And while Stevens’ music has never lacked ambition, Illinois found him pushing himself not just emotionally, but musically. He was disappointed in some of Michigan’s compositions, telling the magazine Under the Radar in 2005 that he “didn’t feel like [he’d] achieved” some of his ...
skip to main content albums a beginner’s mind sufjan stevens / angelo de augustine 2021 6.7 by nadine smith genre: folk/country / rock label: asthmatic kitty reviewed: september 30, 2021 with a collection of gentle duets inspired by great-to-iffy movies, the veteran songwriter and protégé...
长期以来,Sufjan Stevens都像是忠于宏大叙事和澎湃交响乐民谣化创作而摇旗呐喊的先锋派人物,又或是痴迷于电子实验民谣和流行边界的细致打磨。他曾公布过宏伟的“五十大洲的专辑发行计划”,将民族文化,历史融会贯通,甚至使用抽象的人声处理效果。而在《Javelin》中,这种宏大的场景不再是简单的形象化,Sufjan Stevens仍然运...
Sufjan Stevens’s catalogue feels wild and untamable. In just a year span, between September 2020 and 2021, the singer-songwriter and Asthmatic Kitty Records founder debuted almost five hours of music: the pensive, electronic album The Ascension; the ambient, mournful Convocations; and the film-...
I hate Christmas music. There are a few rare instances where it doesn’t make me cringe.Over the Rhine’sDarkest Night of the YearandMonk’sHow Like A Winterare rare exceptions. One of my favorite artists,Sufjan Stevens, has put out Christmas EPs each year for his closest group of friend...
skip to main content albums carrie & lowell sufjan stevens 2015 9.3 best new music by brandon stosuy genre: folk/country label: asthmatic kitty reviewed: march 30, 2015 sufjan stevens has always written personally, weaving his life story into larger narratives, but here his autobiography is ...
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine Conceived a Concept AlbumA Beginner’s Mind, out September 24, is “loosely” based on movies they screened. By Zoe Haylock chestnuts roasting on a hot take Dec. 24, 2020 Christmas Music Is the Best Genre of MusicSo what if we just never stopped...
Local Spins rounds up Michigan-related music news of national import: a collaboration starring Sufjan Stevens, TV appearances for War & Treaty and more.
© 2020 Sufjan Stevens Music/ASCAP© ℗ 2020 AKR P.O. Box 1282 Lander, WY 82520 USA[...] additional contributions recorded and engineered by James McAlister and Casey Foubert at their respective home studios. Contributions by Emil Nikolaisen were recorded at Malabar in Oslo, Norway, ...
Sufjan Stevens never liked the ballet. “It’s so conservative, antiquated, constricted,” he bemoaned, recalling his initial sentiments on the subject. The folk/electronic chameleon, who recently released a mixed-genre album, Sisyphus, with Son Lux and rapper Serengeti, hadn’t envisioned his so...