2003-08-06 Glastonbury Festival, UK

(photo by rory mcgarrigle) 

 2003-08-06 Glastonbury Festival, UK 

Lineage: Unknown
Quality/Performance: 

 Superb performance at the legendary Glastonbury Festival. The first and last songs, Vaka and Popplagið are missing from this particular recording

Track List:

01 Samskeyti  
02 Olsen Olsen  
03 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása 
04 Hafssól

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2003.06.27 Roskilde Festival

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14.10.2003 Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC - 'Split Sides' Re-master

14.10.2003 Brooklyn Academy of Music, NYC - 'Split Sides' Re-master

The infamous 'Split sides' performance! The night was split into two parts, one with Sigur Rós and the other with a band who are quite popular these days. This isn't the best quality but it should now, represent the best quality to date...hopefully :)

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2003.07.01 Melina Merkouri, Athens - Video

2003.07.01 Melina Merkouri, Athens - Video

No streamable version for this but its a very good 2 hour show

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2003.06.23 Prato, Italy - Video

Sigur Rós - Prato, Italy 23.06.2003 from Victoryrosemusic Blogspot on Vimeo.

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14.04.2003 International Forum - Pro Version *top ten concert*

14.04.2003 International Forum - Pro Version *top ten concert*

Lineage: promo pro recording
Quality/Performance: 100/100

The four songs found here are from a Promo DVD and as such the qaulity is perfect. One of the very few professionally recorded live Sigur Rós from this period. the version of Gitardjamm is particularly stunning! Enjoy :)

Track Listing:

01 Vaka
02 Hafssól
03 Gitardjamm
04 Popplagið

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Video - Compressed for Online Viewing

Sigur Rós - Akifumu, Int. Forum Hall 2003.04.14 from Victoryrosemusic Blogspot on Vimeo.

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Granada Theatre, Dallas TX - 02.04.2003 *Top Ten Concert*

Granada Theatre, Dallas TX - 02.04.2003 *Top Ten Concert*

Lineage: Unknown AUD
Quality/Performance: 97/100

I'm not sure but this may the first audience rather than soundboard recording I've awarded a *top ten concert* rating too? Anyway needless to say its wonderful. Its one of those concerts where Jónsi does a lot of singing in the background to himself! The concert does suffer a little bit with some people constantly chattering throughout the entire concert but a large part of what makes this concert is the performance.
> I might have made a mistake with the file name / tagging of the date! <

Set List:

01 Intro
02 Vaka
03 Mílanó
04 Ný Batterí
05 Göng
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Salka
08 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
09 Hafssól
10 Smaskifa
11 Starálfur
12 Svefn-G-Englar
13 Popplagið

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Brown Theatre, Louisville 26.03.2003 - Video

Brown Theatre, Louisville 26.03.2003 - Video


A fair amount of the video has heads of the audience showing in the bottom third. At first I thought this would annoying...but then I found I'd watched the whole concert!


Sigur Rós - Louisville 2003.03.26 from Victoryrosemusic Blogspot on Vimeo. (compressed for online viewing)

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2003.03.26 Brown Theatre, Louisville, USA - Re master

photo: jonathan percy


2003.03.26 Brown Theatre, Louisville, USA - Re master


Lineage: Taper: Stephen Jones. Source: Dynamic Audio Binaural Mics>DA 120-F Battery Box>Sharp MD SR-60
Performance/Quality: 89/100

Im so impressed with this concert. Its rare to get such a wonderful balance where everything sounds and feels just 'right' All the levels of the voice, instruments and drums sit really well even during the louder sections. This particular concert also really stands out in respect to its beautifully paced delivery and is also one of those concerts where Jónsi's voice is exceptionally sublime. Jónsi's voice rarely if ever fails him but on occasions such as this one you really feel that he goes somewhere else in particular with tracks such as Hafssól. Thanks to the kind taper Stephen. (As he mentions in his notes Vaka is a little 'hot' as he was setting his levels but after that its all beautiful)

Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Samskeyti
04 Ný Batterí
05 Gong
06 Olsen Olsen
07 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
08 Hafssól
09 Smaskifa
10 Starálfur
11 Popplagið

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2003.03.19 - 9.30 Club Washington - Re master

2003.03.19 - 9.30 Club Washington - Re master

Lineage: Unknown AUD
Quality/Performance: 93/100

A very lovely concert. Ive mastered this one to be quiet as its beautifully intimate and a late night listen really puts you right there in the room. Its funny hearing Jónsi fluff his lines during Staralfur. You can virtually see him look towards Kjartan grinning! Its nice having Smaskifa followed by Gitardjamm although its not his best performance.

Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Mìlanò
03 Samskeyti
04 Ný batterí
05 Göng
06 Njósnavelin
07 Olsen olsen
08 Viðrar vel til loftárása
09 Hafssól
10 Smaskifa
11 Gìtardjamm
12 Starálfur
13 Popplagið

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2003.03.18 - 9.30Club, Washington - Re master

photo: melissa torres
2003.03.18 9.30Club, Washington - Re master

Lineage: 91/100
Quality/Performance: sound pro standard binaural mics --> bass filter @ 196Hz --> sharp mt-770 minidisc --> pioneer pdr-555rw : kindly tapes by Chris Reedy

A phenomenal concert both in terms of the performance and the sheer volume of music. The performance is of particular note. Whilst Sigur Rós always gives a great performance sometimes Jónsi's voice excels which leads to epic concerts above and beyond just the regular epicness! I was tempted to make this a *top ten concert* based on the performance alone but it needs to matched by the quality as well and as this wasn't a soundboard its slightly let down

Set List:

01 Vaka 

02 Fyrsta 

03 Samskeyti 

04 Njósnavelin  

05 Göng  

06 Mílanó 

07 Salka 

08 Ný batterí 

09 Viðrar vel til loftárása 

10 Hafssól 

11 Smaskifa 

12 Starálfur 

12 Popplagið

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2003.03.15 - Berklee Performance Center, Boston - Re master

2003-03-15 - Berklee Performance Center, Boston - Re master

Lineage: Unknown Audience
Quality/Performance: 90/100

A really lovely relaxed concert with a very nice silky softness feel especially  in the drums which along with the over all balance of the instruments makes this sound very much like a commercial recording. If your'e the kind of person that doesn't like a lot of treble, who prefers a more 'Dolby' sound then this concert should suit perfectly. So nice to have such a great recording of Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása here. I forgot to mention these 2003 concerts feature Amina playing the orchestral parts. I forgot to mention because their playing is so beautifully understated and well done it almost escaped me!

Set List:


01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Samskeyti
04 Ný Batterí
05 Gong
06 Salka
07 Olsen Olsen
08 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
09 Hafssól
10 Popplagið

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13.03.2003 Grand Rex, Paris - Re-master

13.03.2003 Grand Rex, Paris - Re-master

Lineage: Unknown AUD
Quality/Performance: 82/100

Almost exactly the same as the previous evenings performance in London. A bit better quality, worth posting due to the relatively rare renditions of Starálfur & Guítardjamm


Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Starálfur
04 Njósnavelin
05 Ny Batterí
06 Samskeyti
07 Gong
08 E-Bow
09 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
10 Hafssól
11 Guítardjamm
12 Popplagið

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12.02.2003 Hammersmith Apollo, London - Re-master

12.02.2003 Hammersmith Apollo, London - Re-master

Lineage: Unknown AUD
Quality/Performance: 70/100

The first concert here of the 2003's is a great introduction to quite a different feel and line up of new songs and some new versions. Vaka has a new beginning & ending and some changes to Svefn-G-Englar (although it wasn't sung here) A very slow and wonderfully emotive early version of Gong makes its first appearance along with Starálfur, E-Bow Guítardjamm and  Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása.
Not a great quality but the energy and inclusion of new songs makes this a worthwhile post

Set List:

01 Vaka
02 Mílanó
03 Starálfur
04 Njósnavelin
05 Ny Batterí
06 Samskeyti
07 Gong
08 E-Bow
09 Viðrar Vel Til Loftárása
10 Hafssól
11 Guítardjamm
12 Popplagið

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15.01.2003 Kárahnjúkar Protest Concert Reykjavik - SBD

Kárahnjúkar Protest Concert Reykjavik - SBD 

A great way to start the 2003's with something very special. This 3 track concert is incredibly rare and unique. The first track 'Samskeyti' is a very different minimal version. The second track 'Big' made an appearance on the 'Peel Session and the third track is a wonderful extended version of Avalon... with vocals!
One of the things that makes these tracks so good is hearing Jónsi just 'go for it' using the full emotive power of his voice. A truly unique and enjoyable Sigur Rós concert.
From website: Sigur ros will perform a short set next wednesday (january 15th) at a conference whose aim is to protest against the impending construction of the kárahnjúkar power plant in east iceland. this kárahnjúkar hydropower project will result in irreputable environmental damage to approximately 290000 hectares of land in this area. other icelandic artists who have protested against the project include björk, who recently submitted a protest article in the icelandic newspaper morgunblaðið. the conference takes place at borgarleikhúsið in reykjavík and begins at 20:30

Set List:

01 Samskeyti - (mimimal, different version)
02 Big - (1st time played live)
03 Avalon - (extended with vocals)

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