something for 2009

at the two shows in london last month (20th + 21st) some people noticed a lot of cameras busily recording away.

we can now confirm that the shows were indeed recorded and pass on a bit more information on this. the shoot was directed by acclaimed director vincent morisset, who also shot the “neon bible” interactive video for arcade fire. the footage is currently being edited in montreal and promises to be a nice contrast to “heima“, which had a lot of links to context, time and surroundings, whereas this forthcoming concert footage will be purely performance-based.

as is fairly common in sigur rós land, it will be released when it’s ready and, as such, we dont have any ideas of release dates - but we’re looking forward to it already.

end of tour

in a few hours the band will play their final concert of the current tour. the band play in reykjavík in the laugardalshöll venue.

in anticipation of the show, the icelandic radio station rás2 had a 2 hour show all about the band - naturally its all in icelandic. the link to the show is here.

goggi on channel 4 news

in tonights 7pm news on channel 4 in the uk, goggi will be giving an interview about the icelandic economic situation.

update: the interview was broadcast on channel 4s more4 news last night is now available to watch here

með suð and von on vinyl

after a few months of waiting, the vinyl for með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust is finally available. for links to order it online please go to our order page (we will be adding more links as we get them).

unrelated to this, it also seems that the bands first album, von, will be getting its first ever vinyl release. one little indian will be selling 2000 copies. at the moment its available on amazon.co.uk and we will be adding more links to our order page as we get them.

deluxe photo notes

the bands co-manager, john best, has just written a long commentary over on the dót blog in relation to the photos used in the deluxe edition. the photos in the deluxe edition were taken by photographer eva vermandel. its probably not a bad idea to have the deluxe edition close at hand when reading things - but the commentary works really well for those without - giving lots of insight into behind the scenes aspects of earlier this year when the album and tour were coming together.

gobbledigook competition winners

sigur rós have announced the winners of the gobbledigook remix competition on youtube. the band was impressed with the inspired creativity and hard work put into the competition entries. the winning entry is this (barely recognisable) cover by dan thomas iii. runners up are: benfi (best use of nudity), theamazingtveir (best comedy entry). honorable mention: bcnideas, onkennedymurray, alvinping, monolichelli, finnguala, sugargookies.

hlemmur auction

there is an auction on ebay right now for a copy of the limited edition version of hlemmur signed by the entire band. also in the auction there is a selection of promo singles and albums.

the auction is in aid of a charity called “the eye fund” which supports people who are losing their vision. the auction ended on the 18th of november.

við spilum endalaust video

the official video to við spilum endalaust, the fourth track from ‘með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust’, is now available to watch exclusively on last.fm. the song is due for release as the album’s second single (more info coming soon).

european tour

the last leg of the current tour started tonight in wolverhampton in the united kingdom, the remaining 14 dates take place in 8 countries and finishes on the 23rd of november in reykjavík.

as always your photos, reviews are welcome about the concerts - you can submit them to us here and we will be updating the tour review pages as the tour progresses.

deluxe edition update

over the last few days customers have started to receive their copies of the deluxe edition of the “með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust”.

the deluxe edition is still available exclusivily on sigurros.com for the next few weeks after which it will be available more widely. amazon.co.uk is one of the first places to list it. details of other places to order it will be added to our ordering page as we get them.

london film screening

we’re pleased to announce an exclusive screening of two films featured in the deluxe edition of með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. the screening will take place at the covent garden odeon in london, on november 10th at 8pm. tickets are available here. the director nick abrahams will be doing a short q&a after the screening and if you would like to submit a question for this then email it over asap.

november iceland concert

to end the current world tour, sigur rós will perform a concert at the laugardalsholl venue in reykjavík on november 23rd. it will be the first time the band will have performed as a four piece in iceland in many years. tickets go on sale on midi.is on november the 4th. (there will also be a reduced rate for 13-16yr olds of 1000kr).

update: there is a presale on midi.is now and will be there until the general sale starts on the 4th of november

interview with flood

a few months back we asked members of our message board for some questions for flood, the producer of the bands latest album. and now, as the deluxe edition of the album is about to go on sale, we have put those answers online - they make for very interesting reading.

uk festival competition

sigur rós have been nominated for “best festival headline act” at this years uk festival awards. they are up against the likes of sex pistols, jay z, the verve, metallica and kiss. you can vote for sigur rós, if you want to of course, by going to this page. voting closes on october the 20th, with the winners being announced on the 30th.

deluxe edition update

for those wondering about the progress of the deluxe edition of með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust then today brings news of an update.

thank you to everyone for your prolonged patience in sticking around for your copy of the luxurious version of ‘með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. we appreciate it’s been a tad frustrating, since we originally figured you’d all have it about now. but the good news is the calendar watching is about to come to an end. we’ve seen, and held in our hands, an early proof copy of the book, so we can tell that (a) it exists, and (b) it’s turned out a-mazing!

the books are now printed and going through the fiddly production finishing process of inserting the cd, dvd and 16mm film strip into the inside front and back covers. aside from these modest delays, the main reason for you having to hang on a bit longer was - perhaps inevitably - editing delays with the exclusive film, now entitled vid spilum endalaust’.

having made ‘heima’ previously, we should maybe have known that it always takes a little longer to assemble footage into something that feels like a cohesive project so it was with vid spilum endaluast’. we shot the whole thing on a combination of super-8 and dv tape; the former having a great look but no audio track, and the dv useful for picking up dialogue and sound ambience. anyway we dicked around with the resulting footage trying to juxtapose the two competing formats for ages, before deciding to dispense with the digital output and concentrate pretty much wholly on the 8mm film stock.

this took time and put us back in terms of delivery of finished dvds. we’ve got to say sorry for this, but feel that the wait is more than compensated by the fact that the resultant ‘film poem” is in fact supremely good - by our insider opinion a good deal closer to what it set out to be than ‘heima’ even. we hope you agree.

new delivery dates will be between the 17th and 31 st october depending on where you live.

john best

a new trailer for the deluxe edition is available to view here and the deluxe edition is still available for ordering on sigurros.com

svefn-g-englar in top 5 videos

further to the poll run by mtv uk last month, it has been announced that the video for svefn-g-englar is the fifth best video ever made. it comes in behind “rio” by duran duran, “all is full of love” by björk, “take on me” by a-ha and “thriller” by michael jackson. the full list is here. (we’re slightly shocked by the poor showing of one video in particular)

exhibition in london

on october 2nd there will be an exhibition of 12 prints from the ‘með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust’ album deluxe edition by eva vermandel and a taster of the film made by nick abrahams. the exhibition takes place at the whitechapel gallery in london as part of the concrete and glass event. concrete and glass’s inaugural music and contemporary art event held across 18 venues in shoreditch will also play host to some of the most outstanding new and established artists london has to offer.

for further information and ticket details visit concreteandglass.co.uk

(note: the associated competition is now closed, the 50 winners have been notified)

north american tour update

the band are almost half way through their north american tour and john best, one of their managers, has written an update on the dót blog about how its all being going.

north america tour

sigur rós will start their north america tour tonight in new york city. the tour’s 17 shows are mostly sold out but tickets are still available to a few shows. for the first time in america since 2001 the band will be playing completely on their own, without the support of amiina and the horny brasstards. the opening act for this tour is jónsi’s boyfriend’s band parachutes. as always, reviews are welcome.

sunday times feature

the sunday times are running an interesting feature on sigur rós with a competition to win two tickets to the alexandra palace concert in london, as well as a chance to see the soundcheck prior to the concert. the feature also has two recent live videos, one from iceland (playing gobbledigook with björk) and one from westminster methodist central hall (playing inní mér syngur vitleysingur).

inní mér single

inní mér syngur vitleysingur is the first single from með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. it will be released in the uk only this coming monday, september 8th, on cd and as a 2-track download. the single’s b-side is heima, an acoustic song which the band played at some screenings of the film heima last year.

you can pre-order the single now on hmv.com, amazon.co.uk and play.com. the single and b-side will be available to download on sigurros.com on monday.

gobbledigook competition

sigur rós have set up a gobbledigook remix competition on youtube. they’ve provided an instrumental mp3 of gobbledigook and the icelandic and english lyrics for you to use in the remix in any way you please. the “most gratifying” entry as judged by the band will receive a signed copy of the deluxe edition of með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust. head over here for all the details on the competition.

new concerts announced

two new concerts have been announced for the autumn. in october there will be a second gig in tokyo and in november there will be a gig in glasgow. information is available on our tour page.

inní mér video link

the newest sigur rós video is now available to watch on myspacetv. the video for “inní mér syngur vitleysingur” was filmed at the náttúra concert in reykjavík in june.

inní mér video vote

on the uk version of mtv 2 there is a chance to vote to see the upcoming video for inní mér syngur vitleysingur. it is part of the mtv2 / myspace chart and you can vote on this page.