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  Hear Chris Schlarb's Mellow Brian Wilson Cover With Sufjan Stevens

  May 2, 2013 – Chris Schlarb is set to release Psychic Temple II, the sequel to 2010's masterful, restrained ambient-jazz opus Psychic Temple, this summer via Asthmatic Kitty. Here, his drifty minimalist jazz expands to include a little more twangy indie rock and some tasteful covers — including Frank Zappa's "Sofa No. …
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  The National's New Album to Feature St. Vincent, Sharon Van Etten, Sufjan, and Everyone Else

  March 22, 2013 – The National's new album Trouble Will Find Me will be jam-packed with guests, according to an interview with drummer Bryan Devendorf. In speaking to Gothamist, the Brookyln band's skinsman let slip that Sufjan Stevens, St. Vincent's Annie Clark, Arcade Fire's Richard Reed Parry, Sharon Van Etten, Doveman's Thomas Bartlett, and Dark Dark Dark singer Nona Marie Invie. …
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  Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, and Nico Muhly Light Up Their Proggy 'Planetarium' in Brooklyn

  March 22, 2013 – Lasers! Orchestral strings! Brass! A violin bow sawing an electric guitar! A giant, floating planet! Cloudy, trippy lights! Auto-Tuned space voice! …
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  Local Natives' Taylor Rice Rides for Sufjan, Attempts to End the NYC vs. LA Debate

  January 24, 2013 – Full of lush vocal harmonies and ringing guitars, Local Natives' 2010 debut album, Gorilla Manor, had an unmistakably Californian aura. For the follow-up, though, the Los Angeles foursome decamped to Brooklyn to work with the National's Aaron Dessner who co-produced the intricate follow-up, Hummingbird (Frenchkiss), at his home studio. …
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  Hear Sufjan Stevens' Emerson, Lake & Palmer Homage 'Which One Are You?'

  January 3, 2013 – Long before Sufjan Stevens relocated to a winter wonderland with his Silver and Gold Christmas song set, the florid indie folk star was preoccupied with much-maligned New York highway the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. …
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  Sufjan Stevens, the Melvins Prep New Music for Joyful Noise's 2013 Flexi Disc Series

  December 17, 2012 – Joyful Noise Recordings' Flexi Disc Series will return in 2013 with new music by Sufjan Stevens and Cat Martino, the Melvins, Helvetia with members of Built to Spill, WHY?, and more. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Sufjan Stevens, Young Jeezy, Chairlift, and Katy B

  December 13, 2012 – Another week brings another crop of ready-to-stream albums, here for your listening pleasure.1) Sufjan Stevens, Chopped and Scrooged (Christmas Mixtape). "The set redoes Silver and Gold tracks like 'The Child with the Star on His Head' and 'Dream Catcher,' but adds boom bap beats, chopped vocal snippets and verses from the likes of now-extinct rap outfit Das Racist, Busdriver, Kitty Pryde, the Pro Letarians, and more."&nb …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Rage Against the Machine, Ke$ha, Sufjan Stevens, Mogwai

  November 28, 2012 – Another bounty of full-album streams is upon us. Clear your day and hit that play.1) Rage Against the Machine, Rage Against the Machine XX. "Their debut seethes with revolutionary fury, and it still sounds fresh on the lavishly ... remastered redux that includes demos [and] B-sides." - SPIN (via Spinner)2) Mogwai, A Wretched Virile Lore. …
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  10 Albums You Can Hear Now: Bjork, Flaming Lips, Action Bronson, and More

  November 15, 2012 – Another week brings another collection of streaming albums, ready for your immediate listening pleasure.1) Bjӧrk, bastards. From Bjӧrk: "I was incredibly impressed by how the core of the mixes took Biophilia somewhere else while still keeping its character, and like they so often do when at their best: the remixes gave the songs more beats; legs to dance on." (via the Guardian)2) Flaming Lips, Playing Hide and Seek with the Ghosts  …
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  Sufjan Stevens and Busdriver Save Christmas, Diss Mel Gibson on 'Ding-a-Ling' Remix

  October 12, 2012 – Early in the week, SPIN alerted you to the impending sing-along road show extravaganza that baroque-pop strangeoid and seasonal holiday sprite Sufjan Stevens is planning in support of his pending Silver and Gold: Songs for Christmas, Volumes 6-10 box set, due out November 13. This morning he shared a goofy track about Jesus called "Ding-a-ling-a-ring-a-ling," which we skipped due to its meatless, demo vibes. …
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