Jonsi

This week’s playlist also includes new music by Smino, Amanda Shires, Adult Mom, Fontaines DC, CHAI, Goat Girl, Billie Eilish, Rosalia, Kiwi Jr, Palberta, Bill Callahan, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, The Besnard Lakes, Lande Hekt, Jonsi, Arca, Asphyx, The Best of the Worst, R+R=NOW, Duke Deuce, Tindersticks, and more.

It was co-written and co-produced with A.G. Cook, who also worked on Jonsi’s very good 2020 album Shiver.

As the announcement reads, “Odin’s Raven Magic was conceived and first commissioned by the Reykjavik Arts Festival in 2002 and performed only a handful of times that year. It has since become part of Sigur Rós’ own mythology, existing only in snippets found online by fans…”

This week’s Notable Releases include Laura Jane Grace’s surprise mostly-acoustic album, Westside Gunn’s third album of 2020, Jonsi’s first solo album in ten years, and more…

The Sigur Ros leader’s first solo album in 10 years features Robyn and Cocteau Twins’ Liz Fraser, and it’s a fantastic album that’s unlike anything else he’s done…

Our September playlist includes songs by Fleet Foxes, Sufjan Stevens, Deftones, Jonsi & Robyn, Adrianne Lenker, Conway the Machine, SZA, Spillage Village, Napalm Death, Carcass, and much more…

Jonsi’s first solo album in a decade arrives this Friday.

From Massive Attack and This Mortal Coil, to songs in Elvish and Aretha Franklin covers, here are a dozen songs not by the Cocteau Twins that make use of Elizabeth Fraser’s unforgettable voice.

The influence of the Cocteau Twins goes well beyond dreampop and shoegaze.

Listen to new songs by trayer tryon (ft. Moses Sumney, Julianna Barwick, Jonsi), Hundredth, Elzhi, Frisco (ft. Skepta, Jme, etc), Darkstar (Squid remix), Chicano Batman (Black Sabbath cover), and more…