Below is a listing of all of the news updates that I've made to my fanlistings in recent days.

Best of 2010 Lists

Sigur Rós

Jónsi’s Go made several lists of the best albums from 2010! Here’s a collection of a few of those lists:

Posted on December 30, 2010 @ 5:13 PM. Leave a comment?

Sigur Rós Debut Solo Projects in a Church

Sigur Rós

Rolling Stone has an article about Jónsi and pianist Kjartan Sveinsson individual concerts at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan.

The Icelandic band Sigur Rós make music of long vocal sighs and bowed-guitar drone suspended in oceans of reverb. So singer-guitarist Jónsi Birgisson and pianist Kjartan Sveinsson surely felt at home at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle in Manhattan, where they gave live premieres of respective individual works, outfitted with orchestra and choir, on November 15th as part of Lincoln Center’s White Lights Festival and the independent Wordless Music series…

Read the rest of the article here!

Posted on November 17, 2010 @ 2:18 PM. Leave a comment?

Jónsi Plans Acoustic In-Store Gigs

Sigur Rós

Jónsi will be playing six free acoustic shows in stores across the US this Fall! You can see all cities, dates, and get more info at Jónsi’s Official Site!

Posted on October 07, 2010 @ 11:17 PM. Leave a comment?

Homage or Fromage?

Sigur Rós

A post at Sigur-Ros.co.uk points out some commercials that use music that is very similar to Sigur Rós.

There’s a few articles about the issue too. Below are just a few:

  1. Sigur Rós Point Out Possible TV Ad Imitators
  2. Sigur Rós Comment On Suspicious Sigur Rós Soundalikes
  3. Sigur Rós Calls Out, Gives Attention to Ad Industry
  4. Sigur Rós Attack Advertisers
  5. Sigur Rós Blog About Commercials With Music Very Similar To Sigur Rós
  6. Sigur Ros Rant Over Ad Music
  7. Sigur Ros Blog About Getting Ripped Off

Posted on October 07, 2010 @ 3:33 PM. Leave a comment?

World Soundtrack Awards

Sigur Rós

Jónsi has been nominated for a World Soundtrack Award for the song “Sticks & Stones” from How to Train Your Dragon! Congrats to Jónsi!

Posted on October 07, 2010 @ 2:34 PM. Leave a comment?