Sigur Rós performs at Frost Amphitheater in Palo Alto, Calif. on May 17, 2022. Derek Tobias/STAFF. PALO ALTO, Calif. — Icelandic melodic post-rockers Sigur Rós’ touched down at Stanford’s Frost Amphitheater on Tuesday. Although it has only been five years since the group played in the Bay Area, this marked…

The best albums of 2020 include (clockwise from top left): Fiona Apple, Doves, Run The Jewels, Thurston Moore, Fantastic Negrito, Jónsi, Code Orange, Hayley Williams and Tame Impala. And so, we’ve arrived at the end of this countdown of the best 75 albums of 2020. If you haven’t yet,…

Sigur Rós‘ newest album, Odin’s Raven Magic, is both the long-anticipated release since 2013’s Kveikur as well as being almost 18 years in the making. Originally developed in 2002 and performed for the Reykjavík (Iceland) Arts Festival, the songs on Odin’s Raven Magic have remained in obscurity—finally receiving a proper recording…

It’s undeniable that Jónsi epitomized whimsical folk rock on his 2010 solo debut, Go. The album’s jubilant boisterousness—let’s call it “youth retreat campfire folk”—came ripe for mumblecore drama movies and summer camp recap videos, all while carrying the depth and dynamics the Icelandic prodigy built as the frontman of post-rock…

Jónsi Birgisson and Alex Somers, Courtesy: Lilja Birgisdottir. LOS ANGELES — If the new analogue remaster of Riceboy Sleeps caught some ears, the long-awaited orchestral performance of the record rattled the soul. Ten years after Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson and film composer Alex Somers released their immaculate ambient project, the…

Photos: Alessio Neri OAKLAND — Sigur Rós brought their visually stunning show to the Fox Theater Sunday, the second of two Bay Area concerts. Their setlist was comprised of songs from throughout their discography, including classics like “Starálfur” and “Ný batterí,” along with some newer songs like “Kveikur,” from their newest (2013) album with the…