be the saviour of music music but so few bands managed to follow up on their promises.
― Broth Viking (dog latin), Wednesday, 25 February 2015 12:58 (nine years ago) link
Agetis Byrjun is easily their worst album.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 14:12 (nine years ago) link
( ) has my fave bits on it.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 25 February 2015 14:48 (nine years ago) link