Sufjan Stevens - "So You Are Tired"

Sufjan Stevens has announced his next album, titled Javelin, and shared the moving new single, "So You Are Tired."

Sufjan Stevens - "Video Game"

Sufjan's new record The Ascension is due on September 25 and today he has shared the second single from the album, "Video Game."

Sufjan Stevens - "My Rajneesh"

Following his collaborative, instrumental album Aporia, with his stepfather Lowell Brams earlier this year, Sufjan Stevens has announced the proper follow-up to 2015's Carrie & Lowell and shared a non-album track that still feels like an incredible statement.

Sufjan Stevens - "The Unlimited"

It's been five years since Sufjan's last release, 2015's beautifully devastating Carrie & Lowell, and now the singer has shared the first new single off his new album, Aporia.

Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Benefit Concert

This year was the Tibet House US 30th Anniversary Tibet House Benefit Concert and it happened to coincide with the legendary Phillip Glass's 80th birthday. The line-up was as stacked as ever.

Panorama | 2016

For years, it felt as if there was a festival drought in the North Eastern part of the country. Now, after a few years of success with Governor's Ball, the people who bring you Coachella have thrown their hat into the mix with Panorama.

Albums of 2015

It's hard to reiterate just how much great music there was in 2015. From the smooth sounds of Miguel, to Kendrick's opus, pristine folk from Sufjan Steven and Joanna Newsom, supreme metal from Baroness, Sannhet, and Deafheaven, TWO Beach House records, a dreamy Deerhunter, and the stunning return of Sleater-Kinney, it really seems like there was something for everyone this year. I extended my list to forty albums this time around and still had difficulty narrowing things down in the end. These are my favorite albums of 2015.

Sufjan Stevens - "Should Have Known Better"

Sufjan Stevens has shared the second single, "Should Have Known Better", from his newest album Carrie & Lowell.

Sufjan Stevens played the Beacon Theater

Upon first listen to Sufjan Stevens, it is apparent that nothing about him is simple. The progression of his work has done nothing but prove that notion and his live performance seals the deal. For the final stop on his first proper tour in several years, the grandiose nature of his recordings were brought to life by an eleven person backing band including ribbon twirlers, interpretive dancers, and a stereo arrangement of percussionists surrounding the ring leader himself at center stage. The show opened and closed with old classics; the slow banjo plucking of "Seven Swans" kicked off the evening before an onslaught of new material and the sensational "Chicago" was the lone encore. Despite the possible unfamiliarity of the new tunes, the show itself was a spectacle complete with stimulating visuals, complex backdrops, elaborate costume changes, and a full performance of The Age of Adz epic closer "Impossible Soul". There was witty banter between songs during which Mr. Stevens referred to his prophet grandfather who shot lightning bolts from his hands and feet and gave an extensive background of the artist whom inspired his latest work. Full rich dense textures of new favorites "Too Much" and "I Walked" took the crowd to the cosmos and folk ballad "Heirloom" was as light as a cloud. The crowd finally rose to applause as balloons fell from above at the end of the main set and an ever gracious and majestic Sufjan bowed before an embracing audience.

Sufjan Stevens - "I Walked"

The internet seems to have gone into a slight frenzy over the past few weeks over baroque-pop/indie folk superstar Sufjan Stevens. It all began when his label Ashmattic Kitty posted dates to his first proper tour in a few years, followed by an instantly available EP entitled All Delighted People. Then yesterday came the announcement of his first proper LP since the glowing Illinois, called Against All Adz and today the fourth track on the album is streaming at his bandcamp page. It seems good things have finally come after the years of waiting. Electronic drums have replaced the orchestral nature associated with Stevens, however the angelic voice and choir seem to fit quite nicely amongst the new arrangements. Listen to the track below.