new merchandise store up

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the new sigur ros merchandise store has now been opened here. this new service is handled by sandbag, who manage radiohead’s waste merchandise. those without a credit card will now be able to order from our store.

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split sides photos and reviews

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the ‘split sides’ event took place last tuesday and was a great success. the path that the performance took, which was one out of 32 paths it could take by the roll of the dice in front of the audience, had radiohead start the show and sigur ros end it. the music and choreography were […]

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split sides event

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sigur ros join radiohead and the merce cunningham dance company at the brooklyn academy of music for tonight’s ‘split sides’ event. the music (as with every aspect of this project) is indeed split: the sigur ros side will involve miked-up ballet shoes; radiohead bring laptops and twiddly knobs. much more later!

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new design

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so as you can see, the new site has been relaunched. this is the new design, we hope you like it. later on we’ll be adding a more detailed menu so that you only have to click once to access the sub-pages but hopefully this is all right for the time being. the design was […]

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cunningham collaboration

we’ve just been informed that sigur rós will be collaborating with the renowned dance choreographer merce cunningham. cunningham has requested that sigur rós and radiohead write music to his forthcoming piece, to be premiered in new york city in october 2003. sigur rós have already begun writing music for the show. merce cunningham (aged 83) […]

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benicassim

sigur rós and radiohead will go head to head at the benicassim festival, due to be held near valencia, spain, in august. the bands are headlining different stages on the saturday night of the festival. radiohead are playing the verde (main) stage, while sigur rós will play the more intimate fiber fib stage. see you […]

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vanilla sky soundtrack

the sigur rós song which will be on the vanilla sky soundtrack will in fact not be ágætis byrjun as previously reported, but svefn-g-englar. the soundtrack will also include songs by radiohead, r.e.m., jeff buckley, paul mccartney, bob dylan, and more. the soundtrack is released december 11th and the film is premiered december 14th in […]

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various reviews

time magazine selected sigur rós as one of their “top ten bands on planet earth”, along with e.g. radiohead and u2. you can read that feature here. the washington post reviewed the concert in washington, you can read that here. also, there is a los angeles times interview with sigur rós on newsday.com.

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