sigur ros @ moma

if you can't catch sigur ros this fall, here's an hour long special from their recent show at the moma. i caught it on current earlier this week and naturally it's available online. take a moment and give the icelandic national anthem a listen at 28:00. makes me wish iceland won a gold in beijing. btw, sigur ros is touring with fellow countrymen parachutes, who sound kinda familiar - which is to say kinda amazing.

fall north american dates:
september 17 united palace - new york city - new york
september 18 united palace - new york city - new york
september 19 bank of america pavillion - boston - massachusetts
september 20 quai jacques cartier - montreal - quebec
september 22 massey hall, toronto - ontario
september 23 fillmore - detroit - michigan
september 24 chicago theatre - chicago - illinois
september 25 orpheum - minneapolis - minnesota
september 27 morrison red rocks theatre - denver - colorado
september 28 saltair - salt lake city - utah
september 30 the marquee - tempe - arizona
october 01 copley - san diego - california
october 02 the greek theatre - los angeles - california
october 03 the greek theatre - berkeley - california
october 05 benaroya hall - seattle - washington
october 06 arlene schnitzer theatre - portland - oregon
october 07 the chan centre, vancouver

gobbledigook

a more upbeat and tribal sound from sigur ros on their new single: gobbledigook...get it for free and check out the nude video on the sigur ros site. this is another video collaboration with arni & kinski, the guys from gusgus that also directed a few other vids for sigur ros. their vids for glosoli and hoppipolla are too good not to watch if you've never seen them.

source: brooklynvegan

amina

i was lucky enough to see amina open for sigur ros at the paramount in oakland a few years ago. this video from icelandic television does a good job of capturing the experience.

and on the subject of sigur ros - i can't wait to see HEIMA (or to visit iceland after seeing this trailer)

http://www.heima.co.uk/video/