In the music spotlight: Sigur Ros

From 1979 to 1997, Cocteau Twins distinguished their Eurocentric alt-pop with Elisabeth Fraser’s hypnotic vocals. Although they were often sung so indistinctly that literal meaning was indiscernible, the emotional impact was deep. Iceland’s Sigur Rós picked up a similar thread beginning in 1994. Jónsi Birgisson named his evocative non-dialect “Hopelandic,” and the band matched his […]

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