Nov 18, 2022 By Mark Redfern

Under the Radar is excited to announce the full details of our new print issue, the My Favorite Movie Issue, in which musicians and actors tell us about their all-time favorite movies. Issue 70 features Sharon Van Etten and Ezra Furman on the two covers. It also features an in-depth joint interview between singer/songwriter Kevin Morby and actor/musician Jason Schwartzman about Rushmore, Morby’s favorite film (which Schwartzman starred in). More

Jul 01, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Sufjan Stevens has shared two newly released versions of the song “Fourth of July” from his 2015 album, Carrie & Lowell. Both versions were recorded during the sessions for the album in different studios—one was recorded at Bon Iver’s Alpha Base studio in Wisconsin, and the other is an acoustic version of the song that was taped at Stevens’ old studio in Brooklyn. Both versions will be featured on a 7-inch vinyl release set for December. More

Mar 08, 2022 By Joey Arnone

Rosie Thomas has shared a cover of Mariah Carey’s “Always Be My Baby” featuring Sufjan Stevens, The Shins, and Josh Ottum. It is the latest release in Thomas’ multimedia project Lullabies For Parents, which is designed to help parents find connection and comfort. More

Sep 24, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have released a new collaborative album together, A Beginner’s Mind, today via Asthmatic Kitty. You can stream it below. Also, today we posted our in-depth digital cover story interview with the duo about the album, along with our rave review of A Beginner’s Mind. Different films the two watched while recording the album inspired the songs. More

Sep 10, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)

Welcome to the 34th Songs of the Week of 2021. There were a whole lot of new songs this week, even though Monday was a holiday (Labor Day) here in the U.S. We narrowed it down to 12 favorites this week, with lots of good honorable mentions too. More

Sep 08, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine are releasing a new collaborative album together, A Beginner’s Mind, on September 24 via Asthmatic Kitty and now they have shared two new songs from it, “Cimmerian Shade” and “You Give Death a Bad Name.” The album is inspired by different films, with “Cimmerian Shade” taking inspiration from 1991’s Silence of the Lambs and “You Give Death a Bad Name” being inspired by 1968’s zombie classic Night of the Living Dead. More

Aug 13, 2021 By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)

Welcome to the 30th Songs of the Week of 2021. As I was on vacation last week, this week’s list covers the last two week’s worth of songs. So it’s a super-sized edition with a Top 12. More

Aug 10, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine are releasing a new collaborative album together, A Beginner’s Mind, on September 24 via Asthmatic Kitty and now they have shared two new songs from it, “Back to Oz” (shared via a video) and “Fictional California.” The album is inspired by different films, with “Back to Oz” taking inspiration from 1985’s Return to Oz and “Fictional California” being inspired by 2004’s direct-to-video cheerleading comedy sequel Bring It On Again. More

Jul 09, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2021. The American music industry pretty took Monday off due to Sunday’s July 4th holiday, so we expected slimmer pickings this week. It was not to be, thanks for some exciting album announcements. We settled on a Top 11 this week. More

Jul 07, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have teamed up and announced a new collaborative album together, A Beginner’s Mind, and have shared two songs from it, “Reach Out” and “Olympus.” The former was shared via a VHS-shot video featuring their dogs Joku and Charlie. More

May 04, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song titled “Incantation VIII.” It is to be featured on the fifth volume of his upcoming album Convocations. More

Apr 26, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song titled “Celebration VIII.” It is to be featured on the fourth volume of his upcoming album Convocations. More

Apr 19, 2021 By Mark Redfern

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song titled “Revelation II.” It is to be featured on the third volume of his upcoming album Convocations. More

Apr 13, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song titled “Lamentation II.” It is to be featured on the second volume of his upcoming album Convocations. The second volume, titled Lamentations, is out this Thursday (Apr. 15); Convocations will be out in full on May 7 via Asthmatic Kitty. More

Apr 06, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Sufjan Stevens has announced a new five-volume album, Convocations, which will be out in full on May 7 via Asthmatic Kitty. Stevens will be releasing Meditations, the first album volume, this Thursday (Apr. 8), and has shared a song from it titled “Meditation V.” A new volume will be released every week leading up to the full album’s release date. More

Feb 11, 2021 By Joey Arnone

Sufjan Stevens has shared a video for “Tell Me You Love Me,” taken from his most recent album The Ascension. The video was directed by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), and features contributions by visual artists Alessio Bolzoni and Celia Hempton. More

Sep 25, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has released a new album, The Ascension, today via Asthmatic Kitty. Now that it’s out you can stream the whole thing here. More

Sep 18, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to the 37th Songs of the Week of 2020. Just as we were finishing up this week’s list we got word that beloved Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. R.I.P. a true legend, the Notorious RBG. More

Sep 15, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new album, The Ascension, on September 25 via Asthmatic Kitty. Now he has shared another song from it, “Sugar.” There are two versions of the song, the over seven-minute long album version and a four-minute long version shared via a music video. More

Aug 14, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Jennifer Irving)

Welcome to the 32nd Songs of the Week of 2020. This week’s big political news was Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden announcing his highly capable running mate, Senator Kamala Harris. More

Aug 13, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new album, The Ascension, on September 25 via Asthmatic Kitty. Now he has shared another song from it, “Video Game,” via a video for the song. Nicole Ginelli directed the video, which stars and was choreographed by Jalaiah Harmon (who is described as “the teenage creator of the massively viral ‘Renegade’ dance”). Stevens says the song comments on social media and how we all look for approval from our followers. More

Jul 30, 2020 By Samantha Small

A few years ago Sufjan Stevens shared an unreleased track on Tumblr called “Give a Little Love.” Fans theorize the track is an outtake from 2010’s All Delighted People EP, but Stevens never officially released it—until now. Today, Parisian singer/songwriter Mina Tindle (aka Pauline De Lassus) has officially shared “Give a Little Love,” which features Stevens, via a video. More

Jul 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Julian Roberts-Grmela)

Welcome to the 27th Songs of the Week of 2020. There was a brief time when maybe one could have felt cautiously optimistic about the coronavirus, when it felt like it was okay to at least leave the house and interact with people outdoors in a socially distant way, but now it’s all feeling dire again, with COVID-19 cases soaring across the land. And we know who to blame. More

Jul 10, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new album, The Ascension, on September 25 via Asthmatic Kitty. Previously he shared the album’s first single, 12-minute long closing track “America.” Now he has shared the previously announced B-side for the “America” single, non-album track “My Rajneesh.” It’s a lush 10-minute long track. More

Jul 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts (with Stephen Axeman)

Welcome to the 26th Songs of the Week of 2020. Tomorrow is Independence Day here in America, but it’s hard to feel overly patriotic this year with the Trump administration continuing to botch the response to the pandemic and with so much to fix in this country—including systemic racism, police brutality, gun reform, climate change, and wealth inequality, to name just a handful of challenges. More

Jul 03, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a new album, The Ascension, on September 25 via Asthmatic Kitty. When it was announced on Tuesday it was promised that the album’s first single, 12-minute long closing track “America,” would be released today and here it is. Accompanying the song is a video of an American flag slowly blowing in the wind. With a title like “America,” its timed release the day before July 4th is no accident and in a press release Stevens says it’s “a protest song against the sickness of American culture in particular.” More

Jun 30, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has announced a new album, The Ascension, and will be releasing its first single, 12-minute long closing track “America,” this Friday. More

Mar 12, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has teamed up with his stepfather Lowell Brams for the new collaborative instrumental album Aporia, which is due out March 27 via Asthmatic Kitty. Now they have shared another song from the album, “Climb That Mountain.” More

Feb 19, 2020 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has teamed up with his stepfather Lowell Brams for the new collaborative instrumental album Aporia, which is due out March 27 via Asthmatic Kitty. Now they have shared another song from the album, “The Runaround,” via a video for the track. More

May 31, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Welcome to another Songs of the Week. After two weeks where we couldn’t even muster a Top 10, this week was an embarrassment of aural riches. We almost went for a Top 12 instead of our usual Top 10, but restrained ourselves. More

May 29, 2019 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has shared two new songs, “Love Yourself” and “With My Whole Heart,” in honor of LGBTQ Pride Month. He has also shared a 1996 demo of “Love Yourself” as well as a reprise of the song. More

Nov 08, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is no stranger to original Christmas music. Now he has shared a new version of his extremely rare 2007 Christmas song, “Lonely Man of Winter.” Listen below. More

Mar 05, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens was among the performers at last night’s 90th Academy Awards ceremony, performing his song “Mystery of Love” from the film Call Me By Your Name. Stevens’ performance featured a backing band that included St. Vincent(aka Annie Clark) and Moses Sumney. More

Feb 28, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Longtime Pacific Northwest singer/songwriter Laura Veirs is releasing a new album, The Lookout, her tenth solo album, on April 13 via Raven Marching Band Records. Previously the album’s first single, “Everybody Needs You,” was one of our Songs of the Week. Now she has shared another song from the album, “Watch Fire,” which features backing vocals from Sufjan Stevens. More

Feb 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

There’s not a strong history of indie rockers performing at the Oscars, simply because they aren’t often nominated for Best Original Song. But it’s been announced that Sufjan Stevens, who is nominated for Best Original Song for “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name, will perform the song at the ceremony on March 4. More

Jan 23, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

This morning the nominations for the 2017 Academy Awards were announced. Jonny Greenwood was nominated for Best Original Score for Phantom Thread and Sufjan Stevens was nominated for Best Original Song for “Mystery of Love” from Call Me By Your Name. More

Jan 04, 2018 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has two new songs in Call Me By Your Name, a new gay romance film directed by Luca Guadagnino that stars Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet and was one of 2017’s most acclaimed films. More

Dec 06, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has shared a new song, “Tonya Harding.” It’s about the 1990s figure skater that was banned from professional skating in 1994 due to an attack on rival skater Nancy Kerrigan by Shane Stant (who was hired by Harding’s ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard, Shawn Eckhardt). More

Nov 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015 and earlier this year he released a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live. Last Friday Stevens released a Carrie & Lowell mixtape entitled The Greatest Gift, via Asthmatic Kitty. More

Nov 21, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015 and earlier this year he released a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live. This Friday (November 24) Stevens is releasing a Carrie & Lowell mixtape entitled The Greatest Gift, via Asthmatic Kitty. It includes unreleased outtakes, remixes, and iPhone demos from the album and will be released on cassette, LP, and digital formats. Now you can stream the whole mixtape. More

Oct 26, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015 and earlier this year he released a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live. On November 24 Stevens is releasing a Carrie & Lowell mixtape entitled The Greatest Gift, via Asthmatic Kitty. More

Oct 13, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Last week we didn’t do a Songs of the Week post simply because there truly were hardly any new tracks worth considering for it. But this week there was a wealth of exciting new music. To help you sort through the multitude of fresh songs released in the last seven days, we have picked the seven best this week had to offer, along with highlighting other notable new tracks shared this week. Check out the full list below. More

Oct 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015 and earlier this year he released a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live. On November 24 Stevens is releasing a Carrie & Lowell mixtape entitled The Greatest Gift, via Asthmatic Kitty. It includes unreleased outtakes, remixes, and iPhone demos from the album and will be released on cassette, LP, and digital formats. Now he has shared a song from it, “Wallowa Lake Monster.” The haunting and simply chill-inducing track is nearly 7-minutes long and ends with a beautiful choir section. More

Aug 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Call Me By Your Name is a new gay romance film directed by Luca Guadagnino that stars Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet. It’s due out November 24 after premiering at Sundance earlier this year. The film features two new songs by Sufjan Stevens and one of them, “Mystery of Love,” can partly be heard in the new trailer for the film. More

Jul 18, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. It came out last month via 4AD and was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 50 Albums of 2017 So Far. More

Jul 17, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. It came out a few weeks back via 4AD and was our Album of the Week and one of our Top 50 Albums of 2017 So Far. More

Jul 14, 2017 By Stephen Mayne

This week we focus on a different Trump causing problems after Donald Jr’s. desire to thrust himself into the center of the Russia allegations emerged. We also throw in a little bit of healthcare, race relations, Radiohead, and a worrying new political candidate. More

Jul 11, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album about space and the planets, Planetarium, which came out last month via 4AD. At a concert in Paris yesterday at the Philharmonie de Paris the band fittingly covered David Bowie’s 1969 classic “Space Oddity.” More

Jun 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

If you support Under the Radar‘s Patreon page at the minimum contribution of at least $1.00 a month you get access to our Patreon-only feed featuring exclusive content only available to Patreon supporters. More

Jun 09, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

There is always a question of chemistry when four musicians each with strong talent and personality come together for a concept project. More

Jun 09, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight five albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. More

Jun 08, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. More

Jun 05, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. More

Apr 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015. Today he is releasing a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live, and now he has announced a Carrie & Lowell mixtape entitled The Greatest Gift, which is due out October 20 via Asthmatic Kitty. More

Apr 28, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Here we highlight nine albums due out today that we feel are most worth hearing. We have also included Amazon links for each album. If you click through those links and buy the album (or anything else on Amazon once you’ve clicked through) then Amazon rewards us with a sales percentage. More

Apr 25, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. More

Apr 24, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium. They previously shared a song from it, “Saturn,” via its video. More

Mar 31, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens released his acclaimed album Carrie & Lowell in 2015. Now he has announced a corresponding live album and concert film, Carrie & Lowell Live. More

Mar 27, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner (of The National), and James McAlister have all teamed up for a new collaborative album, Planetarium, and shared a song from it, “Saturn,” via its video. More

Jan 30, 2017 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has posted a statement to the Twitter account of his label, Asthmatic Kitty, about President Donald Trump’s immigration ban targeting countries that are predominately Muslim. Stevens’ note begins with: “There is really no such thing as an illegal immigrant, for we are all immigrants and refugees in a wildly changing world that is dominated by superfluous boundaries built by blood and war. More

May 23, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Car Seat Headrest (aka Will Toledo and band), just released their new album, Teens of Denial, on Matador. At last night’s show in Philadelphia the band covered two songs, Radiohead classic “Paranoid Android” (from 1997’s OK Computer) and Sufjan Stevens’ “Impossible Soul” (from 2010’s The Age of Adz). More

Apr 05, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Outside Lands have announced their 2016 lineup. The festival goes down August 5 - 7 at San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Highlights of the lineup include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, Air, Grimes, Sufjan Stevens, Beach House, Ryan Adams, Duran Duran, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals, Peaches, Kevin Morby, Lana Del Rey, DIIV, Big Grams, Julien Baker, Lionel Richie, Major Lazer, Jason Isbell, Lord Huron, Vince Staples, Years & Years, HÆLOS, POLIÇA, Ra Ra Riot, Rogue Wave, Caveman, Whitney, Miguel, and Chance the Rapper. More

Mar 01, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The company behind Coachella, Goldenvoice, are launching a new festival in New York City named Panorama and today the festival’s lineup has been announced. Panorama will go down at Randall’s Island Park in New York City, from July 22-24. The headliners will be LCD Soundsystem (in their first NYC show since their Madison Square Garden farewell concerts five years ago), Arcade Fire, and Kendrick Lamar. More

Feb 25, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens is releasing a special edition of his acclaimed 2005 album Illinois in honor of last year’s 10th anniversary of its release. The Illinois: Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition is due out April 1 via Asthmatic Kitty. More

Jan 12, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

The Sasquatch! Music Festival has revealed the lineup for their 2016 festival, their 15th year. Once again it will be going down Memorial Day Weekend (May 27 - 30) at the Gorge Amphitheater in Quincy, Washington. It’s a stacked lineup, including The Cure, M83, Sufjan Stevens, Grimes, Florence and the Machine, Wolf Alice, Julia Holter, Jamie xx, Caribou, Yeasayer, Savages, Kurt Vile, Mac DeMarco, and others.

Jan 04, 2016 By Christopher Roberts

Coachella has announced the line-up for their 2016 festival, which goes down in Indio, California over two weekends in April (with the same bill each weekend). Friday and Saturday are headlined by two newly reformed bands, LCD Soundsystem and Guns N’ Roses (featuring the reunion of Axl Rose and Slash). Calvin Harris headlines Sunday night. More

Oct 22, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has just shared a new remix of “Blue Bucket of Gold,” a song from his critically acclaimed latest album, Carrie and Lowell, which was released earlier in the year by Asthmatic Kitty. More

Jul 21, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Sufjan Stevens has announced some new fall U.S. tour dates. They include dates in Santa Barbara, Phoenix, Buffalo, Baltimore, Charlotte, Atlanta, Miami, Charleston, Nashville, Cincinnati, and elsewhere. More

Jun 12, 2015 By Christopher Roberts

Back in 2012 a one-night event was organized in Brooklyn. It was called One Night Stand, was put together by cellist Gaspar Claus, and featured Sufjan Stevens, More

Jun 05, 2015 By Laura Studarus

On June 4, 2015, Sufjan Stevens performed at Dorothy Chandler in Los Angeles, CA. More

Apr 13, 2015 By Trevor Flynn

To support his critically acclaimed new album, Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens has just shared a non-album track “Exploding Whale.” More

Mar 23, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Stevens’ upcoming album Carrie & Lowell is now streaming online. More

Mar 18, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Stevens has shared the delicate title track from his forthcoming new album Carrie & Lowell. More

Mar 11, 2015 By Laura Studarus

Sufjan Stevens’ new single “Should Have Known Better” is a piece of dark folk. More

Feb 16, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Stevens has premiered a brand new track titled, “No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross.” More

Jan 26, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

With his anticipated new album Carrie & Lowell set for release on March 31, Sufjan Stevens has announced plans for a new tour this spring. More

Jan 12, 2015 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Stevens has announced the release of Carrie & Lowell, his first album in five years. More

Jul 29, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

On Oct. 21 AIDS charity The Red Hot Organization will release a special tribute compilation honoring the work of deceased musical artist Arthur Russell, who succumbed to the HIV virus in 1992. More

Jul 01, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Better late than never, Sufjan Stevens has premiered a music video for “Year of the Tiger,” taken off his 2001 album Enjoy Your Rabbit. More

May 15, 2014 By Laura Studarus

On June 14, Sufjan Stevens will reissue his 2001 zodiac-themed album, Enjoy your Rabbit. More

Mar 12, 2014 By Sam Cleeve

Turns out New Order and Iggy Pop wasn’t the only star collaboration at last night’s Tibet House Benefit Concert. Carnegie Hall also played host to the National, who were joined by long-term collaborator Sufjan Stevens. More

Feb 18, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Just yesterday sharing a new track from their forthcoming self-titled debut, Sisyphus (formerly s / s / s), the collaborative project of Sufjan Stevens, Son Lux, and Serengeti, have offered up yet another piece of album with the track “Rhythm of Devotion.” More

Feb 17, 2014 By Mike Hilleary

Back in 2012 Sufjan Stevens teamed up with beatmaker Son Lux and rapper Serengeti for a new musical project called s / s / s, releasing an EP titled Beak & Claw in the process. More

Dec 19, 2013 By Laura Studarus

After releasing Beak & Claw as s/s/s last year, Sufjan Stevens, Serengeti, and Son Lux have announced a new album Sisyphus. More

Oct 29, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

At random points throughout the past year Sufjan Stevens has been doing some serious digging into his archives. More

Oct 22, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Sufjan Stevens is doing some serious Autumn cleaning. First he presented us with demos for “Casimir Pulaski Day” and “Take Me.” Now he’s letting fans hear a very early version of his 25-minute jam, “Impossible Soul.” More

Oct 16, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Known for writing material and putting it on his computer, only to rediscover its existence years later, the ever prolific Sufjan Steven has shared a new unreleased demo titled “Take Me.” More

Oct 14, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Recently musical artist Sinead O’Connor began writing a series of open letters to Miley Cyrus, decrying the controversial pop star’s attitude and actions in the wake of her now infamous VMAs performance. More

Mar 04, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Apparently still engaged in cleaning out his computer hard drive Sufjan Stevens has unearthed yet another demo from his archives, this time his track ”Casimir Pulaski Day.” More

Mar 01, 2013 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Steven is known for his prolific tendencies, but who figured even he had a hard time keeping track of his output. More

Jan 03, 2013 By Laura Studarus

Proving that he’s more than just Santa’s minion, today Sufjan Stevens let an unreleased song from 2009 album The BQE fly. More

Dec 11, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Squeezing as much holiday cheer as he can in the shortest amount of time possible, Sufjan Stevens has released a Christmas-themed hip-hop mixtape called Chopped and Scrooged. More

Dec 05, 2012 By Julia Underwood

Last night, December 4, Sufjan Steven’s Christmas tour (dubbed “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice”) rolled through Los Angeles. More

Nov 21, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Following a series of gory, beautiful, creepy, and hilarious videos supporting his holiday music box set Silver & Gold: Songs For Christmas, Sufjan Stevens has premiered yet another entertaining visual for one of the collection’s tracks, this time for his unique rendition of “Joy to the World.” More

Nov 20, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Sufjan Stevens truly regards Christmas as the season of giving. More

Nov 13, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

While fans are free to finally purchase his Christmas box set Sufjan Stevens has given those still on the fence the chance to stream the entirety of Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas Volumes 6-10 online. More

Nov 09, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Set to release his five EP boxset Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols 6-10 next week on Nov. 13, Sufjan Stevens has premiered a new music video to accompany the collection’s title track. More

Nov 07, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

With the country finally crossing the election finish line last night, Sufjan Steven decided it was best to say congratulations to everyone by sharing a special rendition of the ol’ red, white, and blue classic “The Star Spangled Banner.” More

Oct 24, 2012 By Mike Hilleary

Recently announcing the release of his very own holiday box set, Silver & Gold: Songs for Christmas, Vols 6-10, Sufjan Stevens has premiered a dementedly twisted music video for one of its included tracks “Mr. Frosty Man.” More

Jul 10, 2014 By Matt Fink

For this Throwback Thursday we revisit our 2005 article on Sufjan Stevens. Read on as Stevens discusses his acclaimed 2005 album Illinois, the seemingly since abandoned 50 states project, his relationship to the press, and his discomfort with all the attention he was receiving at the time. More

May 30, 2017 By Charles Steinberg

Sufjan Stevens’ unpredictability in concert follows from an eclectic artistic spirit, one so regularly forged and informed by the voices of personal history. He’s as prone to folding into a pocket of quiet acoustic soul searching as he is to opening up the floodgates of orchestral and electronic embellishment that transcends a room. More

Apr 18, 2016 By Marty Hill

Ten years have passed since Sufjan Stevens released Illinois, a concept album rooted in themes surrounding the U.S. state of the same name, supposedly his second instalment in a series of such records that would explore each state. More

Mar 27, 2015 By Jim Scott

There’s a common phrase placed on art: “a meditation on death,” which makes both the art and the act of grieving and realization of mortality seem like a gentle breeze. More

Dec 11, 2012 By Jim Scott

Five long years stretched between proper Sufjan Stevens albums, from 2005’s breakout Illinois to 2010’s heartbreaking The Age of Adz, but for those who believe that he is anything but prolific, Asthmatic Kitty presents the second compilation of Stevens’ Christmas EPs. Stevens somehow found time each year to explore the tensions between the garish commercialism and tradition and religious core of Christmas. More

Dec 07, 2012 By Laura Studarus

When you’re attending a show lovingly dubbed “Surfjohn Stevens Christmas Sing-A-Long: Seasonal Affective Disorder Yuletide Disaster Pageant on Ice,” you know what you’re getting yourself into. More

Dec 10, 2009 By Jim Scott

For those who are hoping The BQE represents the long-awaited next installment in Sufjan Stevens’ slow trek across the U. S. of A, look elsewhere. For those who are hoping to get some of Stevens’ trademark Americana lyrics and witty storytelling, you, too, are barking up the wrong tree. 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