"Boy Lililkoi"...pretty dam good IMHO...looking forward to the release 3/22/2010

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiOdZlCOWYU

For anyone who hasn't heard it. Good song.

Yeah, surprisingly great song. I was expecting some halfway-decent acoustic stuff.

Jonsi tour dates:

april 6 vancouver, canada vogue theatre
april 7 vancouver, canada vogue theatre
april 9 seattle, wa the showbox sodo
april 10 seattle, wa the showbox sodo
april 13 portland, or roseland theatre
april 15 berkeley, ca zellerbach auditorium
april 16 san francisco, ca palace of fine arts
april 18 indio, ca coachella
april 21 denver, co paramount theatre
april 22 lawrence, ks liberty hall
april 24 minneapolis, mn pantages theatre
april 25 minneapolis, mn pantages theatre
april 26 milwaukee, wi the pabst theatre
april 27 chicago, il vic theatre
april 28 chicago, il vic theatre
april 30 toronto, canada sound academy
may 1 toronto, canada sound academy
may 2 montreal, canada metropolis
may 3 philadelphia, pa electric factory
may 5 boston, ma house of blues
may 6 boston, ma house of blues
may 8 new york, ny terminal 5
may 9 new york, ny terminal 5

Sigur Rós on indefinite hiatus it seems.
details here

Heard a song last night. It was pretty. Maybe I'll check out the rest.

"Go, Do" is good:

yeah, i like that one even more than Boy Lilikoi!

This solo disc sounds very promising...eagerly anticipating the release. I might even pursue the shows at the Vic.

Pretty cool track. Way more uptempo and driving than I expected based on his previous work with Sigur Ros and Riceboy Sleeps. Will the entire album be like that? While this track is awful, I sorta hope the album doesn't all sound like this.

Also, while listening I couldn't help but thinking 'this is what Coldplay might sound like if they were better.' And sure enough someone mentioned Coldplay in the comments on youtube. Is anyone else feeling that?

nk, did you not hear the last Sigur Ros album? it had a handful of uptempo/poppy/happy songs like this?

Ohh.

photo of the stage concept:

Um, I guess I didn't. Looking at their wiki page confirms this. I thought I had heard all their stuff, but apparently I missed out on their most recent release (and the second most recent). The last one I own is Takk...

i didn't care for Takk minus a few songs, but i really really loved Med Sud...

probably my 2nd favorite of theirs after ( ) now. and Inní mér syngur vitleysingur is certainly one of my fave SR songs.

this guy is getting too big for his britches

Damn stellar track.

Wow this shit's epic too. Can't wait to hear the full album.

I may have to go to one of those Chicago shows.

Just ordered Med Sud from Amazon as well as the Heima DVD.

Heima is absolutely STUNNING. it was the first thing i watched on my 50" Plasma when i bought it in 2008 . really wish they'd put it out on Blu-Ray someday tho...

second that on heima. one of my favorite music dvds of this decade. will certainly be attending one of those chicago dates.

Hmm, may have to get Heima then, was never really sold on the whole music video thing, but I'd be willing to give this a shot.

echoing all comments that Boy Lililkoi is very good

THIRDED.

I'll be at The Vic show on the 27th. I have a feeling this will be a mind-blowingly great concert. The two tracks released so far are both fantastic.

I finally saw Heima. Absolutely beautiful. The best music film I have ever seen.

thx thread! threw this in the other day...you know how people say "wish i could experience (x) for the first time again"?
multiple viewings later it still feels like the first time

So I bought my ticket for the first Chicago show and Ticketmaster gave the option to buy Go when it becomes available. I ordinarily wouldn't buy the CD this way, but with purchase it gave a download code for three advance tracks from the album.

The three tracks - "Go do", "Kolnidur" and "Grow Till Tall" are all stellar. Can't wait for the full album and the show.

leaked! haven't had a chance to listen, but atease likes it a lot.

just FYI, that leak is a fairly poor quality webrip.

It sounds pretty good. It'll suffice just fine until a high quality leak.

album makes for a very nice first listen I must say. Much bigger sound than I was expecting. I though Boy Lilikoi was going to be one of a couple busy tracks, but they're actually mostly like that. It sounds like a Sigur Ros LP that really pursues the pop elements of the first half of Med Sud.

I'm just going to use the leak to fill in the few tracks that I don't have already in high quality. If the full album is anything as good as the four songs I have now, then this is going to be a top 5 album for me this year.

yeah, it's a pretty stunning affair

I'm really pleased with this album. It's missing an x-factor that could make it a long time fav, but I think that it will surpass just about everyone's expectations. I don't think there's any weak tracks here.

i like this

probably haven't enjoyed a Sigur Ros-related recording this much since Agaetis Byrjun.

Bland lyrically, but it sounds darned gorgeous.

ehhh, this is his first album that's mostly even in english, i'll cut him some slack. not like i ever cared about Sigur Ros' "lyrics" either

Agree pretty much entirely with today's Pitchfork review.

Love the propulsive percussion on this, "Animal Arithmetic" (although I still can't get over the banal lyrics) particularly is stupendous.

Ya, the Pitchfork review is right on target. I think "Tornado" is my new favorite, that song is just drop dead gorgeous. Can't wait to see these songs performed live.

Tornado is OK, but I guess it reminds me of the meandering Sigur Ros balladry that fills a lot of their records. That kind of stuff is fine, and indeed I enjoy it, but the slower, longer pieces are just not as exhilarating or thrilling for me as when they go full throttle on zippier pop tracks like "Gobbledegook" or "Hoppipola". A lot of Go reminds me of these more condensed, upbeat numbers which makes it a pretty exciting listen. Having played this a lot over the past week I'd determinedly say that this is better than everything they did in the 00s.

I would also be intrigued as to how these songs would come off in a live context...is Jonsi doing solo tours or playing with the band? The percussion is nuts on this album as well, so I wonder if Samuli Kosminen (who did all the percussion-work) is playing with him.

"Tornado" is definitely on the same level as a SR ballad, but I don't find it meandering at all. It packs a full-scale build and crescendo into 4 minutes whereas with Sigur Rós that could have easily been a 10 minute song (take for example "Festival" or "Ara Batur" from their last album). It definitely fits the aesthetic of the album IMO.

And yes, Jónsi is playing with a full band: "Jonsi's solo world tour will see the Icelandic musician collaborate with theatre company 59 Productions to create a stage set for his music, and he will also be joined by a brand new group of backing musicians on the road."

Here's an interview about the tour.

...real nice piece of work from Jonsi...looking forward to the Vic show on 4/28

I'd buy this song but Amazon has it as an "album only" mp3.

This album is terrible.

No it is not.

maztrax - This album sucks worse than anything by Sigur Ros which means it is like a -8 out of 10. And don't try to argue w/ me because I'm more immersed in Icelandic music than anyone on this douchey forum.

"sinking friendships" live video. stage looks really cool.

is anyone goin to the vic shows? wed is still available and the set design alone makes me think this will be worth it - but the hawks may be in game 7 wed night