Posts Tagged ‘Sufjan Stevens’
Season’s Greetings from Live Music Blog
Here's a stocking full of holiday songs we've hand picked from the past few years to keep your playlists a little more current than the same ole' offering of Bing Crosby and Nat King Cole. Our seasonal selections range from songs by LCD Soundsystem, My Morning Jacket, Woods, Sufjan... more
PHOTOS: Sufjan Stevens XMess Sing-A-Long @ 9:30 Club, Washington, DC 11/24/12
Combining stunning songcraft with discount-store Halloween costumes and two-foot-tall inflatable elves, Sufjan Stevens’s “Xmas Sing-a-Long” at the 9:30 Club Saturday night split the difference between an all-ages indie-rock show and a grade-school holiday pageant. “Christmess,” to use the apt descriptor printed on the lyric sheets distributed as patrons filed into... more
TOUR DATES: Sufjan Stevens announces Xmas Tour, New Box Set
Sufjan Stevens announced a set of dates yesterday for an upcoming Christmas Tour. Starting the season promptly the day after Thanksgiving, the tour will kick off in Philadelphia and make its way all over the states before wrapping up at a two-night run at the Bowery Ballroom in NYC.... more
Video: Sufjan Stevens – “Seven Swans” @ Prospect Park, 8/2/11
Brooklynvegan has a fantastic writeup and photo gallery from last night's Sufjan Stevens show with My Brightest Diamond at Brooklyn's Prospect Park. This is how he opened the show... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7RyiX9O8IM This playlist has most of the show in decently pristine condition.
Sufjan Stevens Announces New LP, New Tour Dates
Sufjan Stevens is making hella news this week with the announcement of his next full length, The Age of Adz. For anyone pronouncing that last word like you're from the south side of Chicago (aaaaaaadz), it's actually pronounced like odds. Who knew. But most people thought he... more
Tour Dates: Sufjan Stevens Announces North American Tour
Sufjan Stevens announced a tour today that's taking him across the country this October and November with stops in New York City, Oakland, Boston, Philly and a few other major metros along the way. I've only gotten to catch his live show once in the past, but it literally... more
The National @ BAM, Brooklyn 2.22.08
Usually before I go to a concert I like to get extra familiar with the music I'm about to see performed. I'll read a bit about the band, listen to their albums a few times, and prepare for what I'm going to hear. Most of the time that... more
Bonnaroo 2007 | Lineup Rumors
There are a few music festivals that stir up the rumor mill pretty hard each year, and Bonnaroo is definitely part of that group... We haven't been down to Bonnaroo since my '04 Sun Poisoning Debacle, but that still doesn't stop us from asking the internet the following questions... Who's going to... more
I Tube, YouTube, We All Tube
Following up on yesterday's Sufjan Stevens video wankfest... Here are some fantasticly ferocious live music finds from YouTube... Disco Biscuits - "Voices Insane" One of my favorite-ist Bisco tunes... Radiohead - "15 Steps" Having never seen Radiohead live -- really, ever -- I was quite surprised to see that this is how Thom Yorke performs.... more
Sufjan Stevens – Austin City Limits [video]
Not a day goes by where you'll see numerous music bloggers go all ape-y over YouTube and what's it done for the medium... And I'm certainly one to stay true to that form... I caught this weekend's Austin City Limits featuring Sufjan Stevens and Calexico -- and while I was not necessarily... more
The Hold Steady | Fall 2006 Tour Dates
Photo © dayan Always being slow to pick up on the music blogger obsessions (+/- Pitchfork observations) -- I was very late to Arcade Fire, Sufjan Stevens, Tapes n' Tapes, etc. -- The Hold Steady continue to catch my attention when catching up with my fellow bloggers on my feed reader... I... more
Live Music Blog gets Press | What the hell does ‘glasnost’ mean?
I'll be honest, I had to look it up. Sorry to the LMB fans that have been hanging with me for a while -- the posting over the past two weeks has been a little lighter and little less timely than usual -- but with good reason on both fronts... No worries,... more
Sufjan Stevens @ the Riviera, Chicago, IL
Photo © cshimala I saw a fantastic show last night at the Riviera Theatre -- Sufjan Stevens & and his Magical Chinese Butterfly Brigade with opener My Brightest Diamond. More thoughts to come as I digest but it was a great show and definitely worth catching on the current tour. Don't... more
Sufjan Stevens – Majesty Snowbird [video/clip]
Everyone send kudos to Chris @ gorilla vs. bear for his excellent video clip shown above; it was taken last night at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. Update: here's a full video of a version of the song from one of the shows on the tour -- man, the... more
Sufjan Stevens Announces 2006 Fall Tour Dates
Photo © Petey P I know I'm a little late to get this posted but it's still something worth fawning over... From Asthmatic Kitty (Sufjan's label)... "For the first time in over a year, Sufjan Stevens is going on tour, bringing with him a talented group of musicians and friends including a small... more
My Morning Jacket added to Lollapalooza 2006
My Morning Jacket, not Sufjan Stevens, has been announced as the "special guest" for Lollapalooza 2006. They'll be playing the Friday night headlining spot opposite The Raconteurs. Fatty.
Sufjan Stevens Added to Lollapalooza 2006
Update: WRONG! Q101 took this down and admitted a mistake. Sufjan Stevens is the "special guest" at Lollapalooza 2006 (playing opposite the Raconteurs). Man -- that'll be a hard decision for me, actually... Confirmed on Q101.com. Not confirmed on Lollapalooza.com yet.
My Own Hype Machine
There's some good stuff floating around the mp3 blogs right now. I thought I'd round that up a little bit and give you those separate from all the standard links I've got going.All Things Go Sleep MixtapeBob Dylan - Freewheelin' Sessions | The Perm & the SkulletNeko Case - NPR... more
Thursday Links
Sorry for the lack of any major update yesterday. I was out of the "office" for a bit for a very good reason, one that will hopefully lead to some very good news. Feel free to send me stuff that I might have missed in my half day... more
Tuesday Links
The Flaming Lips have announced two nights at Webster Hall in New York City on March 31 and April 1, 2006. Sorta. It's not official official yet but I trust the source. Please Hammer, Don't Blog This! I seriously thought this was a joke, but the audioblogs on his site are definitely... more
Friday Links
Download all (most) of Rabit Fur Coat, the latest release by Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins. I think I like this, the jury is still out, but her voice is beyond soothing. ALO is gearing up to tour Europe, and it's a shame that I'll be over there but in a... more
2006 Sasquatch Music Festival
Update: the lineup for SASQUATCH 2007 is here... Jaw drops on keyboard... 2006 Sasquatch Music Festival May 26-28, 2006 Gorge Ampitheater George, WA Nine Inch Nails Beck Death Cab For Cutie Queens Of The Stone Age the Flaming Lips the Shins Ben Harper Arctic Monkeys Matisyahu the Decemberists HIM ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Neko Case Iron & Wine Rogue Wave Gomez Clap Your Hands Say... more
Weekend Roundup
In case you missed something this week... "Young Chuck Norris" Drops, Lyrics and Video Posted While not fully music related at all, I find this stuff hilarious and I hope you do, too... New STS9 Tracks The Disco Biscuits Ready The Wind at Four to Fly A best-of live album highlighting the last performances with... more
Friday Links
Following up on the new music releases this week... I've got Jenny Lewis in my hopper to check out, and the jury is back on Arctic Monkeys--amazing. It's Friday and I hope everyone is having a lovely day. In Arctic Monkeys land, there are four live sets to download from this site and... more
2006 Tibet House Benefit Concert Info
For some reason, the news of this slipped right past me... The 2006 Tibet House Benefit Concert is scheduled for March 1, 2006 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Past performers include R.E.M., Nellie McKay, John Cale, Trey Anastasio, and really tons of others. This will definitely be a classy... more
Heady Links
LOL, check this out... Common stereo-types of hippies being smelly, stoned, lazy and ugly looking prove consistantly true, but it is not enough to dissuade new youths from joining in. Help celebrate i guess i'm floating's 100th post and Hits from the Blog's 100th post by going to both sites and giving... more
Sasquatch 2006 Lineup Rumors
Update (2/21/06): The lineup has been posted and it looks fantastic. Sufjan Stevens, Wolfmother, Beck, Death Cab for Cutie, the Shins, the Flaming Lips, and plenty more... Call my an idiot or anything else, but I don't remember even hearing about this festival last year. Sasquatch 2006 doesn't even have... more
Heady Links
Has anyone been to Nakava in Boca Raton, FL? This is the first Kava bar that I'm aware of in the continental U.S. (I know there are some in Hawaii). I'm just curious... We've got some decent discussion going on the post I did regarding seeing bands/musicians before you/they... more
Heady Links
Now Playing: Piney's Apples #1 (Tea Leaf Green's first podcast) Variety reviews the Lincoln Center Sufjan Stevens show from the weekend. (via) Download this unbelievable 19 minute version of Waiting in Vain by Bob Marley & the Sons of Jah. Also, make sure you keep up with Fresh Bread's... more
Download Live Talking Heads Circa 1981
If you know anything about anything, you should love the Talking Heads. To me, that's just a given. Over at Ear Farm (a very cool blog definitely worth reading), they've gotten into a nice habit of posting weekly downloads that I've grabbed from before (see Sufjan Stevens 7.29.05). This past weekend's... more
Heady Links
Stereogum readers think that Sufjan Stevens should hit up California for the next in his 50 States project. For those not keeping track, he's done Michigan and Illinois thus far. Good stuff... Check out this video of Sleater-Kinney doing Wilderness (one of my favorites) from Vegoose. Andy Gadiel writes about... more
