Haha, we'll see.

Whoa, that's great!

I want that magazine compilation! Lot's of good bands on it.

I'll listen to this later. Haven't listened to a Sufjan song this year, I don't think.

He's re-releasing Seven Swans on vinyl with a bonus 7-inch of out-takes. Loves his outtakes does this guy.

i'm not hugely enamoured with that tune.

A bonus 7" of two Sufjan songs from the "Seven Swans" sessions that are not available in any other format.

1 - I Went Dancing With My Sister (Side A)
2 - Waste Of What Your Kids Won't Have (Side B)

I bought that re-released vinyl edition of Seven Swans a coupla weeks back, seeing as I missed the vinyl first time around. Haven't listened to the 7" yet.

New song?

Listens. Rubs eyes.

Bizarre!

Re-listening, it's quite boring and I may never listen to it again.

Ray Jay Johnson!

this is terrible. if his up and coming is as terrible as this i think he may have lost a fan.

I'm hoping that it's a joke...

thank go.

this is sounding a hell of a lot better.

*thank god even.

Softcocks! That's a great song. When is the new album due?

i havn't heard anything yet. anybody?

I don't mind that song at all. it like nothing he's done before, but kinda like some stuff he hinted at on his first album.

I'd love to see a complete change in direction like this and a whole lot of confused indie kids as a result.

Mix CD that comes with June/July 07 issue of The Believer.

1. Deerhunter, “Hazel St.”
2. No Age, “Everybody’s Down”
3. Oxford Collapse, “Please Visit Your National Parks”
4. Sufjan Stevens, “In the Words of the Governor”
5. I’m From Barcelona, “The Painter”
6. Aesop Rock, “The Next Big Thing”
7. Reykjavík!, “Rex”
8. YACHT, “I Believe In You”
9. The Twilight Sad, “Watching That Chair Painted Yellow”
10. Of Montreal, “Du Og Meg”
11. Page France, “Without a Diamond Ring”
12. Clogs, “I Used To Do”
13. The Blow, “Parentheses” (Rory Phillips Remix)
14. Bill Fox, “My Baby Crying”
15. Explosions In The Sky, “The Long Spring”
16. Magik Markers, “Body Rot” (the no nude mix)
17. The Drones, “I Don’t Ever Want To Change”
18. Zach Condon, “Venice”
19. Lightning Bolt, “Deceiver”
20. Grizzly Bear, “Easier” (Alternate)”

sufjan is coming out for the sydney festival

Wha?!! Are you sure?!

Confirmed, Emmy - check the Syd festival threads.

Yay!

i'm wondering if he'll play anywhere else, or just sydders

Surely he will. Wouldn't very viable to bring out all those people for jsut the two shows, would it?

for you die hard stevens fans - the dude that wrote 'you are the blood' is touring this summer. myspace.com/castanets. tour info - pastfuturespresents.com

Why have I never listened to this before? Farkdammit! I like.

the BQE is a reasonably nice soundtrack for a movie in his head. rabbit is pissfarting about with a string quartet. i remain unconvinced to this 'enormous genius' of which some people speak.

Rabbit is arrangements of a pretty out-there experimental electronic album that he released years ago, by other composers. It's not really his work at all.
The BQE is pretty impressive considering it's all his own work - orchestrations and all.
And I'd say that something like his arrangement/augmentation of that Castanets song (''You Are The Blood'') on the Dark Was The Night is pretty much genius.

(And The BQE comes with a DVD of the movie, not in his head :P Although I have to admit that, as with most albums that come with DVDs, I haven't bothered to watch it yet...)

sir, i bow to your superior knowledge of both mr stevens, and as a chap with some knowledge of pissfarting about with a string quartet. ;-)

but nothing i've heard tonight, or of his more orthodox songwriting, has me working out why some people whose taste i respect rate him so highly.

but nothing i've heard tonight, or of his more orthodox songwriting, has me working out why some people whose taste i respect rate him so highly.

I guess it's like the Beatles.
Or heck, The Who, to speak personally. There's no accounting for taste!

No one mentioned the new EP yet? It's up on his Bandcamp page for download/stream. Download is only $5 USD which given the EP is almost an hour long seems pretty reasonable.

http://sufjanstevens.bandcamp.com/

It's really awesome.
I played some last night on the raddio.

so beautiful! love it.

It's awesome. Well worth the wait. Go Sufjan!

New album October 12th!

Age of Adz. Pronounce ''odds''. 'Coz he can.

cjoice,

New album leaked.

Has auto-tune on it.

Just had my first listen. I really like it.

Reminds me of Son Lux - At war with walls and mazes. Kinda mix that with bits of al his other albums and you have this. Great album.

Wow. this is awesome.

It's fantastic. First time through I liked some bits, didn't like some bits. Second listen (last night) I loved it to bits.

First listen of this album today and it's amazing. It's been a while since something has grabbed me straight away like this. so nice for a Sunday too.

This album is genius. I still can believe how good it is.