Of Monsters and Men returns to Ireland in June for Beyond the Pale, the Co Wicklow boutique festival. Maria Somerville, whose ...

As soon as the twee xylophone plinks of the exquisite ‘Glôsôli’ emanate from behind the canvas screen adorning the front of the stage, it’s clear that this concert is going to be very special. The ...

A few years ago, during a trip to Iceland, I stumbled across Fischersund, a family-run perfume store founded by the members of post-rock band Sigur Rós. The store felt like something out of a ...

On second thought, writing this article in “Hopelandic” may prove more difficult than I first thought. If I want to give a favorable review to Sigur Rós’s concert Tuesday night, then using a ...

Kjartan "Kjarri" Sveinsson is a keyboardist of the Icelandic post-rock band Sigur Rós. He joined the band in 1998. Being something of a multi-instrumentalist, he has also played such instruments as ...

Sigur Rós performs at Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2025. Jane Hu/STAFF. SAN FRANCISCO — What started in 2023 as a “very special” run of concerts with a 41-member orchestra has quietly ...

After taking a year off to regroup, Rock Music Menu was back at Iceland Airwaves, kicking off the month of November in the Icelandic capital city of Reykjavík and wondering exactly why missing the ...

The list of accomplishments by Sigur Ros, Iceland’s most successful band of all time, keeps growing, 31 years after its then-teenaged members first came together in Reykjavik. It includes: appearances ...