Enjoy three-plus hours of Sigur Ros and Jonsi from our latest episode of Friday I'm In Love! 

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Back in 2001 I had just broken up with a girlfriend, she had moved out of our apartment, I had just left one job to work another and I was in need of something spiritual and life-affirming to ground me. I listened to KCRW, a college station here in Los Angeles and had heard a band called Sigur Ros. Just the name sounded exotic. I was working near the airport doing craft service for some movie or commercial, I don't remember what it was, but that day, after working with someone I'd never met before, trying to learn the ropes, after a long day of driving and standing and talking, I decided I had to buy Agaetus Byrjun, Sigur Ros's second album. I drove around the 405, exited some street or other, drove across West Los Angeles, Beverly Hills, through West Hollywood, weaving through street traffic until I made it to Aron's Records on Highland Ave. This store was formerly on Melrose Ave. and it was an institution for the Hollywood area, a place to get the latest domestic and imported music. I bought the Sigur Ros CD, with the drawing of the alien, winged baby with the umbilical cord attached. The image, the band and album name, the song titles, all alien and unpronouncable in my mind.

Victory Rose is the band name, A New Beginning is the album title. While they did have a debut album, called Von, Agaetus Byrjun is where Sigur Ros found their footing and made their statement. Mysterious, bowed and textured guitars, slowly paced drums, liquid and bluesy and spacey keyboards and a high, crying and cooing voice singing a made up language that was part Norse, part fantasy, the playing often soaring to a mind-expanding climax.

I bought a small radio to put on my table and played Sigur Ros for anyone to hear it walking by for a snack. Whether they knew the band or not, I hope I spread some mystery to their ears.

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Setlist:

Friday I'm In Love Promo (Short) The Cure

Svefn-g-englar Sigur Rós Inni [Disc 1]

Untitled #3 (2022 Remaster) Sigur Rós ( ) [Deluxe] [2022 Remaster] 2

Rembihnútur Sigur Rós Valtari 2

Cannibal (with Elizabeth Fraser) Jónsi Shiver

Minaxi Station ID Shrenik Ganatra

Varúð (Live) Sigur Rós iTunes Festival: London 2013

Með blóðnasir (2025 Remaster) Sigur Rós Takk... (20th Anniversary Remaster)

Með Suð Í Eyrum Sigur Rós Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust

Hoppípolla Sigur Rós Inni [Disc 1]

VT DJs Dreams Grim Promo Vapour Trail

Ísjaki Sigur Rós Kveikur

Go Do Jónsi We Bought A Zoo

Inní mér syngur vitleysingur Sigur Rós Inni [Disc 1]

Sæglópur (2025 Remaster) Sigur Rós Takk... (20th Anniversary Remaster)

Your First Listen ID with Times 9-volt velvet

Syndir Gufs (live) Sigur Ros Von

Hjartað Hamast (Bamm Bamm Bamm) Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun - A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

E-Bow Sigur Rós Inni [Disc 1]

Glósóli (2025 Remaster) Sigur Rós Takk... (20th Anniversary Remaster)

Gretchen Devault of the Blue Herons Station ID Gretchen Devault

Flugufrelsarinn Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun - A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Ó friður Sigur Rós Sæglópur

Untitled #4 (2022 Remaster) Sigur Rós ( ) [Deluxe] [2022 Remaster]

Fall Sigur Rós ÁTTA

Fjöll Í Austri Sigur Rós & Steindór Andersen Rímur - EP

Flugufrelsarinn (Kronos Version) Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós - Single

I Hate You (A Letter To Death) [Samples Ny Batteri by Sigur Ros] Kendrick Lamar Unreleased Single 2026-04-10 20:26 2026-04-10 20:28 00:01:41

Year of Silence (Samples Inní Mér Syngur Vitleysingur by Sigur Ros) Crystal Castles Crystal Castles (II)

Two Way Street (Samples Saeglopur by Sigur Ros) Kimbra Vows 2

Poppiholla (Samples Hoppipolla by Sigur Ros) Chicane Poppiholla

London Calling Promo Bentley of Explode the TV

All Alright Sigur Rós Inni [Disc 2]

Ný batterí (Live at Íslenska Óperan, 1999) Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun - A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Brennisteinn (Live) Sigur Rós iTunes Festival: London 2013

Focal Point Valgeir Sigurosson Made In Iceland

Ágaetis byrjun (Live at Íslenska Óperan, 1999) Sigur Rós Ágætis byrjun - A Good Beginning (20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)

Six Beats Under Promo with Times Sun Shines Cold

Exhale Jónsi Exhale (Single)

Grow Till Tall Jónsi Go 2026-04-10 21:17 2026-04-10 21:22 00:05:21

Dagrenning Sigur Rós Odin's Raven Magic (with Steindór Andersen, Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson and María Huld Markan Sigfúsdóttir)

Friday I'm In Love Promo (Long) The Cure