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Sufjan Stevens w/ Clogs @ BAM in February We are extremely excited to announce the addition of Sufjan Stevens to the ATP-curated Saturday lineup.

Those of you waiting for Sufjan Stevens to release an album based on your home state , will unfortunately have to wait a little longer.

My favorite of this week. V/A- Well Hung- 20 Funk Rock Eruptions from Beneath Communist Hungary / Volume 1 Actually I think this is my favorite.

The song's second verse goes like this: "You know they call them killer whales/But you seem surprised/When it pinned you down to the bottom of the tank/Where you can't turn around/It took half your leg and both your lungs.'' It's grisly stuff, the kind of violent, elemental imagery you might expect from a scratchy Appalachian recording crackling ...

Free is the new black, and here are two cool new albums you can cop gratis. First, Spin magazine commissioned a well-curated Prince tribute album for the 25th anniversary of Purple Rain featuring respectable acts like Riverboat Gamblers, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Of Montreal and Lavender Diamond.

Alphabetical Listing Home : CD reviews : Indie : Sufjan Stevens Sufjan Stevens - Illinoise - Sufjan Stevens is brilliant.

Although Trent Reznor's big-upped Grizzly Bear on his defunct Twitter, he gave the soothing side of indie rock a big kiss in high profile print recently, telling Newsweek : I saw Sufjan Stevens last year, and I was like, how is his singing that good? The band Grizzly Bear, I think they're excellent.

One of the most memorable turns of phrase from the past few years of original rock music has to be "Jesus Saves, I Spend," from St.

It definitely comes down to personal preference. I know a lot of people like to accompany their keyboard time with electronic/ambient music.

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.

Chicagoan Andrew Bird, much like folk-pop favorite Sufjan Stevens, bears one of those rare pop minds that manages to work in wild flights of experimentation while keeping a close eye on hooks.

The Restoration - Credit The Restoration for being far more enterprising than most newly minted local bands: Not six weeks after its christening, this troupe of time-traveling youngsters is following up its impressive three-track demo with a brand spanking new video, for the ominously titled "Drowning Mr.

He is well on his way to developing an original creative personality; his music absorbs everything from nineteen-twenties neoclassicism to blue-grass and modern indie pop, with potent melodies bridging the disparate styles.

San Francisco veterinarian Dr. Frances Gulland is committed to saving sick marine mammals, but shea s also desperately trying to figure out whata s killing them.

NORMAN WONGGentleman Reg, a Canadian singer-songwriter, brings songs from his album ''Jet Black'' to Boston with a show next week at the Middle East Downstairs.

SOME FOLKIES WANT YOU to cry. But more and more, Jenny Owen Youngs just wants her audience to groove.

Ash will launch its comeback with a little help from the alphabet. The British act revealed it'll release a song for every letter of the alphabet in its aptly titled "A-Z Series." The singles, which are set to be released digitally from the band's website, show up every couple weeks starting sometime later this fall.

Image of St. Vincent by C. Fernsebner. Popular Music Fans of quirky indie pop like Sufjan Stevens or Polyphonic Spree might know Annie Clark, alias St.

No, that's not what Mariah Carey wore to the red carpet. That's her travel outfit on her flight over to attend the very successful Precious screening .

Already this year, the double-disc "Dark Was The Night" compilation has enraptured the indie-rock cognoscenti, with its charitable aim and contributions from folks like Andrew Bird, David Byrne, the Arcade Fire, Cat Power, The Decemberists, Feist, Ben Gibbard, My Morning Jacket, Sufjan Stevens and more.