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Half-Handed Cloud: Cut Me Down & Count My Rings
Song-a-minute songwriter digs into his archive, unearths some gems As a songwriter who made his name constructing grand song puzzles out of miniature interlocking pieces, John Ringhofer is the master of intricately fragmented art pop, with four full-length releases so tightly constructed that individual moments can hardly be extracted without compromising their elaborate song-suite structures. That his short-attention-span musical theater works just as well when pulled out from under the canopy of album-long arcs comes as a revelation on Cut Me Down & Count My Rings, a dazzling 46-song collection drawn from previously released EPs, compilations, cassette singles and vinyl... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsAsthmatic Kitty Adds Three Titles to Library Catalog Music Series
Asthmatic Kitty Records is expanding its peculiar Library Catalog Music Series, with instrumental albums meant to soundtrack sleeplessness, memory and carpooling coming later this year.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens, The National's Bryce Dessner Contribute to Album for Insomniacs
Sufjan Stevens, who's put his 50 States Project on hold for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, is now creating music about a state of mind.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsShannon Stephens: The Breadwinner
Before Sufjan Stevens dug into the Midwest’s history books... read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsSufjan Stevens Announces Fall Tour with Cryptacize
Sufjan Stevens seems to be taking 2009 a little more easily than 2008, though he has a film release coming up in October and was recently the subject of a remix mixtape. There's no word yet on how his 50-albums-for-50-states project is going, but for now fans can whet their appetite with nearly a month of tour dates this fall, mostly through the East Coast and Midwest, accompanied by Cryptacize. The venues are small, however, and Asthmatic Kitty Records warns that tickets will be limited.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens' Film, The BQE, to be Released in October
Two years ago, Sufjan Stevens unveiled a curious project at the Brooklyn Academy of Music: a multimedia homage to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway featuring three film projections, a 35-piece band and some very talented hula-hoopers.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsOsso Quartet Reimagines Sufjan Stevens' Enjoy Your Rabbit
Consider the upcoming release from Asthmatic Kitty a musical block party. Brooklyn's Ditmas Park neighborhood is a hotbed for creativity, home to Sufjan Stevens, The National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner and the string quartet Osso. Oct. 6 will see the fruit of this proximity, when Asthmatic Kitty releases Run Rabbit Run, the reimagination of Stevens' 2001 electronic record Enjoy Your Rabbit.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCastanets Announce New Album and Tour Dates
Asthmatic Kitty has announced the upcoming release of Castanets' latest full-length, Texas Rose, The Thaw, and the Beasts, scheduled to drop Sept. 22. Frontman Ray Raposa will add ornamentation to the work with help from Castanets regulars Henry Nagle and Suzanna Waiche and Asthmatic Kitty kindred DM Stith; they join six others to create the band's latest. It was produced by fellow Kitty Rafter Roberts.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsHelado Negro Uses Twitter to Release New Tracks
Much like time-wasting YouTube videos and stalk-inducing social networking sites, free album streams have become a delicious byproduct of technology. But while most artists use MySpace to share the wealth, new Asthmatic Kitty group Helado Negro will offer its new album a collection of new songs via Twitter.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsShannon Stephens Readies First Album in Nine Years, Offers Free Track
Shannon Stephens, lead singer of Sufjan Stevens' old band Marzuki, is set to release the first solo album since... read more
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