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“That was incredibly disingenuous of Radiohead. But I have to acknowledge that perhaps it was very wise”: Steven Wilson and the war between prog and pop

Fifth solo album To The Bone found him considering his pompous teen years, his dad’s inventions, looking like a nerd, and how mainstream perceptions limited his audience

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“We’d been messing about with it for so long that we said, ‘Let’s stop thinking and let go of it’”: Sigur Rós, a discredited medieval poem and the end of Heaven and Earth

Labels have learned that post-rockers will do whatever they want. But did anyone expect a collaboration with a pagan master and a 70-piece stone instrument over an Icelandic myth?

Louder

Eurovision crisis: Protesters in Serbia urge boycott of contest over Israel's participation

"United by Music"? “A Eurovision without Israel would mean defending the ideals that this event proclaims,” a statement by the protest organizers said.

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Eurovision crisis: Slovenia to broadcast films about Palestine instead of this year's Eurovision

Slovenia joins Ireland and Spain in not broadcasting this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after a decision to boycott the live event over Israel’s participation.

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Peter Gabriel, Brian Eno, Paul Weller, Massive Attack, Sigur Rós, Mogwai and more sign open letter asking the European Broadcasting Union to ban Israel from participating in Eurovision 2026

"We refuse to be silent. We refuse to be complicit"

Louder

Eurovision crisis: Massive Attack, Kneecap and Sigur Rós call on fans to boycott over Israel

Celebrated musicians including Massive Attack, Kneecap, Brian Eno, Sigur Rós, Nadine Shah, and many more have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in protest of Israel’s participation.

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Sigur Rós and the London Contemporary Orchestra review – crashing waves of refined harmony

Perhaps the band that can best justify a mid-career gig with classical backing, the extra heft of the orchestra adds power to the Icelanders’ beautiful crescendos

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“Jeff Lynne and Yes are in the music of Radiohead, Sigur Rós and Muse. It’s overlooked in theirs but not in mine. I don’t have the self-validation I’d like”: Steven Wilson is grateful for prog fans’ support, but he wishes others liked him too

Arguing that pop isn’t as all-embracing as it used to be, he examines the nature of being a nerd with an ego, and wonders if the flawed musical gear his dad built him meant he was always going to make prog sounds

Louder

Grammy-winning jazz-pop star Laufey: ‘When I was 17, Bill Murray told me I was a very powerful woman’

INTERVIEW: With deep, diving vocals that recall jazz icons of yesteryear, the 23-year-old from Iceland is now more popular than Björk and Sigur Rós. She speaks with Ellie Muir about learning to love her distinct voice, her pivot to Christmas music – and her chance encounter with Hollywood star Bill…

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‘We tried to get Mariah Carey … and found out she costs $1m’: the songs musicians chose for their first dance

Does Charlie Simpson regret choosing Sigur Rós? Did Chesney Hawkes play ‘that’ song? And who picked an eight-minute jam by LCD Soundsystem? Musicians on the songs they chose for their wedding dance, for better or for worse

The Guardian - UK

Sigur Rós announce four orchestral dates at The Royal Albert Hall

Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós surprise released their experimental album Átta last year

Louder

‘Torn down for hotel rooms’: Iceland’s famous music venues swallowed by tourism

Thriving music scene that gave world Björk, Sigur Rós and Ólafur Arnald under threat from Reykjavík’s popularity

The Guardian - UK

"Hybrid Theory made me realise metal wasn't this weird, ostracised subgenre": Of Mice & Men's Aaron Pauley picks the 10 records that changed his life

From Slipknot and Linkin Park to Converge, Norma Jean and Mansions, these are the records that shaped Of Mice & Men frontman Aaron Pauley

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Lunar Halo review – a new, darker aesthetic

The mismatch between humanity and technology fuels Cheng Tsung-lung’s intriguing 2019 work, to a soundtrack by Sigur Rós

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Sigur Rós announce Átta film experiment

Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós surprise released their new album Átta earlier this year

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Every Sigur Rós album ranked from worst to best

The unique, incomparable catalogue of Iceland's biggest band re-reviewed and ranked

The Guardian - UK

‘I felt violated. It was a dark period for all of us’: Sigur Rós on their nightmarish recent years

The band’s image as Iceland’s joyous musical elves was destroyed by allegations of tax evasion and sexual assault. Now a trio, they explain their search for beauty with their first album in a decade

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Sigur Rós have surprise released their new album Átta

Átta, the "introverted" eighth studio album from Icelandic post-rockers Sigur Rós, is streaming now

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Christine and the Queens Southbank’s Meltdown Festival line-up announced, including Warpaint and Sigur Rós

The 28th edition of the festival will take place in London in June

The Guardian - UK

‘More people should see them’: Censor director Prano Bailey-Bond on her favourite short films

As the London short film festival starts, Bailey-Bond selects her all-time favourites – in which necrophilia, disappointment and masculinity feature heavily

Evening Standard

Sigur Rós at the O2 Academy Brixton gig review: tried the patience, but worth it in the end

The first half was challenging, but the Icelandic post-rock band emerged sublimely powerful in the second

Manchester Evening News

Review: Sigur Rós at O2 Apollo Manchester

Beginning the British leg of their world tour with two nights in Manchester, the Icelandic band held the attention of the Apollo audience without uttering a single word in English

Bangkok Post

Iceland's Sigur Rós brings unique sound to Bangkok's Moonstar Studio

A band known for unforgettable live performances makes its Thai debut this Sunday. Iceland's four horsemen of the post-rock apocalypse Sigur Rós are bringing their singular live experience to Bangkok with a show at Moonstar Studio.

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On my radar: Marina Abramović’s cultural highlights

The artist on an exhibition made by spiders, cryptocurrency activism and her love of astrology

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