The acclaimed composer explained how he and co composer Jónsi avoided writing a schmaltzy score for a warm-hearted film and the unique instrument involved.

Sigur Rós was quiet, which was surprising. Because the last time I saw a show at the Moda Center it was the loudest thing I've heard in my life. However, the setting and the crowd in the arena's ...

The list of accomplishments by Sigur Ros, Iceland’s most successful band of all time, keeps growing, 31 years after its then-teenaged members first came together in Reykjavik. It includes: appearances ...

Sigur Rós are a millennial band in the truest sense — not because they are inordinately popular with millennials compared to other demographics, though that might be somewhat true. Rather, Ágætis ...

The St. Bernard Parish-owned facility on West Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette has hosted concerts, sporting events, Carnival balls, dance recitals and commencement exercises since the late 1960s.

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – It was six years ago when Niko Sigur last stepped into BC Place, where Canada will begin its 2025 Concacaf Gold Cup campaign Tuesday night. Born and raised in nearby ...

VANCOUVER — Even as a ball boy, Niko Sigur was hungry to learn. From his post on the B.C. Place sidelines, Sigur watched as rising stars Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies sprinted down the field for ...

Sigur Rós will return to the US and Canada – coming to San Francisco’s Orpheum Theatre for two performances only on Sunday, November 16 at 8 p.m. and Monday, November 17 at 8 p.m. These shows, along ...

If an ethereal falsetto singing in an invented language wafted into your ears sometime over the last three decades, chances are good that it was Jónsi’s. But the Icelandic singer and ...

College is all about learning what of your parents’ advice holds in the real world. After experiencing Sigur Rós live, I can say that my father’s tip to see them may have been the best I’ve received.

There’s always been a symphonic grandeur implied in Sigur Ros’ music throughout its 27 years of recording — and more fully realized on recent projects such as the soundtrack to “Odin’s Raven Magic” in ...

Sigur Ros fans are of a mind that anything the arty Icelandic band does is special — and with good reason. Since 1997 the group — multi instrumentalists Jon Por “Jonsi” Birgisson and Georg “Goggi” ...