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Available Now: Vitamin String Quartet Performs Sigur Ros
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Available now on VSQ's Online Store and iTunes
Record Stores Carrying VSQ Performs Sigur Ros This Record Store Day
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Want to know which record stores will be carrying VSQ Performs Sigur Ros on VINYL for Record Store Day? Check out our list of retailers below.
Not seeing your favorite record store on our list? Head over to the Record Store Day website and see if they’re listed as a participating store. If they are, call them and urge them to order VSQ Performs Sigur Ros for the big day!
| Record Store | City | State |
| Stinkweeds | Phoenix | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Phoenix | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Tempe | AZ |
| Stinkweeds | Phoenix | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Phoenix | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Tempe | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Chandler | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Tucson | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Tucson | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Phoenix | AZ |
| Rock It Man | Flagstaff | AZ |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Phoenix | AZ |
| Amoeba Music - Hollywood | Hollywood | CA |
| Salzer's Records | Ventura | CA |
| Dimple Records | Sacramento | CA |
| Boo Boo Records | San Luis Obispo | CA |
| Lou's Records | Encinitas | CA |
| 1-2-3-4 Go! Records | Oakland | CA |
| Streetlight Records, Ltd | Santa Cruz | CA |
| Streetlight Records, Ltd | San Jose | CA |
| Rhino - Mad Platter | Claremont | CA |
| Amoeba Music - Berkeley | Berkeley | CA |
| Fingerprints | Long Beach | CA |
| Origami Music LLC | Los Angeles | CA |
| Amoeba Music - SF | San Francisco | CA |
| Super D - JB Customer | Irvine | CA |
| Angelo's Cds | Aurora | CO |
| Twish & Shout | Denver | CO |
| Albums On The Hill | Boulder | CO |
| Independent Records | Colorado Springs | CO |
| Redscroll Records | Wallingford | CT |
| Crooked Beat Records | Washington | DC |
| Mojo Books and Music (Tampa) | Tampa | FL |
| Bananas Records Inc. | St. Petersburg | FL |
| Radio-Active Records | Ft. Lauderdale | FL |
| Sounds Good Music | Port St. Lucie | FL |
| Park Ave CDs | Orlando | FL |
| Hugry Ear Records | Kailua | HI |
| Record Exchange | Boise | ID |
| Waiting Room Records | Normal | IL |
| Record Breakers (Reggie's) | Chicago | IL |
| The Old School Records | Forest Park | IL |
| Dave's Records | Chicago | IL |
| Reckless Records - Broadway | Chicago | IL |
| Second Hand Tunes | Evanston | IL |
| Saki | Chicago | IL |
| Joe's Records | Evansville | IN |
| Indy CD and Vinyl | Indianapolis | IN |
| Landlocked Music | Bloomington | IN |
| Neat Neat Neat Records | Fort Wayne | IN |
| Zzz Records | Des Moines | IA |
| Love Garden Sounds | Lawrence | KS |
| CD Central | Lexington | KY |
| Peaches Records | New Orleans | LA |
| Euclid Records New Orleans | New Orleans | LA |
| Trax on Wax | Catonsville | MD |
| Sound Garden - Baltimore | Baltimore | MD |
| Tres Gatos | Jamaica Palm | MA |
| Newbury Comics Inc. | Brighton | MA |
| Dearborn Music | Dearborn | MI |
| Treehouse Records | Minneapolis | MN |
| Vintage Vinyl (St. Louis) | Saint Louis | MO |
| Euclid Records St. Louis | Saint Louis | MO |
| Homer's | Omaha | NE |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Las Vegas | NV |
| Zia Enterprises Inc. | Las Vegas | NV |
| Princeton Records Exchange | Princeton | NJ |
| Vintage Vinyle Records | Fords | NJ |
| Scotti's Records Shop | Summit | NJ |
| Record Archive | Rochester | NY |
| Record Theatre | Buffalo | NY |
| Bop Shop Records | Rochester | NY |
| Looney Tunes | West Babylon | NY |
| J&R Music World | New York | NY |
| Schoolkids Records | Raleigh | NC |
| Static Age Records | Asheville | NC |
| Lunchbox Records | Charlotte | NC |
| Earshot | Winston Salem | NC |
| Harvest Records | Asheville | NC |
| Shake It Records | Cincinnati | OH |
| Everybodys Records | Cincinnati | OH |
| Spoonful Records | Columbus | OH |
| Square Records | Akron | OH |
| Guestroom Records | Oklahoma City | OK |
| Skip's Records & CD World Eugene | Eugene | OR |
| Jackpot Records | Portland | OR |
| Music Millennium | Portland | OR |
| Young Ones | Kutztown | PA |
| The Attic | Pittsburgh | PA |
| Earshot | Greenville | SC |
| Horizon Records | Greenville | SC |
| Earshot | Charleston | SC |
| Monster Music | Charleston | SC |
| URP Music Distributors | Nashville | TN |
| The Groove | Nashville | TN |
| Disc Exchange, Inc. | Knoxville | TN |
| Grimey's New & Preloved Music | Nashville | TN |
| The Great Escape | Nashville | TN |
| Vinal Edge Records | Houston | TX |
| Disc Go Round | Corpus Christi | TX |
| Sound Exchange Houston | Houston | TX |
| Forever Young Records | Grand Prairie | TX |
| All That Music & Video | El Paso | TX |
| Sig's Lagoon | Houston | TX |
| Waterloo Records & Video | Austin | TX |
| Cactus Music LLC | Houston | TX |
| Pure Pop Records | Burlington | VT |
| In The Moment Records | Brattleboro | VT |
| Melody Supreme | Charlottesville | VA |
| Easy Street Records | Seattle | WA |
| Silver Platters | Seattle | WA |
| Strictly Discs | Madison | WI |
| Exclusive Appleton | Appleton | WI |
| Exclusive Green Bay | Green Bay | WI |
| Exclusive Greenfield | Greenfield | WI |
| Exclusive Janesville | Janesville | WI |
| Exclusive Milwaukee | Milwaukee | WI |
| Exclusive Oshkosh | Oshkosh | WI |
| Exclusive West Bend | West Bend | WI |
| Revival Records | Eau Claire | WI |
Sigur Rós Take Hiatus After Throwing Away New Album
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According to a recent story at the UK’s Guardian, Sigur Rós’ lead singer, Jonsí Birgisson, has expressed the band’s desire to take a break. He’s quoted as saying the band is on an indefinite hiatus and they’re currently “busy having babies,” while releasing solo albums. This comes as slight dig to me, as Jonsí is openly gay. He and his boyfriend Alex Somers released an instrumental album last year under the moniker Riceboy Sleeps. My guess is the rest of the band wants to take a bit of time off from the horror show of the music business and he’s not exactly thrilled.
The band’s six album was being worked on in the studio and rumors said it was very near completion when the members decided to throw away the results and start over. The last known information about the album was posted on the band’s site in May 2009, saying the material was “slower and more ambient,” but now it seems those songs will be lost in the scrap pile. Jonsí told Spinner this week, "We haven't got another album ready. It was just a rumor. We started to record something, but then we chucked it all away. So I think we are going to have to start it all again.”
Jonsí’s solo album “Go” is scheduled to be released on March 23rd. Unlike Sigur Rós’ albums, where the lyrics are usually in Icelandic, his solo album will be entirely in English, perhaps to gain more of a foreign following. Dates for his solo acoustic tour are likely to be announced in the near future.