Sigur Rós Archives - Backseat Mafia

Live Review plus Gallery: Vivid Festival – Sigur Rós with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra at the iconic Opera House shine brighter than the festival lights outside.

In a performance that transcended the boundaries of genre and expectation, Sigur Rós, in collaboration with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, delivered a night of sonic transcendence that will linger in…

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News: The ethereal Sigur Rós announce Australian Orchestral tour for 2025 with Sydney Opera House appearance at Vivid Festival added.

Icelandic band Sigur Rós have to be one of the most innovative and exciting bands around – their albums are breathtakingly beautiful sonic journeys that are both immersive and thrilling.…

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News: Icelandic ambient dream gods Sigur Rós add Australia and New Zealand to world tour as they record first studio album since 2013’s ‘Kveilkur’

The legendary Sigur Rós have announced they will be extending their 2022 world tour to Australia and New Zealand, gracing antipodean shores for the first time after five long years.…

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Track: Jónsi – Exhale

There is a heartbreakingly beautiful element to anything Iceland’s Jónsi (Jón Þór Birgisson) creates, whether it be through Sigur Rós or collaborations with partner Alex Somers. Jónsi has just released…

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Track: Wray – Jogging/Neon Forming

‘Jogging/Neon Sway’ is an absolutely immersive and magic single from Birmingham band Wray – gentle bubbling dream pop with shimmering guitars and haunting melancholic vocals: it hits all the right…

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Not Forgotten: Sigur Rós – Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

I discovered Sigur Rós, like many of us did, via the rapturously received Ágætis byrjun avant-garde psych-prog statement made even more exotic due to the band’s use of their native…

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