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 Muhly and St. Vincent among others to regale an audience comprised of, as some attendees told me, "drunken hipsters." Sounds about right. My friend Kathryn twittered...
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I rediscovered Seven Swans this week. The album is a beautiful collection of songs with Sufjan’s seemingly autobiographical, go-to themes of love and religion. However, the track which shares the record’s namesake is a step above every other track on the album.The track moves its way through its first half with the same delicate banjo [...]
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Did you see the moon Friday night? It was the biggest, brightest full moon of the year. It was low in the sky as I was driving home from work and it was marvelously radiant. Kind of like how you'd picture it in The Night Before Christmas when it says: "the moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow gave the luster of mid-day to objects below."Sufjan Stevens --"The First Full Moon" mp3 off...
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Aaron and Bryce Dessner of the National curated this amazing new compilation to benefit Red Hot, an organization to prevent AIDs. The compilation has everyone from the Arcade Fire and Decemberists to Kevin Drew and Grizzly Bear. I've heard the Feist Grizzly Bear team-up (it's awesome!) and can't wait to hear the rest. It'll [...]
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Photo via Trust Me On ThisA little over four years ago, I saw Sufjan Stevens perform at the Bowery Ballroom in New York the day after I moved to the city. It was certainly a different time then -- a little album called Illinois was still several weeks away from release, and Stevens treated a five night run at the Bowery as a rehearsal. Many of the things he'd come to be criticized for, like t...
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To coincide with the official release date of his multimedia project "The BQE", the album has been made available to stream on NME.com. Unfortunately for those of us that live outside of the UK, will only be able to stream 30-second clips of the tracks. You can stream the...Click the link to read more
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Ah, its that time again. Time to combine two of my favorite things in the world. The craigslist missed connections forum and music. So if you have never seen one of my semi-regular posts on this topic, the premise is simple. I pick out an entertaining missed connection, tag it with an appropriate song...instant entertainment. I know. I am very easily amused. But I will be laughing last when I c...
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#50.2 - Sufjan Stevens (MusicNow) - The lakes of CanadaUploaded by lablogotheque
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Well, judgin by the TV it must be Christmas -Steve McQueen's just missed jumping into Switzerland and Bartlett and the boys have been mown down for attempting The Great Escape, (the BBC's msot bizarre festive favourite) so before I go and get lost in a day of gluttony, greed and spending time with people I love but don't particularly like (no doubt with usual conversations about the "ambiance" ...
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You better watch out You better not cry You better not pout I'm telling you whyHipster Claus is coming to townOnce In Royal David's City is a Christmas carol, which was originally a poem written by Cecil Frances Humphreys Alexander, who in 1848 married an Anglican clergyman, and in 1867, upon her husband's consecration, thereby became a bishop's wife.This version comes courtesy of Sufjan Steven...
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Sufjan Steven’s symphony about the BQE, which was originally debuted in 2007, is finally going to be released as both a film and an album. And somehow, a comicbook and a viewmaster is involved.The BQE will be available as a double-disc format (CD/DVD), which includes the original 16mm/8mm film (in widescreen “triptych” display), the original [...]
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normally the phrase "cover of a bob dylan song" sends shudders down my spine. like 99.999% of all beatles, stones, and guns 'n roses covers, the majority of dylan covers are really satan's covert attempts to destroy the music industry, one american idol contestant at a time (not to be confused with bret michael's not-so-covert attempt to destroy television, one std-riddled emotionally damaged ...
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Sufjan StevensThe BQE[Asthmatic Kitty; 2009]Links: Sufjan Stevens | Asthmatic Kitty | Purchase on InsoundPosted by Ray Finlayson on 21...
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This is all I'm in the mood for tonight.A perfect song. Probably my favorite Sufjan Stevens song.I haven't got much to say tonight but I felt like posting this.Well..........I can say this. I really do appreciate a good breakfast. Of course I have goals in life but a good breakfast gets me halfway.
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