Björk continues to celebrate the recent release of her latest album, Biophilia, with tonight's performance at the brand-new Harpa Concert Hall in her hometown of Reykjavik, Iceland. The concert is the third in a fully sold-out nine-show residency at the hall featuring the music of Biophilia; the first two were part of the Iceland Airwaves Festival. (US residents can still win tickets to the closing-night performance on November 7, courtesy of Nonesuch and Icelandair, via Björk's Facebook page.)

"Björk is impossible to imitate, even though she is a member of Iceland's mythological pantheon," writes New York magazine's Boris Kachka, who flew to Reykjavik's for Björk's Iceland Airwaves performance and those of some of the local bands she has inspired, and found Björk to be "pitch-perfect." Read more at nymag.com.

The Quietus, reviewing the festival, says of Björk's set that "that crackling, guttural, elemental voice is still the most remarkable instrument on display. A techno-pagan blast of fire and ice, ancient and futuristic, geothermal blast and seismic crackle, Björk is tourist-cliché Icelandic to her molten core. A real diamond geyser."

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Björk is the subject of a feature article in the Los Angeles Times, which says that, with Biophilia, Björk "has reinvented the album into a transformative transmedia experience." She spoke with writer Evelyn McDonnell about the multimedia Biophilia project and its many components, including the concerts, an App, and the album.

"[I]n conversation and in song," writes McDonnell, "Björk inevitably reveals herself as a deep-thinking, hard-working original who's always looking for the next challenge—an emotion-driven polymath constantly seeking new tools and outlets for creative expression."

In the article, Björk discusses the background of the new, nature-based album, from its initial conception as a science film with collaborator Michel Gondry that ultimately morphed into the songs of Biophilia and their visual counterparts.

Read the article at latimes.com.

She also spoke with Mashable's Brenna Ehrlich about the many dimension of her Biophilia project for an interview you can read at mashable.com.

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The San Francisco Chronicle recommends getting to the core of the project, namely, the album. Reviewer Aidin Vaziri recommends readers "pick up a copy of the CD—or better yet, get it on vinyl—and you'll discover the Icelandic singer has come up with her most compelling work in eons. Brash electronics meld with the warm tones of handmade music machines, while the singer muses on the workings of the universe with that lusty voice." Vaziri draws attention to three songs in particular on which "she takes flight"—"Moon," "Virus" and "Cosmogony"—where "the results are extraordinarily sumptuous and seductive." Read the complete review at sfgate.com.

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The Philadelphia Inquirer gives the album three-and-a-half out of four stars. Reviewer Dan DeLuca says that multimedia aspects of the project hinge on the music on the album's being good. "Thankfully," he assures, "it is," finding much of it to be "eerily beautiful." Read the review at philly.com.

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In Canada, the Ottawa Citizen gives the album three-and-a-half out of four stars as well. Reviewer Bernard Perusse finds "fascinating moments all over that keep drawing you back. Björk’s choral arrangements, notably, are a major asset: listen, for example, to the way the voices rise in conjunction with the startling sonic eruptions in 'Mutual Core.' Or wait for the weird, but gripping synth-drum explosions in the bonus track 'Nattura,' which features Thom Yorke on backing vocals." Read the review at ottawacitizen.com.

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To pick up a copy of the album in North America, head to the Nonesuch Store, where CD orders and vinyl pre-orders (the LP is due out next Tuesday) include high-quality, 320 kbps MP3s at checkout. The album is also available to purchase as MP3s and FLAC lossless digital files.