Oct 19, 2011 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the release of the indie music and entertainment print magazine’s 10th Anniversary Issue which hits newsstands next week. The extra-sized 10th Anniversary Issue features cover artists Joanna Newsom and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold together in an exclusive photo shoot and joint interview.  Exclusive video taken during the cover shoot of Robin Pecknold and Joanna Newsom arm wrestling can be found here.  More

Sep 15, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Sufjan Stevens—who made our favorite album of 2010—is stepping away from his electro-pop persona for a new project. We have the details.  More

Jul 29, 2011 By Laura Studarus

As anyone who has ever seen Sufjan Stevens live can attest, homeboy’s got moves! We have a behind-the-scenes video.  More

Jul 07, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Today, “Get Real, Get Right,” an anthemic cut from Sufjan Stevens' 2010 album The Age of Adz, got an equally ambitious stop-motion video.  More

Jun 23, 2011 By Laura Studarus

On August 2 and 3, Best of 2010 cover artist Sufjan Stevens is performing two final “Age of Adz” shows before hanging up his glow tape forever.  More

Jun 22, 2011 By Margot Cooper Gruen

Sufjan Steven's last year release, The Age of Adz, was inspired by the film MAKE filmed in 2009 before the creation of the album. 

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Apr 29, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Recently, Sufjan Stevens contributed music to MAKE, a documentary about outsider artists that includes Royal Robertson—an artist that inspired Stevens to make 2010 album, The Age of Adz. More

Feb 15, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Recently, Sufjan Stevens went down under to rock Australians at the iconic Sydney Opera House. We have the video.  More

Jan 14, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Every issue of Under the Radar includes a free digital sampler that can be accessed via the download code printed in the issue. Our Year-End issue's sampler (which is sponsored by Shure) includes exclusive unreleased tracks by Motorifik, Rose Elinor Dougall, and Club 8, as well as songs by of Montreal, Plants and Animals, The Radio Dept., Tame Impala, Wild Nothing, Sufjan Stevens, Twin Shadow, Lost in the Trees, Beach House, Avi Buffalo, and Owen Pallett. We have the details.  More

Jan 06, 2011 By Laura Studarus

Sufjan Stevens, (who graces the cover of our year-end issue) is the subject of new documentary, Crooked River. We have the details and trailer.  More

Dec 21, 2010 By Laura Studarus

In a recent BBC 6 Mix, The National brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner unleashed a bit of Christmas cheer in the form of two unreleased tracks by their pal, Sufjan Stevens. More

Dec 20, 2010 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar's writers re-listened to many of 2010's notable albums, debated, and then each submitted a list of their Top 20 albums of the year. Those lists were all combined and tallied up to form Under the Radar's master Top 50 albums of 2010. More

Dec 06, 2010 By Laura Studarus and Mark Redfern

Under the Radar's Year End Issue is about to hit stands. Sufjan Stevens graces the cover. The issue also includes interviews with Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Avi Bufflo, Beach House, The Black Keys, Bon Iver, Brian Eno, Florence and the Machine, Hot Chip, Janelle Monáe, of Montreal, Okkervil River, Yoko Ono, Owen Pallett, Sleigh Bells, The Roots, Mark Ronson, Vampire Weekend, Yeasayer, and others. More

Dec 01, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Last year, Dark Was the Night compilation grouped together high profile indie artists (including Sufjan Stevens, Dirty Projectors, The National, Arcade Fire and Yeasayer among others) to raise money for AIDS research. Today, on World AIDS Day, the project was declared a success, as over one million dollars was donated to AIDS charities.  More

Nov 22, 2010 By Laura Studarus

As if his Jimmy Fallon spot wasn’t enough, today Sufjan Stevens released a video for “Too Much.” We have the clip.  More

Nov 22, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

The twitchy synth-pop single "Too Much" was Sufjan Stevens' excellent song choice as his solo network TV bow on Friday's Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. We have the video.  More

Oct 25, 2010 By Wendy Lynch Redfern

Saturday, October 23rd, Sufjan Stevens, performed at The Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. We sent Under the Radar photographer Wendy Lynch Redfern down to cover the action. Check out the full gallery. More

Oct 12, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Today, Sufjan Stevens’ anticipated full-length The Age Of Adz is released. However, there’s a quieter Stevens-related project in the works. The New York City Choreographic Institute’s Justin Peck has created a ballet based on Run Rabbit Run— Osso quartet’s re-imagining of Stevens’ electronic album, Enjoy Your Rabbit. More

Sep 27, 2010 By John Everhart

Certainly one of 2010's most anticipated albums, Sufjan Stevens' The Age of Adz, his first full-length collection of all original songs since 2005's magnum opus Illinois, is now streaming on NPR's website. More

Sep 09, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Here's another preview from Sufjan Stevens' very anticipated new LP, The Age of Adz (pronounced "odds"), which streets October 12 via Asthmatic Kitty. This week we've got the album's second track under the microscope. It's six minutes long and called "Too Much." We have the stream/download. More

Aug 27, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Only a week after unveiling All Delighted People EP, Sufjan Stevens shook indie-folk fans to their very cores yesterday. The big news? A brand-new LP, entitled The Age of Adz. (Pre-order here.) That 11-song long-player streets October 12 via Asthmatic Kitty. Today you can stream or download The Age of Adz's fourth track, "I Walked." We have the stream. More

Aug 26, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

The good news just keeps coming out of the Sufjan Stevens camp this month. Last week we had the surprise digital release of the All Delighted People EP and today comes information about a brand new album. The Age of Adz will street October 12 via Asthmatic Kitty. (A press releases notes that "Adz" is pronounced "odds.") More

Aug 20, 2010 By John Everhart

Sufjan Stevens has digitally released a lengthy new EP, available for download right now. We have a stream and the details. More

Aug 09, 2010 By Kyle Lemmon

Starting in October, orchestral indie-folk singer/songwriter Sufjan Stevens will embark on his first large-theater North American trek in many, many moons. Stevens and his label, Asthmatic Kitty, scheduled the unexpected tour. We have the dates. More

Jun 11, 2010 By Laura Studarus

You might want to sit down before reading this. In the mid-00s, Sufjan Stevens released Illinois, a breathtaking album of near-perfect orchestral pop. Five years, one Christmas album, one b-sides collection, and a soundtrack later, he's doing it again. More

May 14, 2010 By Laura Studarus

Last night, The National brought "Afraid of Everyone," a cut off recently released album, High Violet, to The Late Show With David Letterman. The solid musicality and enjoyable performance wasn't a surprise. The presence of notoriously late-night shy Sufjan Stevens, however, was. We have the video. More

Oct 28, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Busy man Sufjan Stevens is hitting the road with a celebration of life on the road. For four nights, he'll be joining Enjoy Your Rabbit-loving string quartet Osso to introduce his film, an ode to the joys of commuting, The BQE. More

Sep 09, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

As we reported in July, Sufjan Stevens' The BQE multimedia set will be much more than a typical CD/DVD release. The multimedia set is set to include audio of the 2007 song suite, a Super Teenage Hooper Heroes comic book, a View-Master reel and a DVD brimming with dusty footage of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway from Stevens himself. The Asthmatic Kitty release is coming October 20th via Rough Trade and you can pre-order the package here. More

Aug 18, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

Pop Montreal 2009 has announced another slew of artists including Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Japandroids, Jay Reatard, and more. Stay tuned for the hundreds of acts still up their sleeves. More

Aug 10, 2009 By Laura Studarus

As reported by Asthmatic Kitty, Sufjan Stevens will be blessing North America with a brief tour…well, part of it anyway. We have details and dates. More

Jul 21, 2009 By Kyle Lemmon

In October of 2007, Sufjan Stevens revealed The BQE, a film and orchestral meditation on New York City's very ugly and very congested Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The artsy soiree, replete with five hula hoopers, strings, woodwinds, horns, and Steven's homemade footage debuted at Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival. On October 20th, Asthmatic Kitty Records will release The BQE (October 19th on Rough Trade in the U.K.). More

Jul 10, 2009 By Michele Yamamoto

All Tomorrow's Parties New York, as co-curated by The Flaming Lips, has announced new acts for the 2009 Saturday and Sunday lineups, including Sufjan Stevens and Super Furry Animals. More

Jul 09, 2009 By Laura Studarus

Sorry, there's no news on Sufjan Steven’s perpetually on-hiatus 50 states project. However, on October 6th, Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty imprint will release Osso Quartet’s debut album—a re-imagining of Steven’s sophomore album, an ode to the Chinese Zodiac called Enjoy Your Rabbit. The new album, now titled Run Rabbit Run, will feature original artwork from artist Jessica Dessner. More

Oct 21, 2009 By Laura Leebove

Instead of waiting in the wings for the lights to go down on the stage of New York's Bowery Ballroom, Sufjan Stevens, after sound-checking his own equipment, nonchalantly picked up his banjo and began to strum the first chords of "The Mistress Witch From McClure." Dressed in a jersey T-shirt and jeans with a camouflage baseball cap tucked in his back pocket, this shy boy from Michigan is still modest, despite his four consecutive New York shows that sold out instantly. More

Sep 22, 2009 By John Everhart

Kurt Cobain once remarked caustically that he would only wear a tie-dyed t-shirt if it were made with "the urine of Phil Collins and the blood of Jerry Garcia." Perhaps he was rolling over in his grave when Sufjan Stevens and his band opened the main stage of ATP day 2 decked out in oversized tie-dyes. Delivering a set comprised of 2004's Seven Swans from start to finish, Stevens announced that, "this is a set for your hangovers." More