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 ...

Best Band In The World alert. Thank you Sigur Rós, for making my post-holiday transition back to the internet so super great. This morning word spread that Sigur Rós's new album has a name (með suð í ...

There’s this memory I have of seeing Sigur Rós at Boston’s gorgeous Orpheum Theater in 2006 that perfectly encapsulates how it feels to witness the Icelandic post-rock band live in concert. Between ...

Last year, Sigur Rós staged their first world tour in five years. The Icelandic band must have liked how it felt because they’ve decided to drop their first studio album in 10 years, Átta. The ...

Not the same heron, but one I saw flying overhead at Ramshorn-Livingston Sanctuary on the Hudson at Catskill, NY, July 20, 2012 Early in the set during the quiet opening of Icelandic post-rock band ...

Sigur Rós are currently in Berlin doing "a DJ set (of sorts)" for Boiler Room. They're appearing under the name "Sigur Rós & Friends 'Triple Nipple'" and you can follow along now as the set is ...

It is absolutely official: Sigur Rós are the biggest rock band in Icelandic history. For their show at the Laugardalshöll arena on the closing night of Iceland Airwaves 2012, the annual music festival ...

Icelandic band Sigur Rós made an appearance on Game of Thrones as minstrels at the wedding of Joffrey Baratheon. “The Rains of Castamere” is a recurring song in HBO’s Game of Thrones. Its most famous ...

All three members of Sigur Rós have been investigated for and cleared of tax evasion, The Reykjavík Grapevine reports, citing Icelandic papers Fréttablaðið and Morgunblaðið. The investigation ...

The Icelandic government is investigating the members of Sigur Ròs for tax evasion. The members of the band are claiming that they didn't intentionally evade paying taxes. By Tom Breihan Right now, ...

Sigur Rós have made such cosmic music for so many years that the idea of them being bound by such earthly and dull ideas as taxes is baffling, but lo and behold, they are not entirely immune. As ...

Best Band In The World alert. Thank you Sigur Rós, for making my post-holiday transition back to the internet so super great. This morning word spread that Sigur Rós's new album has a name (með suð í ...