Sufjan Stevens
Paul Simon Has Sold His Entire Catalog, NBC News Tries To Pick Him Apart
‘He’ll still end up a historical footnote to Dylan.’
Mourning In Music In 2020
the loss of living
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singles or tracks off upcoming or recently released albums
Press Releases From September, Here Are The Artists
’Sugar’ is ultimately about the desire for goodness and purity
Press Releases From August 2020: Here Are The Artists
Evangeline Gentle’s superb vibrato
Press Releases From July 2020: Here Are The Artists
is Sufjan losing his faith,… in America?
SUFJAN STEVENS SONG “LONELY MAN OF WINTER” TO BE RELEASED VIA ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS
Proceeds will benefit Brooklyn non-profit performance venue JACK
Going Steady: New Singles Reviewed 12-8-17 – 12-14-17
this might be person specific but it is also social strata specific
The Early Bird: Top New Releases 12-8-17 – 12-14-17
poor white folks are shown sympathy
Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases 10-27-17 – 11-2-17
a must hear roundup of what we didn’t get
Planetarium At Hollywood Forever, Thursday July 20th 2017
traveling through space as if it was the ultimate church
L.A. BURNING, WEST COAST CONCERT PICKS, JULY 17TH TO JULY 23rd 2017
This is the FYF Fest week
When Sufjan Stevens Comments On Katy Perry’s New Album
‘We probably did popcorn prayer together’
Be Here Early: New Album Reviews 4-28-17 – 5-4-17
The entire album, plus two songs off The Age Of Adz and a cover of “Hotline Bling”
Sneak Peaks: New Album Releases: 4-28-17 – 5-4-17
I can’t wait to hear it again.
A Guy Says He Found An Unreleased Album In Sufjan Stevens’ Dumpster
‘I used to work next door to Sufjan’s studio in Brooklyn.’
The Best Albums Of 2015
The most exquisitely beautiful songs of this and many years. ALBUM OF THE YEAR
The Best Of 2015: Concerts Through April 30th, 2015
Sufjan Stevens – Beacon Theatre – April 11th – With the album of the year under Sufjan’s belt, here he was performing it live on stage and you could have heard a pin drop, a magnificent performance of (mostly) an album that changes what the term “confessional” means
The Best of 2015: Albums Through April 30th, 2015
Carrie And Lowell – Sufjan Stevens – His mother left Sufjan when he was three maybe four, and again, and again, and then she died, and left Stevens to deal with it by writing the most equisitely beautiful album of this or many years.
Sufjan Stevens At Beacon Theatre Saturday, April 11th, 2015, Reviewed
Though what Stevens realizes is, he is his mother’s son, some of what hurt her he has in him, the same lostness that moved her neglect moves his inability to break the distance. On stage at the Beacon Theatre, Stevens didn’t breakthrough, didn’t save her, himself or us. It was just a concert, after all.
“Carrie And Lowell” Hits Awful Close To Home
That is a question that goes to the heart of our insecurities, it is the unanswerable, unequivicable question between adults and children. Do you love me? Really? Do you love me enough? How much? How often? Why? Why not? Carrie And Lowell has no answers for Sufjan or us, but it has the right questions, and the right concerns and that is so rare, so important. It illuminates who we are.
10 Songs: Monday, April 6th, 2015
Fourth Of July – Sufjan Stevens – From a contender for album of the year, Stevens mourns his recently dead Mom and all he can say to comfort himself is “we’re all gonna die”. Cold comfort, right? But I know where he is coming from – A
Be Here Now: New Albums Reviews, March 31st, 2015
A memento mori for the Mom he barely knew, this softly acoustic folk album conjures the ghost of Elliott Smith to show how beautifully you can sing about the saddest things. I never really liked Sufjan but I could be wrong, you know – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A-