Sufjan Stevens

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) MP3 The Decemberists - "The Engine Driver" MP3 The Fire Theft - "Heaven" MP3 Rocky Votolato - "Don't Walk Out On Me" MP3 Maximo Park - "Grafitti" MP3 Sufjan Stevens - "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out To Get Us" MP3 The National - "All the Wine" MP3 Matt Pond PA - "Last Song"

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Half-Handed Cloud As labelmates of Sufjan Stevens and Castanets, this one man band often gets overlooked. Well, he shouldn't. Combining eclectic musical seizures with strange, often funny lyrics, Half-Handed Cloud is definitely one of the most unique and interesting artists I've eve...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) So the other day I bought a banjo. Why? Because I'm cooler than you. MP3 Sufjan Stevens - The Transfiguration (Live) (from Live Performance @ KEXP 10/13/04) MP3 Steve Martin - You Can't Sing a Sad Song While Playing The Banjo (from SNL)

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Link to Torrent. (356 MB, FLAC) 1. The Fifty States 5. Sister 6. John Wayne Gacy, Jr. 7. Casimir Pulaski Day 8. Jacksonville Cheer 9. Jacksonville 11. Chicago Cheer 12. Chicago 13. Come On! Feel The Illinoise! 14. Metropolis Cheer 16. Illinois Cheer

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) Also, I'm going to start only keeping things up for about a week or so. I'll keep important things up for a long time (like the Sufjan Stevens stuff and for now, the National Live @ KEXP), so don't worry about stuff like that. MP3 Suite No. 2, Prelude MP3 Suite No. 3, Gigue

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) I'm really suprised it took me so long to get into Castanets. I mean, after all, they are on the same the label as the great Sufjan Stevens. Castanets is what I'd call "raw," but not in the sense that his talent has yet to be developed. In fact, that's far from the case. His vocals are pushed and stres...

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) So here are a few random songs I'm really digging. MP3 Xn - Vito's Ordination Song (Live)(Sufjan Stevens' Cover) MP3 Marzuki - No One Likes a Nervous Wreck (from No One Likes a Nervous Wreck) MP3 Matt Pond PA - Grave's Disease (Live) (From live performance at KEXP)

By Aaron(noreply@blogger.com) As I work on my final Sociology paper, I just have one thing to say today: Head over to You Ain't No Picasso for a full concert video of the one and only Sufjan Stevens. Props to Matt for putting this is up.