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Sigur Rós, Avalon Hollywood, 8/11/05

By Victor - Tuesday August 16th 2005

Before a mix of industry types and fervent fans, Iceland’s Sigur Rós performed a rapturously received show Avalon Hollywood last Thursday, their first in L.A. since 2003. With countryladies Amina augmenting them on strings and keys, Sigur Rós worked through a long show spanning their oeuvre, with Avalon’s best-in-town sound system rendering the dynamics of their sound with crystaline precision. As a live listening party of sorts for their new label Geffen Records, the set showcased many pieces from their forthcoming “Takk” LP. (You have to wonder what the major label that is home to Weezer and Papa Roach is after with signing them.) The newer material is thankfully no major departure from the musical language they have thus far established—elegant songs that drift, build, unfold, ascend, soar, explode, or [choose your own verb], usually layering strings over melodic arpeggios, lead singer Jónsi’s hermaphroditic glissando weaving in and out of the miasma, while he coaxes a flood of reverberated sound from his guitar with a violin bow. The sound palette is broadened a bit on “Takk,” with moments both lighter and rawer than anything on their previous major releases, but it is always distinctly Sigur Rós. Here’s to hoping these guys don’t ever feel the need to go all “Kid A” on us.

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9 Responses to “Sigur Rós, Avalon Hollywood, 8/11/05”

  1. Posted by Ryan 8/16/05 at 3:20 pm # Reply

    Kid A is hella good album

  2. Posted by Victor 8/16/05 at 3:35 pm # Reply

    I agree, one of my all time faves. I’m trying to popularize “pull a Kid A” as generic slang for “get all weird.”

    I just don’t want to see SR get sidetracked with a need to do something radically different, as these arty types too often do.

  3. Posted by audree 8/16/05 at 7:12 pm # Reply

    this is funny..i popped in Kid A on Saturday while cleaning house and then into the car..enjoyed it while driving home today in fact..great album.

  4. Posted by butterbean 8/17/05 at 10:41 am # Reply

    butterbean listened to Kid A during his 45 minute commute, great cd.

  5. Posted by robert hilburn 8/17/05 at 1:23 pm # Reply

    Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon /
    Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon /
    Yesterday I woke up sucking a lemon /

    Everything, everything, everything.. /
    In its right place /
    In its right place /
    Right place /

    There are two colours in my head /
    There are two colours in my head /
    What is that you tried to say? /

  6. Posted by Brian Stolte 8/23/05 at 7:13 pm # Reply

    Jimmy Page has a patent on using violin bow. There should be a lawsuit.

  7. Posted by SJ 9/13/05 at 9:41 pm # Reply

    Do you remember which song it was that Orri threw his sticks?

  8. Posted by Victor 9/14/05 at 9:37 am # Reply

    SJ: I do not remember the drummer tossing his sticks. I guess this would have happened after the very last song? If so, that last song is called “Poploggia” I think. It is not on any record yet. Visit http://www.sigur-ros.co.uk for show set lists.

  9. Posted by SJ 9/15/05 at 3:49 pm # Reply

    thanks Victor! I couldnt remember if it were that song or Hafassol.

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