Sigur Rós

oasisfan35 · Post by **oasisfan35** » Sun June 16, 2013 1:23 am

harmless wrote:It's literally impossible to rank these albums.

psychobain · Post by **psychobain** » Sun June 16, 2013 5:16 pm

Blapradur

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Mon June 17, 2013 4:17 pm

Really good review from everyone's whipping boys over at Pitchfork:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/181 ... s-kveikur/

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Tue June 18, 2013 3:57 am

Not sure if this has been posted before but this is funny.

http://equalizermag.com/news/sigur-ros- ... new-album/

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue June 18, 2013 5:28 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:Really good review from everyone's whipping boys over at Pitchfork:

http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/181 ... s-kveikur/

Good review, but 'hauntology'? Really?

Also, I never found out how well the last album was received. Did people generally not like it? I wasn't enthralled straight away but ended up thinking it was excellent, even though it required a crazy amount of patience. This one is a brilliant album but, for me, different because everything on it was instantly likable. The second half of the album had to grow on me slightly, mind.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue June 18, 2013 5:37 pm

I love this album. Also, I don't really have heroes or musical idols these days but if I had one it'd be Jonsi.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Tue June 18, 2013 6:21 pm

harmless wrote:I love this album. Also, I don't really have heroes or musical idols these days but if I had one it'd be Jonsi.

I think I mentioned that my 5-year old absolutely loves Jonsi and Sigur Ros. He can't figure out why we can't go to Jonsi's house in Iceland when we go on vacation, or why Jonsi can't come to ours when Sigur Ros plays Chicago. I must say, after listening to this album on halfway decent speakers, I have a new-found respect to George and [insert drummer's name here].

This album is brillant. I love it.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Tue June 18, 2013 7:07 pm

Chris_H_2 wrote:
harmless wrote:I love this album. Also, I don't really have heroes or musical idols these days but if I had one it'd be Jonsi.
I think I mentioned that my 5-year old absolutely loves Jonsi and Sigur Ros. He can't figure out why we can't go to Jonsi's house in Iceland when we go on vacation, or why Jonsi can't come to ours when Sigur Ros plays Chicago. I must say, after listening to this album on halfway decent speakers, I have a new-found respect to George and [insert drummer's name here].

This album is brillant. I love it.

He's a great hero for a kid to have, certainly.

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Tue June 18, 2013 7:20 pm

This album is outrageous.

I'll be in Iceland in September and it will be hard to have any other music than these guys playing in the car on the road trip.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Wed June 19, 2013 2:19 pm

Hour-long, 360-degree webcast today at 1:50 p.m. (Central Time):

http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk/kveikurlive360/

Bob Loblaw · Post by **Bob Loblaw** » Wed June 19, 2013 3:09 pm

I'm not feeling this one yet. Valtari is ages ahead, but I'll keep listening.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Wed June 19, 2013 3:24 pm

Bob Loblaw wrote:I'm not feeling this one yet. Valtari is ages ahead, but I'll keep listening.

It's really apples and oranges. I think it all depends what your Sigur Rós cup of tea is.

If you like Valtari, you have to at least like Yfirborò.

Speaking of which, I think the percussion on that song is one of the coolest things Sigur Rós has recorded in a decade. I really didn't pick it up or appreciate it when I saw them in April.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Wed June 19, 2013 6:09 pm

I think what we have in Valtari / Kveikur is yin and yang. That was probably deliberate.

Simple Torture · Post by **Simple Torture** » Wed June 19, 2013 7:19 pm

I like Valtari more, but I dig the vibe on this new record. It's got a different personality (harmless's ying/yang, if you will), and since I usually only spin SR records when I'm in a certain mood, it's pretty clear to me that when I'm in a certain frame of mind, I'll want to throw Kveikur on more than Valtari.

I had to cancel my Kveikur pre-order b/c I wasn't sure about my next paycheck, but now the guy at my local record store is holding me a copy

Also, my pre-order of the Hvarf/Heim repress arrived yesterday--won't be able to spin it until maybe Friday, but I'm pumped!

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Wed June 19, 2013 7:30 pm

I've tried to watch this live Kveikur stream thing that's on now. But my computer is slow as treacle and the stream keeps pausing. Really pissed off. Hopefully it gets onto Youtube at some point.

Chris_H_2 · Post by **Chris_H_2** » Wed June 19, 2013 9:45 pm

I got nothing on the stream. I looked at the setlist, and am surprised that they didn't play Rafstraumur. They better introduce it to the setlist by September.

Post by **Mickey** » Wed June 19, 2013 10:51 pm

Valtari didn't stick with me for very long, kinda forget about it a lot. Downloading this one now

Post by **Mickey** » Wed June 19, 2013 10:51 pm

Also, EITHER going to New Orleans or Birmingham but I am so excited to see this band in the fall.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Thu June 20, 2013 12:03 am

Mickey wrote:Valtari didn't stick with me for very long, kinda forget about it a lot. Downloading this one now

If you forget about it a lot, like habitually, that must also mean that you remember it a lot. So who wins?

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Thu June 20, 2013 2:27 am

i still owe this band a good proper listen.

Red Mosquito

Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós

Re: Sigur Rós