Reykjavik Rocks

It's a good thing that members of the band Sigur Rós aren't from, say, Lubbock, Texas, or that city in China where they dispose of the world's computers. Sweeping shots of waffle houses in the 10th largest city in Texas or piles of industrial waste just wouldn't do justice to the band's ethereal wall of sound.Luckily for Dean DeBlois, director of the Sigur Rós documentary Heima, the band is from Reykjavik, Iceland, where shots of jagged mountain ranges and crackling ice floes provide visual references for dramatic musical crescendos. The film depicts Sigur Rós' travels around isolated Icelandic villages, culminating in the biggest gig ever played in both the band's and Reykjavik's history. Tonight at 7, watch Heima for free at the Jackpot Music Hall (943 Massachusetts in Lawrence, 785-832-1085).
Tue., Dec. 4, 7 p.m., 2007