Sigur Rós Announce More U.S. Dates

The band is still supporting last year's Takk, and this will be their third trip to these shores since its release last September. They totally "like like" us!

In the meantime, Sigur Rós won't be lounging in the hot springs drinking Brennivin and text-messaging Björk; check out this ambitious schedule:

3-27 Manchester, England - Manchester Apollo
3-28 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
3-29 London, England - Hammersmith Apollo
4-02 Nagoya, Japan - Zepp
4-03 Osaka, Japan - Namba Hatch
4-04 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya-Ax
4-05 Tokyo, Japan - Shibuya-Ax
4-07 Hong Kong, Hong Kong - Hitec
4-09 Perth, Australia - Perth Concert Hall
4-11 Melbourne, Australia - The Palais
4-12 Sydney, Australia - The Enmore
4-13 Byron Bay, Australia - East Coast Blues & Roots Festival *
4-15 Brisbane, Australia - The Tivoli
4-17 Auckland, New Zealand - St. James
4-29 Indio, CA - Empire Polo Field (Coachella) %
5-01 San Rafael, CA - Marin Center
5-03 Seattle, WA - Benaroya Hall
5-04 Portland, OR - Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
5-05 Boise, ID - Big Easy Concert House
5-08 Minneapolis, MN - Orpheum Theatre
5-09 Chicago, IL - Civic Opera House
5-10 Milwaukee, WI - The Riverside
5-11 Detroit, MI - State Theatre
5-13 Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
5-14 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion
6-23 Eichenring, Germany - Hurricane Festival #
6-24 Beuhausen ob Eck, Germany - Southside Festival #
6-28 Rättvik, Sweden - Dalhalla
6-29 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival $
7-01 Werchter, Belgium - Rock Werchter Festival

* with India.Arie, Amadou & Mariam, Bob Evans
% with Depeche Mode, Daft Punk (dance tent), Franz Ferdinand, Common, Damian "Jr. Gong" Marley, Atmosphere, My Morning Jacket, TV on the Radio, Ladytron, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Cat Power, Animal Collective, etc.
# with Arctic Monkeys, Death Cab for Cutie, Elbow, Hard-Fi, Maximo Park, the Hives, the Strokes, more
$ with Morrissey, Animal Collective, Coldcut, Deftones, Franz Ferdinand, Lady Sovereign, the Streets, Tool, Kanye West, more

Sigur Rós' manager recently wrote in his tour diary on the band's official website that the guys have recorded four new songs, which will be bundled with Takk's "Saeglopur" on a forthcoming EP. It's tentatively scheduled to be released in Europe sometime in April (no word on a U.S. release yet).

The band's longstanding rivalry with George Clooney may rear its ugly head again, as the EP will possibly contain a video directed by Sigur Rós themselves, proving their double-threat status just as Clooney's Good Night, and Good Luck did for him this past year. Ball's in your court now, Clooney-- let's hear you write some gauzy, atmospheric soundscapes and sing in a made-up nonsense language. Punk.

In other Oscar-related news, Sigur Rós keyboardist Kjartan Sveinsson has scored the soundtrack to The Last Farm, nominated for a Best Live Action Short Film Oscar. Most likely the first and last movie nominated in that category that I'll know anything about other than its length.

* Pitchfork Feature: Interview: Sigur Rós</a>
* Pitchfork Feature: Live: Sigur Rós</a>
* Sigur Rós<a href="http://sigur-ros.co.uk/">http://sigur-ros.co.uk/