Sufjan Stevens

Wall Street Journal Discovers Sufjan Stevens Christmas Song in June

source: Village Voice

Back on one of the colder, more snow-choked days of February, we sent SOTC buddy Jessica Suarez deep in the wilds of Crown Heights to hear a song by Sufjan Stevens that, at the time, only a handful of other people on the planet had heard. ...

Published Fri, Jun 12

CHRISTMAS 2040 - Boris Smile

source: vids.myspace.com

Christmas 2040" Boris Smile 2007 Boris Smile's submission to the Sufjan Stevens Xmas Xchange Contest. Boris Smile was a category winner in the ... vids.myspace.com

Published Wed, Mar 18

Parenthetical Girls

source: San Diego Reader

 CA Pennington also, apparently, has a thing for Christmas music — he’s released almost as many Christmas EPs as Sufjan Stevens.) There are about 15 semiregular members of the Parenthetical Girls, including such notables as Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu and ...

Published Wed, Mar 18

[End of the Road; 2008]

source: Pitchforkmedia.com

 IL than those of Sufjan Stevens, they have a few things in common. Hamilton is undoubtedly prolific, extracting these 14 songs (even borrowing from "Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing", the same hymn Stevens covers for one of his Christmas collections) ...

Published Thu, Mar 5

Various: Dark Was The Night

source: Drowned In Sound

 UK rendition of Dylan’s ‘I Was Young When I Left Home’ and Aaron Dessner couples up with Justin Vernon for the orchestral sweep of ‘Big Red Machine’ (they also play on Sufjan Stevens’ non-Christmas themed contribution but I'll get there in a minute). ...

Published Mon, Feb 16

"Unheard" Sufjan Song Gets Exclusive Listening Parties

source: Pitchforkmedia.com

 IL Back in 2007, Sufjan Stevens conducted "The Great Sufjan Song Xmas Xchange," in which the singer-songwriter asked fans to send him holiday tunes. The person behind the best entry would win the rights to an exclusive Sufjan Christmas track, while Sufjan ...

Published Mon, Feb 9

Podcast: Local Natives (interview, MP3s)

source: EAR FARM

Southern California is the entertainment capital of the world. A land where the sun pays a refreshing… above: the Local Natives Christmas card See Local Natives LIVE in New York City: Friday January 9th at Pianos; Saturday January 10th at Public Assembly.

Published Wed, Jan 7

EAR FARM’s Mixtape #39: Boxing Day

source: EAR FARM

A Christmas box is, in English tradition, a clay box used in artisan shops. Apprentices, masters, visitors, customers, and others would put donations of money into the box, like a piggy bank, and then, after Christmas, the box would be shattered and all the contents shared among the worke...

Published Fri, Dec 26