Ólafur Arnalds, '...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness' (Erased Tapes)
Tenderly rendered puffs of ambient distress
By Christopher R. Weingarten 06.08.10 2:29 PM
This 23-year-old composer paints a unique fog of fragile melancholy using the tiniest of brushes -- weightless drones, pianos pressed with a feathery touch, bows barely scraping strings, and electronic bliplets that sound like submarines cooing in the murky distance.
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Sigur Ros' Jonsi Debuts Knockout Solo Tour
The Icelander delivers the light in his very theatrical Vancouver concert kickoff.
By Kaitlin Fontana 04.07.10 10:26 AM
About halfway through his tour opener at Vancouver, BC's Vogue Theatre on Tuesday night, Jonsi reeled in that rafter-reaching voice of his to say thanks in his way: briefly, charmingly, Icelandic-ly.
"This is our first show," he said to the excited whoops of the audience. "So it is exciting for us also."
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WATCH: Sigur Ros' Jonsi -- New Video!
The Icelandic singer has branched off on his own. Check out a live performance of "Boy Lilikoi"!
By Kelsey Paine 03.25.10 8:37 AM
Band hiatuses and subsequent solo records are a full-blown trend these days and Icelandic rockers Sigur Ros are following suit.
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Riceboy Sleeps, 'Riceboy Sleeps' (XL)
Arty Icelandic power couple moon ambiently.
By Josh Modell 07.13.09 10:56 AM
Icelandic orchestral rockers Sigur Rós already tried a more quiet and subdued approach on 2007's acoustic Heim, but here, frontman Jónsi Birgisson (along with his boyfriend, Alex Somers) aims for damn-near invisible.
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Eminem Gets Punished, Aguilera Goes Burlesque
Click here for our look at some of the Web's weirdest news of the week.
By Kate Thuma 05.08.09 9:18 AM
Channeling his bloody music video for "3 A.M.," Eminem guest stars in a new Punisher comic book, rightly titled "Kill You." [Comics Alliance]
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Sigur Rós Side-Project to Release Debut Album
Watch two music videos from Riceboy Sleeps, frontman Jón Þór Birgisson's latest effort.
By Melissa Goldstein 04.09.09 6:23 AM
Sigur Rós frontman Jón Þór Birgisson and his partner, Alex Somers, have announced plans to release their self-titled debut album as Riceboy Sleeps, the side-project they formed in 2003.
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