To celebrate the release of his new live concert CD and DVD package 'Go Live', Sigur Ros frontman Jonsi Birgissson is offering a new song as a free download to fans. Simply titled 'New Piano Song', ...

There are more mediocre concert films out there than one cares to guess and often when a band risks financial investment to document their live presence, the results are often less than spectacular.

There were nearly as many lineups of the fall as their were months they were together, but one of the most fruitful was when Brix was in the band (and married to frontman Mark E Smith) in the mid-’80s ...

Video for this concert is no longer available. However, you can hear and download audio of another Jonsi performance in our archives. I'm thrilled to announce NPR Music's first video simulcast: Sigur ...

Jónsi is an extraordinary performer. A rare musician who not only plays his songs but also lives them out note for note on stage, seeing him live is an incredibly captivating experience—even when he’s ...

In a music industry struggling with the business of how to sell records, the live show has become an even more important part of a musician's bottom line. Concerts have become events. When bands like ...

On a set that looked like the Museum of Natural History after a fire (trust me), a tight musical arc that fit the songs into one another like puzzle pieces, and gorgeous projections courtesy of London ...

The first new album from the Icelandic band Sigur Rós in a decade begins with something that will be immediately identifiable to fans of the band — the voice of Jónsi — but that familiar sound is ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Sigur Ros frontman Jónsi stepped out on his own with a lush set at the Paramount Theatre earlier this week. Photo by Joe McCabe. An artfully nerdy, ...

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In a music industry struggling with how to sell records, the live show has become an important part of a musician's bottom line. Icelandic... Jonsi's High-Tech Concerts: More Live Film Than Stadium ...

On November 29, Sigur Rós leader Jónsi releases a multimedia package chronicling his theatrical 2010 live show, aptly titled Go Live. The release features a 74-minute DVD recorded at an exclusive ...