Sigur Ros

The Best of Coachella: Weekend One

Karen O's Outfit Karen O's wardrobe on Friday night was bad ass. The Yeah Yeah Yeah's front woman appeared on the main stage in a technicolor cape draped over a suit that looked like it was made of mercury. The vibrant collage was topped with a headpiece that Liberace might have worn had he ever bee ... More >>

How to Behave at Quiet Shows: Shut Up and Put Your Phone Away

Now, we all know concerts, quite aside from genre, come in varying degrees of loudness. There are the kind of gigs (has anyone here seen Unsane?) where, even if you shout as loudly as you can directly into your friend's ear from an inch away, they will not be able to hear a word you're saying, due t ... More >>

Sigur Ros at Verizon Theatre, 4/8/13: Review and Photos

It's nothing short of astonishing that an ambient Icelandic band who don't sing in English or write songs in a verse-chorus structure are filling arenas across the US. Some of the next acts to play this same arena are Shinedown, The Lumineers, Styx and the Killers. Sigur Ros are a band that exist on ... More >>

Ten Must-See Concerts in DFW This Week: April 4-10

Editor: April showers, right? But a little water isn't stopping anyone, which is good because there are excellent shows happening this week. Including the blissfully strange Danny Brown, touring with beat master and unexpected meme star Baauer. -topic and his TeamFromNoWhere are throwing a party on ... More >>

Five of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Sigur Rós, Bon Jovi and More

Sigur Rós Monday, April 8, at Verizon Theatre, $42.75 In a follow-up to their run of summer festivals, Sigur Rós have announced their largest North American tour to date, set to kick off next spring. Although the Icelandic band put out its most ambient-leaning album, Valtari, earlier this year, t ... More >>

Godspeed You! Black Emperor at Granada Theater

The Six Best Concerts In Dallas This Weekend

Check out more of this weekend's shows via our shiny new concert calendar Afghan Whigs, Centro-matic Sunday, October 14, at the Granada Theater Within the bowels of the '90s reunion machine, Ohio's Afghan Whigs are one of those bands you never really expected to be spat out again. Their 1993 LP, Ge ... More >>

Ten of This Week's Top Show Announcements: Wanda Jackson, Helio Sequence, John Legend and More

Check out our amazingly comprehensive concert calendar for more Wanda JacksonThursday, September 27, at Granada Theater, $24-$49The last time the incomparable Wanda Jackson came to town, she was backed by the King Bucks at the Kessler Theater. On air on 1310-AM The Ticket a few days later, King Buck ... More >>

Five Dallas Shows That Need to Happen, But Probably Never Will

Over the past few years, Dallas has seen an influx of house shows, the creation of an annual festival in the heart of downtown and new venues popping up left and right. Which got us thinking: how adventurous could we really get? What locations or venues are sorely in need of some live music, if by a ... More >>

Bowerbirds - The Loft - 4/12/12

Bowerbirds, Dry The River The Loft Thursday, April 12 Phil Moore, the singer-guitarist and principal songwriter of Bowerbirds, has an extraordinarily supple, soothing voice. He's has always been a joy to watch and listen to, but the Bowerbirds that performed last night at The Loft were the sum of t ... More >>

10 Albums To Not Overlook In 2012

In case you're already blinded by the golden aura of 2012's major releases -- The Shins, T.I., Soundgarden, Nicki Minaj, Mumford & Sons, Muse, Sigur Ros -- we want to make sure you don't forget about some other sure-to-be-top-notch albums that will see release next year. They may not shine on the iT ... More >>

Last Night: Jonsi at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie

JonsiVerizon Theatre, Grand PrairieOctober 25, 2010Better than: The last show I saw at Verizon Theatre--Brian Wilson. I don't even think his keyboard was plugged in.Andrew ShepherdHalloween costume idea?​Jonsi's performance on Monday night at Verizon Theatre was like watching a man go free. No lon ... More >>

Check Out Jonsi's Bizarre Setlist From Last Night's Show at the Verizon Theatre

​ Sigur Ros singer Jonsi is known for his solemn and somber stage demeanor, but the setlist for his solo show last night at Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie offers a peak behind the curtain. It features a series of inside jokes aimed at his backing band and crew, and it's actually pretty funny. ... More >>

Tonight, Tonight: Jónsi at Verizon Theatre, Jason DeRulo at House of Blues and Envy at Rubber Gloves

If you like Iceland, Auto-Tune or Japanese screamo, boy, you're in luck tonight!

Jonsi

Monday, October 25, at the Verizon Theatre

Balmorhea, Doug Burr, Bosque Brown

Thursday, September 2, at the Granada Theater

Listomania: Five Music-Related Applications Steve Jobs Could Have Debuted Today.

Apple teased us with this image.​Earlier today, Steve Jobs unveiled "Ping," a new social media platform within iTunes. We think it's going to really take off--as well as solidify Apple's burgeoning reputation as the future Cyberdyne systems. In this light, we propose a few apps that Jobs could-hav ... More >>

In Which We Slow Down Cee-Lo's "F**k You" Bieber Style. And That Meat Loaf Song, Too.

​ It's been a big couple of weeks here for music-related Internet memes. First, two weeks ago, there was that whole slowing a Justin Bieber song down 800 percent to make it sound like a 30-minute, and pretty damn amazing, Sigur Ros song. And then there was the sheer glee we all had with Cee-Lo's " ... More >>

Gig Alert: Sigur Ros Lead Singer Jonsi Plans Dallas Show on Solo Tour

Judging by the above tour trailer, Sigur Ros lead singer Jonsi's solo show Monday, October 25, at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie will be something like an apocalyptic Mardi Gras. He'll be touring in support of his newly released album, Go, which is vastly different from his previous solo effor ... More >>

Listomania: 10 Bands That Suck Outdoors

​Let's start this off right: We're absolutely not saying these bands suck. We're saying they suck in the heat and humidity of an overpacked, porta-potty using festival. And, with ACL approaching fast and other festivals that people like coming up real soon, there's a lot of choices in that butt-sw ... More >>

Listomania: A Sountrack for Your Swine Flu Sickness

So, lately, pretty much the only thing on the minds of, well, everyone seems to be ways of refraining from getting any small strain of any sort of sickness--especially the infamous H1N1. Those who haven't been infected, pat yourself on the back and keep soaking up the Purell. Those who weren't so lu ... More >>

The Boys Are Back

Nontuple Feature

Clearing Out the Mailroom: Tuesday, June 2, 2009

We've got quite a backlog of CDs we've never gotten around to, so we're going to try to chip away at the pile with this regular feature. The plan: to take four or five at a time and play each CD for as long as I can stand it.The Jones' (Dallas)down in my dreamsFrat-friendly acoustic Americana. The ... More >>

What It Was Like: Efterklang, Alela Diane, Camera Obscura, Dark Meat, Megafaun

Patrick MichelsEfterklang under a tent at the French Legation MuseumBand: EfterklangWhere: Other Music Party at the French Legation MuseumWhat It Was Like: Seven people from Copenhagen playing ornate pop combining violin, trumpet and flute with glitchy electronics. Closer "Cutting Ice to Snow" start ... More >>

The Best Album Covers Of 2008

In reverse order, this handful of releases looked cool and the music matched the cover art. 5. Calexico - Carried to Dust Not only did the uncomplicated illustration style reflect a return to the simple desert themes that are Calexico's stock and trade, this cover oozes retro cool.

Gig Alert: Check Out El Ten Eleven At The Cavern On Friday

Amanda FogartyThis holiday season has been busier than most. Still, with the historical election and the tanking economy taking priority over most things musical, it's easy to overlook the plethora of cool bands making their way to our area. Case in point: Los Angeles' El Ten Eleven making its way t ... More >>

Steal Of The Week: How To Get Into Tonight's Granada Show With The Cool Kids, Flosstradamus, Ricky Blaze And The Party...For Free

Sigur Rós

Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust (XL)

Making a List, Checking It Twice

Sigur Rós

Hvarf/Heim, Heima (Xl Recordings)

Czech Mix

You want eclectic? We got your eclectic.

This Will Destroy You

Friday, January 26, at the Door

Mogwai

Friday, May 5, at the Gypsy Tea Room

Odds & Ends

Time to nominate bands for the Dallas Observer Music Awards

Night Riders

Local musicians play Cupid, offer sexy song suggestions for V-Day

Our critics' top 10 albums

Sigur Rós

Takk... (Geffen)

Múm's the Word

Oh, the odd, otherworldly joys of Icelandic glitch pop

The Album Leaf

In a Safe Place (Sub Pop)

Xiu Xiu and Devendra Banhart

July 17

Elliott, Vendetta Red and Mae

May 20

Elliott, Vendetta Red and Mae

May 20

Sigur Rós; Hem

April 2; March 30

Bottle the Spin

The "40 best artists making music right now?" Nah.

Sigur Rós / Godspeed You! Black Emperor

() (MCA) / Yanqui U.X.O. (Constellation)

Múm

August 3

Best of the Best

This pretty much speaks for itself

Dunlavy

The Alison Effect (Camera Obscura)

Sigur Ros

Agaetis Byrjun (Fat Cat)