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Sigur Ros

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Soft Hills' European Gambit

    How an unknown Seattle band found a home in the Eurozone.

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    Today Reverb Recommends Listening to the Debut of a New Piece by Composer Nico Muhly

    Rising composer Nico Muhly has packed a lot into his 30 years. His is a dream career, spanning many genres and mediums with seemingly no effort. He wrote the scores for The Reader and Joshua. He's worked with Benjamin Millepied (aka Natalie Portman's husband) on several ballet performances, and his ... More >>

  • Arts

    October 26, 2011

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    Rising composer Nico Muhly has packed a lot into his 30 years. His is a dream career, spanning many genres and mediums with seemingly no effort. He wrote the scores for The Reader and Joshua. He's worked with Benjamin Millepied (aka Natalie Portman's husband) on several ballet performances, and his ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 19, 2011

    Inni

    Rising composer Nico Muhly has packed a lot into his 30 years. His is a dream career, spanning many genres and mediums with seemingly no effort. He wrote the scores for The Reader and Joshua. He's worked with Benjamin Millepied (aka Natalie Portman's husband) on several ballet performances, and his ... More >>

  • Calendar

    May 4, 2011

    Mogwai

    Rising composer Nico Muhly has packed a lot into his 30 years. His is a dream career, spanning many genres and mediums with seemingly no effort. He wrote the scores for The Reader and Joshua. He's worked with Benjamin Millepied (aka Natalie Portman's husband) on several ballet performances, and his ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2011

    Today Reverb Recommends Going to See Julianna Barwick at the Sunset Tavern Tonight

    ​When Julianna Barwick sings, you can't really understand what she's saying. But--as with Sigur Ros--the lyrics don't really matter; Barwick's able to convey all the heart and emotion in the world through her angelic voice, relying on the exquisite tones of her vocals to connect with her liste ... More >>

  • Calendar

    March 23, 2011

    Julianna Barwick

    ​When Julianna Barwick sings, you can't really understand what she's saying. But--as with Sigur Ros--the lyrics don't really matter; Barwick's able to convey all the heart and emotion in the world through her angelic voice, relying on the exquisite tones of her vocals to connect with her liste ... More >>

  • Music

    March 2, 2011

    Hacking It

    Music journalism needs to get over itself.

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Music Journalism Gets Pummeled by a Hack Attack

    ​You wouldn't think music journalism would be a difficult job. It's a wonder, therefore, that so many music journalists cop the weary cynicism of WWI trench medics, as though proffering their opinion about other people's creations has drained them of any hope for humanity. Bitter attitudes a ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 26, 2011

    The Soft Hills

    ​You wouldn't think music journalism would be a difficult job. It's a wonder, therefore, that so many music journalists cop the weary cynicism of WWI trench medics, as though proffering their opinion about other people's creations has drained them of any hope for humanity. Bitter attitudes a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2010

    Iceland: Home to More Than Just Bjork & Sigur Ros. Find Out at Tonight's Sister City Showcase: Reykjavík Calling at the Crocodile (It's Free!)

    Just last month at our annual REVERB Fest, we (plus KEXP and all you voters) hooked up Massy Ferguson with a trip to Iceland to represent Seattle and play at the Iceland Airwaves Festival in Reykjavík. Iceland is back on our minds tonight -- the Crocodile's hosting a Sister City Showcase: Reykja ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 12, 2010

    Tonight: Health at the Vera Project, Math and Physics Club at the Crocodile, Smoosh at the High Dive

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Calendar

    June 9, 2010

    Smoosh

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Film

    June 2, 2010

    SIFF Week 3: 30 New Picks & Pans

    ​Health, with Indian Jewelry, Panda Gold. Vera Project, 305 Harrison St., 956-8372. 7:30 p.m. $11. All ages. Jake Duzsik of the L.A. noise quartet Health recently described their music as "the soundtrack to some rusted fucked-up near-future catastrophe." In keeping, the band's newest single, " ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 9, 2010

    Tonight: Jónsi, The Church at the Showboxes, Spoon at the Moore

    Lilja and Inga Birgisdóttir​Jónsi, with Death Vessel. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 382-7877. 8 p.m. $31. While Sigur Rós has been fading into an "indefinite hiatus," the group's frontman Jón Birgisson went and made the best record of his career. Retaining some of his band's atmospheri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 7, 2010

    Jónsi

    Lilja and Inga Birgisdóttir​Jónsi, with Death Vessel. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 382-7877. 8 p.m. $31. While Sigur Rós has been fading into an "indefinite hiatus," the group's frontman Jón Birgisson went and made the best record of his career. Retaining some of his band's atmospheri ... More >>

  • Arts

    January 27, 2010

    The Weekly Wire: This Week's Recommended Events

    Lilja and Inga Birgisdóttir​Jónsi, with Death Vessel. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 382-7877. 8 p.m. $31. While Sigur Rós has been fading into an "indefinite hiatus," the group's frontman Jón Birgisson went and made the best record of his career. Retaining some of his band's atmospheri ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 20, 2010

    Kronos Quartet

    Lilja and Inga Birgisdóttir​Jónsi, with Death Vessel. Showbox SoDo, 1700 First Ave. S., 382-7877. 8 p.m. $31. While Sigur Rós has been fading into an "indefinite hiatus," the group's frontman Jón Birgisson went and made the best record of his career. Retaining some of his band's atmospheri ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2009

    SIFF Review: Film Ist a Girl & a Gun

    This Austrian avant-garde archival exercise somewhat resembles the wonderful Decasia, though with considerably more emphasis on film theory. (The title quotes Godard.) Director Gustav Deutsch's "film drama in five acts" is culled entirely from old European movies, most of them from the silent era. I ... More >>

  • Calendar

    January 28, 2009

    The Album Leaf

    Sunday, February 1

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    October 1, 2008

    Sigur Rós

    Sunday, February 1

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2007

    Music Under the Midnight Sun

    They come from the land of the ice and snow

  • Calendar

    December 19, 2007

    Music Under the Midnight Sun

    They come from the land of ice and snow

  • Blogs

    November 6, 2007

    Mmmmmmmm Drop!

    They come from the land of ice and snow

  • Music

    August 1, 2007

    Nathan Marion: No Religion, No Profit, No Problem

    Fremont Abbey Arts Center's director brings art to one-time house of God.

  • Music

    April 4, 2007

    Reason to Cry

    Emo's got nothin' on a revered Icelandic string section that brings its audience to tears.

  • Music

    March 28, 2007

    Cherub-Rock Redux

    A toddler and her dad road test alt-lullabies.

  • Music

    August 2, 2006

    Matthew Friedberger

    Plus CD Reviews of The Sadies, Golden Smog, and Mew.

  • Music

    May 3, 2006

    Notable Shows

    Highlights from this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    August 13, 2003

    Björk, Colin Blunstone and Rod Argent, and More

    Highlights from this week's music calendar.

  • Music

    December 4, 2002

    Countdown

    Top-selling records at local independent record stores

  • Music

    November 20, 2002

    Countdown

    Top-selling records at local independent record stores

  • Arts

    November 13, 2002

    Countdown

    Top-selling records at local independent record stores

  • Music

    September 4, 2002

    Bumbershoot roundup, plus the latest on Radiohead and Rage.

    Top-selling records at local independent record stores

  • Music

    August 7, 2002

    Child's Play

    Icelandic pop experimentalists Múm make listeners feel young again.

  • Music

    July 31, 2002

    Deal sisters Slay; Shortlist news; and Black gets busy.

    Icelandic pop experimentalists Múm make listeners feel young again.

  • Music

    January 2, 2002

    Top 10 Lists

    Our critics pick their 2001 favorites.

  • Music

    December 12, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Our critics pick their 2001 favorites.

  • Music

    November 28, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Our critics pick their 2001 favorites.

  • Music

    November 14, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Our critics pick their 2001 favorites.

  • Music

    October 10, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Our critics pick their 2001 favorites.

  • News

    September 19, 2001

    What's in What's out

    If you really want to know...

  • Music

    September 19, 2001

    Days of our nights

    When music doesn't matter, and when it does.

  • Music

    September 5, 2001

    Days of our nights

    When music doesn't matter, and when it does.

  • Music

    June 20, 2001

    Countdown

    Top-selling CDs at local independent record stores

  • Music

    May 16, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Top-selling CDs at local independent record stores

  • Music

    May 9, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Top-selling CDs at local independent record stores

  • Music

    May 2, 2001

    Days of our nights

    Top-selling CDs at local independent record stores

  • Film

    November 29, 2000

    Desolate sights

    Finding art in frozen climes.

  • Music

    September 27, 2000

    Import roundup

    Bored with your stateside musical surroundings? Try these exotic rock gems.

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