Jónsi

Mon., May 3, 8 p.m., $30, with Death Vessel, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.


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Published: Apr 28, 2010

art-pop

Jón Þór Birgisson’s surprisingly sprightly solo bow finds the angel-voiced Icelander on earthlier if no less fantastical footing than with Sigur Rós, scampering like a woodland pixie through capricious, Sufjanesque cadenzas of peeperish pipes darting among eruptive bursts of percussion and just generally switching up his music’s go-to geo-sonic metaphor from glaciers to geysers.

—K. Ross Hoffman

Mon., May 3, 8 p.m., $30, with Death Vessel, Electric Factory, 421 N. Seventh St., 215-627-1332, electricfactory.info.

Comments

The show was amazing. He's other-worldly in talent and creativity. We were blown away.

by Leigh on May 4th 2010 12:13 PM

Nailed it.. saw him in SLC last night and was lifted to another place.. could hear a pin drop during acoustic song... pure magic! Poetry and angelic!

by Betsy Bothe on October 23rd 2010 11:28 PM

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