"A good start" is not quite right. That's an accurate translation of the title Ágætis byrjun, and yet in precise terms it does not fit the album it belongs to. The LP that broke Sigur Rós and blew ...

Ágætis byrjun, the second studio album by Sigur Rós is an otherworldly epic. The album offered a reaffirming lesson that audiences didn't need to understand lyrics to find meaning.

With seven albums under their belt and a list of artists citing their influence as long as the band members’ collective arms, Sigur Rós have inspired a generation. However, the album that many of ...

That the title of this second album by Sigur Rós translates to “a new beginning” is very appropriate—for while it was preceded in 1997 by debut full-length Von, that record was essentially made by a ...

Sigur Rós are a millennial band in the truest sense — not because they are inordinately popular with millennials compared to other demographics, though that might be somewhat true. Rather, Ágætis ...

Sigur Rós is commemorating the 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album, 1999’s sublime Ágætis byrjun (A Good Beginning), with a massive reissue. The reissues will come in multiple formats – as a ...