Sufjan Stevens

By Kerry Skemp That feeling of wanting was not helped by how much Fitzsimmons’ voice recalls Sufjan Stevens (interesting note: Fitzsimmons actually lives in Jacksonville); we spent half the night just waiting for the lush choruses of strings, horns, and singers that back up Stevens’ infectious tun...

By jon petitt Andrew Bird has put out ten albums, but it was number nine, "The Mysterious Production of Eggs," that took him from underground indie musician to a rival to Sufjan Stevens for the indie kind crown. His latest, "Armchair Apocrypha," is even better - it retains the violin sound for which Bird...