award victory!

sigur rós won the inaugural american shortlist prize for artistic achievement in music last night in los angeles. they beat the likes of pj harvey, gorillaz, at the drive-in, the beta band, the white stripes and air to the prize. the band flew over to l.a. for the ceremony, where they performed a live set. they will be awarded a $10,000 cash prize, as well has having $10,000 donated in their name to the victims of the september 11th attacks . if anyone has photos of the event, or the setlist they played, let us know. we do know however that they played at least the pop song and that they gave a very brief speech when they won.