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All the Icelandic hits: Wednesday's Sigur Rós set list

The band threw in four songs from its new record due in June.

By Chris Riemenschneider

April 4, 2013 at 5:35AM

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi Birgisson had to restart one song but otherwise came off superhuman to fans at Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Wednesday. / Kyndell Harkness, Star Tribune (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Sigur Rós fans are a cultish, worshipful bunch in the first place. Still, it was impressive to see so many of them walk out of the Roy Wilkins Auditorium on Wednesday with astonished looks on their faces as if they had just seen the second coming. At the very least, they saw a resurrection of sorts given that the Icelandic rockers went on extended hiatus after the last time they came to town in 2008 at the Orpheum.

Click here for the full concert review and photo gallery. Here's the full set list (and yes, I cut-and-pasted many of the titles to ensure their Icelandic authenticity):

Yfirborð** / Ný Batterí / Vaka / Hrafntinna** / Sæglópur / Fljótavík / E-bow / Varúð / Hoppípolla / Með Blóðnasir / Kveikur** / Olsen Olsen / Festival / Brennisteinn** ENCORE: Glósóli / Popplagið
** = new songs of the "Kveikur" album, due in June

about the writer

Chris Riemenschneider

Critic / Reporter

Chris Riemenschneider has been covering the Twin Cities music scene since 2001, long enough for Prince to shout him out during "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)." The St. Paul native authored the book "First Avenue: Minnesota's Mainroom" and previously worked as a music critic at the Austin American-Statesman in Texas.