Blog: The Village Voice: Sound of the City

Sigur Ros at the United Palace Theatre

Sigur Ros at the United Palace Theatre photos by Rebecca Smeyne Sigur Ros United Palace Theatre Wednesday, September 17 I'm convinced that Sigur Ros exist as one of the more weirder (American) success stories of the decade. They don't use English, or even a need to confine themselves within their native tongue, Icelandic. And if you try to pay attention to them live, like you would a regular band who uses words as vehicles for meaning, you might get lost—muddled up in sounds that could be choruses, or possibly not. Any band that [...]