Dispatches 12 January 2001  "The PTA Mrs Robinson / Won't okay the way you do your thing / Ding ding ding" – Frank Sinatra, "Mrs Robinson" Two thousand zero zero party oops almost out of time. Or actually, completely out of time: it's a new millennium, and I made a New Year's resolution to use this column to introduce deserving bands. So – discovered over break, inspired by a trip to Iceland: rock band Sigur Ros, whose Agaetis Byrjun album is quite a stunner, although the lyrics are all in Icelandic so for all I know they could be singing about supersizing their McDonald's meals. What is it about Icelandic musicians that makes them create such wonderfully sparse works? (Small sample size disclaimer: I've really only heard Bjork and Emiliani Torrini with any depth, although I did get to watch the Icelandic equivalent of MTV.)   YOU BLOW A FUSE, ZING BOOM Various friends and people have been e-mailing me asking what I think of the Grammy nominations. I'd say they're probably more interesting than in previous years, but I think it still smacks of groups of older people, not actually on the pulse of music, going "oh, this is what kids like these days." Is it weird that there are rap and R&B albums in the album of the year categories, but they're by white guys (Eminem's Marshall Mathers LP and Beck's Midnite Vultures respectively)? Speaking of gramophones, an informal poll: how many people know what HMV stands for?   JAZZ MAG So this column has talked about the proliferation of U2 songs on movie trailers and on the use of bands with indie-cred, only to have similar (although admittedly more in-depth) pieces on the same subjects appear in the following weeks' issues of "Entertainment Weekly." What does it mean when you start thinking along the exact same lines as EW? Hmm. In a music-on-TV vein, Ken Burns' "Jazz" began on Monday. The canonization of Louis Armstrong has started. And I'm well pleased to see "Popstars", the Australian show that was my guilty pleasure over this summer (since I didn't get "Survivor"), has been imported over to America. Much more addictive than "The Making of a Band".   I WANT YOU BACK While "Jazz" tells its 19-part story, here's great news from the other great American music form, Motown: the Jackson Five are reuniting for an album and a tour. All five original members including Michael are on, so this isn't a fake Diana Ross and the "Supremes" thing. Also, for those of you seniors who'll still be around, the U2 tour (with P.J. Harvey opening!) hits Boston Jun 5. And Coldplay tickets go on sale today. See you in line.     HMV: His Master's Voice. A reference to their logo, a dog listening to a gramophone.