kjartan sveinsson will be taking part in two performances over the next few months – the first in austria in june and the second in ireland in july. “take me here by the dishwasher” – vienna, austria. june 8th. kjartan composed the soundtrack to the piece “take me here by the dishwasher” by icelandic artist […]
Read more »last night sigur rós won “the mojo outstanding contribution to music” award at the mojo awards show in london. phil alexander (mojo’s editor-in-chief): “sigur rós are widely recognised as men of mystery. their enigmatic presence is matched by their music. having a member of radiohead, philip selway, present this award tells you just how much […]
Read more »choreographer merce cunningham passed away on sunday the 26th of july aged 90. he was known to sigur rós fans through the ‘split sides’ dance collaboration his company did with sigur rós and radiohead in 2003. more information on his life and career is available on his website merce.org and ‘split sides’ information is here.
Read more »over five years after its premiere, the split sides dance performance has just been released. on sale in a two dvd set, it will show the 45th and 46th performances of split sides – with music provided by sigur rós and radiohead. the dvd is available now on on microcinemadvd.com and from the 30th of […]
Read more »split sides will be performed for the first time in the uk october 5th-9th at the barbican theatre, as part of the barbican’s bite (barbican international theatre events) programme. as you are most likely aware, the music in split sides was written by sigur rós and radiohead. bite were kind enough to arrange a competition […]
Read more »split sides will be premiered in london on october 5th at the barbican theatre, with additional performances following through october 9th. it is currently unclear whether sigur ros or radiohead will perform at these dates. tickets can now be purchased at the barbican website.
Read more »( ) has been nominated for best alternative music album at the 46th annual grammy awards, which take place in february of next year. the other nominees are radiohead, the flaming lips, the yeah yeah yeahs and the white stripes. the band and their comrade from fatcat, alex torrance, are also nominated for best recording […]
Read more »sigur ros will join the merce cunningham dance company in paris tonight to perform once again the 20 minute song they composed to the modern dance piece ‘split sides’. as you may remember, sigur ros joined radiohead to perform their original music at split sides’ premiere in new york last october, but radiohead will not […]
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