In an interview with Paste Stevens said "the whole premise [of the project] was such a joke," a joke maybe he took too seriously: "I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." He recently told us... CONTINUE READING IS SUFJAN DONE WITH THE 50 STATES PROJECT?»
Posted on November 5, 2009 (36 comments)
Tags: Glasser | Sufjan Stevens
The decade recounting started with Pitchfork handing top honors to Kid A and Uncut lusting after Jack White. Now it's Paste's turn to list their favorite albums of the '00s and, as you might expect, they add some different names... CONTINUE READING PASTE'S 50 BEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE»
Posted on November 2, 2009 in List (132 comments)
Tags: Sufjan Stevens | The Decemberists
Or, as Stevens puts it, "I'm trying to dissuade any kind of conceptual framework and just write music, love songs, pop songs, and just forget all that conceptual mess..." Learn more in Vish Khanna's latest excerpt from a forthcoming Signal... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN PLANS SONG-BASED LP FOR NEXT YEAR»
Posted on October 23, 2009 (5 comments)
Tags: A Place To Bury Strangers | Sufjan Stevens
While he makes it clear he's not retiring, Stevens does say he's "sick of [his] conceptual ideas" and wondering what his songs mean in light of his "creative" and "existential" battle. One he feels he's losing! Those new songs suggest... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN IS HAVING A CREATIVE CRISIS»
Posted on October 14, 2009 (47 comments)
Tags: Sufjan Stevens
Stevens is "star struck," but manages a Q&A with current tour/band-mate Nedelle Torrisi -- "her exotic Italian pout, her '80s housewife attire" -- covering Judas Priest, Lebanon, pimped-out tour buses, ESL, and Joaquin Phoenix. It's at Asthmatic Kitty.... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN INTERVIEWS CRYPTACIZE»
Posted on October 9, 2009 (3 comments)
Tags: Cryptacize | Sufjan Stevens
Recently Sufjan revealed he's "at a point where I no longer have a deep desire to share my music with anyone, having spent many years imparting my songs to the public." Later that day, high-quality video of three mind-bending new... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS/CRYPTACIZE @ MUSIC HALL OF WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN 10/6/09»
Posted on October 7, 2009 in Concert, Photo (15 comments)
Tags: Bryce Dessner | Clogs | Cryptacize | Rosie Thomas | Sufjan Stevens
Scott tells me that when he lived in Ithaca the only live music there was ska. Well, now the live music includes expansive glitch-y songs by Sufjan Stevens. No sooner did we post the man's interview with Shannon Stephens, then... CONTINUE READING NEW SUFJAN STEVENS - "THERE'S TOO MUCH LOVE"/"AGE OF ADZ"/"IMPOSSIBLE SOULS" (LIVE IN ITHACA)»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in MP3, Video (30 comments)
Tags: Cryptacize | Radiohead | Sufjan Stevens | Thom Yorke
As he does from time to time, Sufjan Stevens has upped his thoughts on a new Asthmatic Kitty signing. This time it's an interview that feels especially personal. The discussion takes place with ex-Marzuki band mate, folksy Seattle singer-songwriter Shannon... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS TALKS SONGWRITING WITH SHANNON STEPHENS»
Posted on September 25, 2009 in MP3, Video (12 comments)
Tags: Shannon Stephens | Sufjan Stevens
Our second year at Kutsher's was rainier than the first, but that didn't matter so much to us or, seemingly, the other attendees: If anything, this year felt more celebratory (and debauched) than 2008. You wouldn't be faulted for noting... CONTINUE READING ATP NY 2009: WAYNE'S WORLD»
Posted on September 14, 2009 in Concert, Photo (34 comments)
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ATP NY organizers have announced Stevens will perform Seven Swans in its entirety this weekend at Kutshers. Also, last-minute cash-only day and weekend tickets are available on-site. More info at ATP.... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN SINGING SEVEN SWANS SATURDAY»
Posted on September 10, 2009 (6 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Sufjan Stevens | U2
After its initial three-night run at BAM and the subsequent DVD's brief trailer, you're likely more than familiar with Sufjan Stevens The BQE. Stevens will be at ATP NY this weekend, so here's some more dreamy footage from the hula-hooping/wheel-spinning... The BQE)'">CONTINUE READING NEW SUFJAN STEVENS VIDEO - "INTERLUDE I - DREAM SEQUENCE IN SUBI CIRCUMNAVIGATION" (FROM THE BQE)»
Posted on September 9, 2009 in MP3, Video (10 comments)
Tags: Phoenix | Sufjan Stevens
As we mentioned, it was Bryce Dessner who first approached Sufjan Stevens about re-arranging the 2001 Chinese Zodiac song cycle Run Rabbit Run for the New York string quartet Osso. They were likely on his radar because they'd previously done... CONTINUE READING NEW OSSO - "ENJOY YOUR RABBIT" (STEREOGUM PREMIERE)»
Posted on August 14, 2009 in MP3 (4 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Osso | Sufjan Stevens
There's been some action in camp Sufjan lately, though much of it's a retread/revisiting of past material. Good news, then, that the man's hitting smaller east coast venues with Cryptacize ("refreshingly coherent!" -S. Stevens) this fall and, as Asthmatic Kitty... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN & CRYPTACIZE ANNOUNCE FALL TOUR»
Posted on August 10, 2009 in Tour Dates (10 comments)
Tags: Cryptacize | Pavement | Sufjan Stevens
After announcing the release of Run Rabbit Run remix album and an ATP NY appearance, we have more news from camp Stevens, though it's still not the news you likely wanted: We enjoyedThe BQE a couple years back during its... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS' THE BQE TRAILER, RELEASE INFO»
Posted on July 21, 2009 in Album Art, Video (12 comments)
Tags: Papercuts | Sufjan Stevens
Sufjan Stevens, who should stop being so lazy and put out Welcome To New Jersey, Fuggedaboutit! already, will play his first proper US show in two years at the Lips-curated All Tomorrow's Parties on 9/12. (He's at Pop Montreal a... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN, SFA ADDED TO ATP NY»
Posted on July 10, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: All Tomorrow's Parties | Lucero | Sufjan Stevens
It's not a collection of new material. Entirely. Some time ago, Bryce Dessner approached Stevens about re-arranging his 2001 electronic song cycle Enjoy Your Rabbit for the New York string quartet Osso, who contributed string arrangements to Illinois and My... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS READIES RUN RABBIT RUN REMIX RECORD»
Posted on July 9, 2009 in Album Art (31 comments)
Tags: Sufjan Stevens
Before Sufjan Stevens became who he is today, he was a nerdy college kid stuffing pillows and sheets into the air vents so folks couldn't hear him sing his tentative "assembly-line-style" songs. In an amusing, thoughtful post over at Asthmatic... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN'S SONG FOR SOFIA COPPOLA»
Posted on April 24, 2009 in MP3 (12 comments)
Tags: Sofia Coppola | Sufjan Stevens
A few weeks ago rumors swirled about some Very Special Secret Guests slated to appear at last night's Shuffle Mode special at BAM. So you know, see above photo. The night's lineup was already expansively staffed, with Clogs (which features... CONTINUE READING CLOGS/BELL ORCHESTRE WITH THE BROOKLYN PHILHARMONIC, SUFJAN STEVENS & MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND @ BAM, BROOKLYN 2/26/09»
Posted on February 27, 2009 in Concert, Photo (10 comments)
Tags: Aaron Dessner | Bell Orchestre | Clogs | My Brightest Diamond | Sufjan Stevens
To create "Blood Pt. 2," Buck 65 used Sufjan Stevens' epic take on the Castanets' "You Are The Blood" as a base/starting point and then remixed it to feature himself, Stevens, and Serengeti. Considering all the ingredients he stuffed into... CONTINUE READING NEW BUCK 65 - "BLOOD PT. 2"»
Posted on February 5, 2009 (4 comments)
Tags: Buck 65 | Dark Was The Night | Jay-Z | Paul McCartney | Serengeti | Sufjan Stevens
Today's Dark Was The Night track comes to us from a guy named Sufjan Stevens. It's a cover of the Castanets' "You Are The Blood," originally on Ray & rotating Co's 2004 album Cathedral (keeping it in the Asthmatic Kitty... CONTINUE READING NEW SUFJAN STEVENS - "YOU ARE THE BLOOD"»
Posted on January 29, 2009 (94 comments)
Tags: Castanets | Dark Was The Night | Ponytail | Sufjan Stevens | Woods
The Norwegian band I Was A King is the brainchild of Frode Strømstads. The new self-titled album, which follows 2007's Losing Something Good for Something Better, features Serena-Maneesh's Emil Nikolaisen on bass, drums and a co-production credit, alongside guest spots... CONTINUE READING BAND TO WATCH: I WAS A KING»
Posted on January 27, 2009 in Band To Watch (8 comments)
Tags: Bumbershoot | I Was A King | Serena-Maneesh | Sufjan Stevens | Vivian Girls
Last year Sufjan Stevens held that Xmas Xchange. Previously, he released plenty of Holiday albums for your consumption. Even when he didn't put up those holiday songs for sale, he was still recording new Christmas albums and making them available... CONTINUE READING NEW SUFJAN, IT'S A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE!»
Posted on December 22, 2008 in MP3 (12 comments)
Tags: Cymbals Eat Guitars | Sufjan Stevens
The Welcome Wagon, the betrothed duo of Reverend Thomas Vito and Monique Aiuto, sound a lot like Sufjan Stevens, the guy who produced and helped to arrange their debut album, Welcome To The Welcome Wagon. Stevens has a particularly distinctive/singular... CONTINUE READING NEW WELCOME WAGON - "HALF A PERSON"»
Posted on October 30, 2008 in MP3 (7 comments)
Tags: Robin Pecknold | Sufjan Stevens | The Smiths | The Welcome Wagon
This is really big because it finally establishes that you don't need to wear twee costumes with butterfly wings to play Sufjan songs, you can totally do it when you wake up with your dyed-black bangs covering your lip rings,... CONTINUE READING DARK-HEARTED EVANESCENCEALTS SING SUFJAN»
Posted on October 3, 2008 (13 comments)
Tags: Crocodiles | Sufjan Stevens
On Saturday night, Sufjan Stevens returned to the site of his BQE suite -- the Brooklyn Academy of Music -- for the latest installment in the BAM Takeover series. Suf was listed only as event curator, selecting rising composer Nico... CONTINUE READING SUFJAN STEVENS AND ST. VINCENT COVER PHIL COLLINS @ BAM»
Posted on September 29, 2008 in Video (5 comments)
Tags: of Montreal | Phil Collins | St. Vincent | Sufjan Stevens
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