song use requests

sigur rós have turned down numerous requests for the use of their songs in television programmes and adverts. one2one wanted to use a sigur rós clip in their new tv advert but the band turned down their offer. they have since had to make do with a goldfrapp clip instead. other companies that have offered […]

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contest link

there’s a contest on the burly bear website in which you can win copies of ágætis byrjun signed by the band. that site also has a stream of the new svefn-g-englar video.

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nyc ticket competition

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if you didn’t manage to get tickets for the very much sold out new york city gig, check out insound.com where they are offering to give away two tickets in a competition. they are also offering the re-release of ágætis byrjun at a special price if you reserve in advance, which seems a good deal. […]

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cologne concert videos

lesinrocks.com has put up three video clips from the cologne gig of the tour in last november. they’re unfortunately in real video format. svefn-g-englar | olsen olsen | untitled 2 / quiet song

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fixed links

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fixed some broken mp3 links that we gave last week. the correct links are: new untitled song clip | new pop song clip | new svefn-g-englar live | ný batterí live also corrected some wrong photo credits here on the news page (apologies to cécile pierret and nacho ruiz).

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new song

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sigur rós have been playing an amazing new instrumental song at the recent concerts, which is as of yet untitled (big surprise). it features kjartan and orri (!) on keyboards, georg on xylophone and jónsi using an e-bow in the guitar. you can download a clip of this song here. also updated on the music […]

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official site

the official site has been updated (!) with news that the svefn-g-englar single will be re-released march 19th and that the construction of the new sigur rós studio has delayed due to the enormity of their mixing desk. and a surprising bit of news, sigur rós are working on a dvd. we’ve been told that […]

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