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Sigur Rós: Valtari – review
The Guardian
The danger with having created a sound as exquisitely distinctive and TV-ubiquitous as Sigur Rós's is that it starts to sound like its own parody. Their expansive soundscapes and Jónsi Birgisson's cooed and chirruped "Hopelandic" (his ...
CD CHOICE: Sigur Rós/Valtari Parlophone ****Irish Times
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Sassy Rap and Afro-Brazilian Beats
New York Times
Sigur Ros The mists have thickened around the songs on “Valtari,” the first Sigur Ros album since 2008. Jonsi, its lead singer, apparently got uptempo songs out of his system on his 2010 solo album, “Go.” It's back to slow motion for “Valtari,” the ...


 
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Back Story: Sigur Ros - Valtari
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Keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson and bassist Georg Holm tell Sarah Jamieson the story behind Sigur Ros' new album, 'Valtari'. Keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson and bassist Georg Holm tell Sarah Jamieson the story behind Sigur Ros' new album, 'Valtari'.


 
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Sigur Ros 'Eg Anda': Choking PSA Launches 'Valtari' Mystery Film Experiment ...
Huffington Post
Sigur Ros is pulling some OK Go trickery these days, putting the internet to work like it's been taking too many days off and surfs itself too much when it's in the office. First there was worldwide "Valtari Hour," and now there's something called the ...
Sigur Ros Releases Music Video For Their New AlbumCinema Blend
Sigur Rós Announces Valtari Film ProjectPaste Magazine
Watch: Sigur Rós new track 'Ég anda' shows you what to do if you chokeHitFix (blog)
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Sigur Ros Debuts 'Valtari' with Global Listening Event
Billboard
Sigur Ros, the Icelandic band whose name means victory rose, is all set to release their sixth studio album "Valtari" on May 29th. "Valtari" marks the end of the group's "indefinite hiatus" that began in 2008 after the release of their last acclaimed ...
Sigur Ros ValtariPrefixmag
First Listen: Sigur Rós, 'Valtari'WWNO
Video: Sigur Rós – “Ég anda”Consequence of Sound
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Sydney Morning Herald
Sigur Ros return with a new sense of calm
Sydney Morning Herald
GEORG HOLM, the bearded, steely-eyed and once almost criminally reticent bass guitarist in Iceland's Sigur Ros, is a little embarrassed as he launches into his confession. The activity that elicits this shot of shame? Not any drink- or drug-fuelled ...
Latest releases: Tenacious D, Adam Lambert, Sigur Ros, Alison WonderlandNEWS.com.au
Understated work a powerful statementIrish Independent

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Sigur Ros: Valtari
The UCSD Guardian Online
After a brief foray into more structured pop music, Icelandic-based Sigur Ros has finally returned to the shimmering soundscapes they captured so well in their early albums. Their latest release, Valtari, is another beautiful effort, gently swelling ...

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