I just got back from a hipster-populated concert at New York’s Manhattan Center that is part of a 19-city international tour featuring the Icelandic singer-guitarist Jonsi, who is probably best known as the frontman of the “post-rock” band Sigur Rós (their song “Hoppipolla” was the theme for the nature doc “Planet Earth”), and who is now vying for a best original song Oscar nomination for “Sticks & Stones” (which plays over the end credits of the hit animated film “How to Train Your Dragon”). Jonsi became involved with the film through its co-director Dean DeBlois, who had previously made a well-received doc about “Sigur Rós” called “Heima” (2007), as well as another about Jonsi, specifically, called “Go Quiet” (2010). Though the opening act at last night’s took forever and was nothing to phone home about, the main attraction was really something — the guy has a truly distinct sound that is simultaneously high-pitched and soothing,...
- 11/11/2010
- by Scott Feinberg
- Scott Feinberg
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