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  • 15.04.2002
    the icelandic radio station rás 2 will broadcast sigur rós' set at the montreux jazz festival (july 13th 2001) on…
  • 15.04.2002
    ný batterí was featured in the opening segment of the 19th episode of the american television show '24'. the song…
  • 12.04.2002
    there is a nice interview with the band, in which jónsi has quite a bit to say about the new…
  • 01.04.2002
    the band has finished recording the studio version of njósnavélin (featured in 'vanilla sky'), which will be on the new…
  • 22.03.2002
    as part of the óðin's raven magic concert on april 21st, the barbican is now planning screenings of several sigur…
  • 21.03.2002
    we were fortunate enough to have been sent a photo from inside the band's studio in mosfellsbær, which is hard…
  • 20.03.2002
    the german rolling stone website has selected our website as the "pick of the month" in their rolling stone web-guide.…
  • 20.03.2002
    the hrafnagaldur óðins [óðin's raven magic] concert at the barbican hall in london is now sold out. a couple of…
  • 16.03.2002
    i've just updated the links page with a few more interesting sigur rós related sites, including a lyrics translation page.…
  • 14.03.2002
    sigur rós is #37 in spin magazine's current '40 most important artists today' issue.
  • 11.03.2002
    below are 3 photos taken at the buffet/concert last month at the 'álafoss föt bezt' pub. the band is accompanied…
  • 11.03.2002
    i've added a video of njósnavélin performed on the craig kilborn show to the download page.
  • 27.02.2002
    there was an article about sigur rós in the latest issue of newsweek. you can read the article here.
  • 25.02.2002
    the icelandic artist hildur margrétardóttir video recorded the small set sigur rós played on february 16th at a buffet in…
  • 19.02.2002
    sigur rós have given the renowned 'kronos quartet' permission to arrange stringed versions of starálfur and ný batterí, to be…
  • 19.02.2002
    it's now confirmed that the london sinfonietta orchestra and the sixteen choir will be performing hrafnagaldur óðins [odin's raven magic]…
  • 19.02.2002
    we've just heard that njósnavélin (the song featured in the climax of vanilla sky) is currently being recorded in the…
  • 10.02.2002
    sigur rós have just won the best video award for viðrar vel til loftárása at the icelandic music awards. among…
  • 06.02.2002
    our lengthy interview with georg and orri took place last friday and has finally been typed up. the interview was…
  • 05.02.2002
    sigur rós have a song [starálfur] on a fairly decent looking new compilation album, along with the beta band and…
  • 05.02.2002
    a photograph of sigur rós came 37th in Q magazines 'top 100 rock'n'roll photographs'. you can see the photo here.
  • 29.01.2002
    sigur rós have decided to hold two concerts in the restaurant/pub "álafoss föt bezt", on february 2nd and february 16th.…
  • 18.01.2002
    sigur rós have kindly accepted to let us interview them next week here in reykjavík. since this is a fansite,…
  • 07.01.2002
    happy new year! i made a few changes to the design of the site. tell me what you think..
  • 20.12.2001
    you can find out more about the vanilla sky soundtrack, to which sigur rós contributed 3 songs, here. there are…
  • 19.12.2001
    sigur rós have donated their song svefn-g-englar to the national society for prevention of cruelty to children (npscc) for use…
  • 19.12.2001
    here are some screenshots from the band's performance of njósnavélin on the late late show with craig kilborn last friday:…
  • 19.12.2001
    in a 'best of 2001' feature in the latest issue of entertainment weekly, the 'best use of music on a…
  • 18.12.2001
    sigur rós performed njósnavélin on the late late show with craig kilborn last friday. the band went overtime when playing…
  • 17.12.2001
    sigur rós will play a unique one-off concert in london on april 21st. the show will be at the barbican…
  • 14.12.2001
    tonight, vanilla sky will be premiered in the united states and sigur rós will perform a song from the film,…
  • 14.12.2001
    ágætis byrjun was selected the best icelandic album of the 20th century in a recent poll here in iceland, in…
  • 13.12.2001
    sigur rós have donated their $10,000 prize for winning the shortlist award to the new york association of new americans,…
  • 12.12.2001
    hafssól, the sigur rós guitar tabs site, has been updated. in addition to having tabs to all released sigur rós…
  • 10.12.2001
    sigur rós will perform njósnavélin on the american talk show 'late late show with craig kilborn' next friday (december 14th).…
  • 06.12.2001
    three sigur rós songs will be in the upcoming hollywood film, vanilla sky. as has been mentioned before, the film…
  • 20.11.2001
    sigur rós won the inaugural american shortlist prize for artistic achievement in music last night in los angeles. they beat…
  • 14.11.2001
    launch.com has put up a sigur rós special which features various videos, including an interview and some live performances. the…
  • 11.11.2001
    the sigur rós song which will be on the vanilla sky soundtrack will in fact not be ágætis byrjun as…
  • 09.11.2001
    i just got the video to nýja lagið, live at the icelandic opera house in reykjavík, june 12th 1999. this…
  • 09.11.2001
    there was a brief article about sigur rós in the november issue of vanity fair, you can read it here.
  • 08.11.2001
    sigur rós have been selected as one of the ten finalists of virgin megastore shortlist prize for artistic achievement in…
  • 08.11.2001
    here's a review of the september 24th new york concert that appeared on vh1.com.
  • 07.11.2001
    the competition is now closed. winners and prize to be announced shortly. there was no time to do an interview…
  • 29.10.2001
    here are some photos from the concert in sao paulo last friday by flávio florido: (thanks naila)one | two |…
  • 28.10.2001
    those lucky brazilians. apparently the band had with them the string quartet at those gigs in rio de janeiro and…
  • 28.10.2001
    the review page for the listasafnið (airwaves) gig is up. there are some superb photos of the show too, courtesy…
  • 27.10.2001
    the site is currently experiencing some heavy traffic due o all the downloads i put up yesterday. i ask that…
  • 26.10.2001
    sorry about the lack of updates, we've been busy. we attended the icelandairwaves gig in reykjavík last thursday and it…
  • 26.10.2001
    the hbo reverb show with sigur rós and björk was premiered october 17th and was re-aired 6 times. they showed…