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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Icelandic band Sigur Ros, who have been admired by the likes of Radiohead and Coldplay, will release their first album in four years on May 29, marking the end of the band's indefinite hiatus, the band announced on Monday. The band's sixth album, "Valtari," is comprised of eight songs, runs 54 minutes and will be released on double LP, CD and digital download formats. The band initially put the album on hold while lead vocalist Jonsi Birgisson recorded and toured a solo album. ...
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There was a time many winters ago when the sign that a band had “made it” was to get an appearance on The Simpsons. But that was a long time ago, and now it seems like more and more bands are heading over to Westeros to get some respect. According to EW, Sigur Rós are [...]
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Television: Brown Man Says Goodbye To Stereogum, Heads To Television, Wants To Thank You
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A note to future departing music bloggers: Listening to Sigur Rós while writing a goodbye post is probably a bad choice. A note to future humans on saying goodbye after nearly eight(!) years: Do it in person. That’s how I tried to break this to Scott, but due to some crossed wires we wound up [...]
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Sigur Rós: – “Stormur” Video
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The video that I saw for Sigur Rós’ “Stormur” will not be the video that you see for the track. It won’t be the video any of my co-workers sees or any of the rest of the Stereogum community checks out. The band has set up a website that collects videos from Instagram with the [...]
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Sigur Rós: Albums From Worst To Best
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Back in 1999, the year Sigur Rós released their international breakthrough, Agaetis Byrjun, Jón Þór “Jónsi” Birgisson wrote the following mission statement on his band’s website: “We are not a band, we are music … We are simply gonna change music forever, and the way people think about music...
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Sigur Rós: Empire of the Sun and Sigur Ros lead today's new album releases (June 17)
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Australian duo and Icelandic band return alongside Austra, Zomby and Kelly Rowland
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