- Reviews: * The Verve at New York WaMu Theatre, Mon 28 Apr
- Reviews: * Mogwai at London Queen Elizabeth Hall, Mon 12 May
- Reviews: * Subtle - ExitingARM
- Features: * The Great Escape 2008: the DiS preview
- Reviews: * Pendulum - In Silico
- Reviews: * Tindersticks at London Royal Festival Hall, Sat 03 May
- Reviews: * Adam Green, Noah & The Whale at Manchester Club Academy (Cellar), Fri 11 Apr
- Reviews: * Effi Briest at London Camden Barfly, Tue 22 Apr
- Reviews: * Cut Copy at London King's Cross Scala, Wed 23 Apr
- Reviews: * Frightened Rabbit at London Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes, Thu 01 May
- Features: * Explosions In The Sky's guide to ATP
- Features: * Flight Of The Conchords: comedy Kiwis on their musical dabblings
- Reviews: * Late Of The Pier, The Displacements, A Place To Bury Strangers, Collapsing Cities at London Camden Barfly, Wed 07 May
- Reviews: * Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago
- Features: * Crawling, talking: The Wave Pictures in conversation
- * Black Lips @ London 100 Club, 15/05
- * The National @ Dublin Olympia, 15/05
- * Jens Lekman @ Glasgow Oran Mor, 15/05
- * the pAper chAse, Black Mountain, Vessels @ Leeds Cockpit, 15/05
- * The Raconteurs @ Liverpool Academy (Liverpool University), 15/05
- * Frightened Rabbit @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Caribou, Born Ruffians, Wildbirds & Peacedrums @ London King's Cross Scala, 15/05
- * The Twilight Sad, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty Summer @ Dunfermline Carnegie Hall, 15/05
- * Glass Candy, Mike Simonetti @ Manchester Star & Garter, 15/05
- * Nasty Fest IX @ Leeds The Faversham, 17/05
- * Example, Bloodgroup, Christopher D. Ashley @ Brighton Pressure Point, 17/05
- * Semifinalists, Bunny Rabbit, Telepathe @ London Barden's Boudoir, 18/05
- * Animal Collective, Atlas Sound @ Dublin Tripod, 19/05
- * Xiu Xiu @ London ULU, 19/05
- * Telepathe @ London ULU, 19/05
Sufjan Stevens
Signed to label: Rough Trade
From: Michigan, United States
Initially coerced into recording solo by longtime collaborator Daniel Smith (of the occasionally terrifying fancy-dressing Christian outfit Danielson Familie), Sufjan Stevens (it's SOOF-YAWN, by the way) has become internationally acclaimed as one of America's most idiosyncratic and prolific singer/songwriters.
His stupendously varied discography finds skittering glitchbeat experiments (Enjoy Your Rabbit) nestling beside Beck-like space-rock and in-jokes (A Sun Came), beautifully spare folk (Seven Swans) and lush, expansive orchestral pop (Illinois). It is predicted that by 2015, Stevens will have released approximately 8,000 new albums.
Releases
- Songs For Christmas - album, out 27/11/2006 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
- The Avalanche - album, out 24/07/2006 on Asthmatic Kitty. 1 review (read/post)
- Folk Off - album, out 10/07/2006 on Sunday Best. 1 review (read/post)
- Illinois - album, out 04/07/2005 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
- Seven Swans - album, out 10/03/2004 on Rough Trade. 1 review (read/post)
Past events
- Tue 22 Jan at Tokyo Shibuya Club Quattro. 1 review (read/post)
- Fri 03 Nov at London The Barbican. (post review)
- Thu 02 Nov at Manchester Academy. (post review)
- Wed 01 Nov at Dublin Olympia. (post review)
- Mon 31 Oct at London King's College. (post review)
- Mon 17 Oct at London Shepherds Bush Empire. 1 review (read/post)
News
- 12/12/2007: Sufjan Stevens to pose for Playboy?
- 06/10/2006: Another Daniel Johnston tribute record assembled
- 05/09/2006: Sufjan plays Santa: singer to release festive set
- 11/07/2006: Sufjan Stevens announces dates
- 27/06/2006: Sunday Best folk stuff up
- 07/04/2006: Sufjan to release Illinois outtakes
- 31/03/2006: Sufjan wins an award. Again.
- 03/02/2006: Sufjan PLUGs in and wins big
- 06/12/2005: Indie types tackle kiddie tunes
- 02/08/2005: Rubber Soul remake: The Donnas, Fiery Furnaces, Sufjan Stevens...
Features
- 07/05/2008: The Weekly DiScussion: the greatest bands to have never played at ATP
- 06/12/2007: Sufjan Stevens: bird watching yes, 'Away In A Manger' no
- 06/01/2006: Drowned in Sound's Top 46 Albums of 2005
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Relevant
- Features: * The Weekly DiScussion: the greatest bands to have never played at ATP
- Reviews: * Sufjan Stevens, My Brightest Diamond at Tokyo Shibuya Club Quattro, Tue 22 Jan
- News: * Sufjan Stevens to pose for Playboy?
- Features: * Sufjan Stevens: bird watching yes, 'Away In A Manger' no
- Reviews: * Sufjan Stevens - Songs For Christmas
- News: * Another Daniel Johnston tribute record a*sembled
- News: * Sufjan plays Santa: singer to release festive set
- Reviews: * Sufjan Stevens - The Avalanche
- News: * Sufjan Stevens announces dates
- Reviews: * Magnétophone, Various, Laura Cantrell, Clayhill, Sufjan Stevens, Animal Collective, Vetiver, Marissa Nadler, Espers, Dr Dog, Au Revoir Simone, Mi and L'au, Deep Elem, Jakokoyak, Tunng, Richard Swift, Vashti Bunyan, Listen With Sarah, This Is The Kit - Folk Off
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- Board_threads: * EITS ATP ROLLCALL
- Board_threads: * CARIBOU + BORN RUFFIANS + WILDBIRDS & PEACEDRUMS @ BRUDENELL, LEEDS - FRIDAY 23rd MAY
- Board_threads: * Those Dancing Days + The Research - June 3rd - Leeds
- Board_threads: * CHINCHILLAFEST 6 - 16/17/18 MAY leeds - fifteen quid - stage times....
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- Board_threads: * Glissando
- Board_threads: * Finch tonight!
