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Watch Sufjan Stevens and Bryce Dessner Perform "Pleasure Principle"

Whether you were first acquainted with the track in your living room or as a wide-eyed audience member during the singer’s sensory rich live performances, it’s hard not to consider Sufjan Steven’s sprawling 25-minute “Impossible Soul” as one of the highlights of last year’s The Age of Adz....  read more

Check this Out: Free MP3 from Victoire

What happens when you combine the sounds of classical strings, woodwinds, digital beats and occasionally, bits of old tape? In the wrong hands, the answer is "a horrible cacophony." But in the collective hands of Victoire however, you get music worth getting excited about. Both familiar and entirely foreign, the music of the Brooklyn-based band could easily be the soundtrack to your dreams-assuming you are a fever-stricken genius. Click the image to listen to the track "A Song For Mick Kelly" from the upcoming record, Cathedral City, out September 28 on New Amsterdam Records. Still need another reason to listen...  read more

Watch Sufjan Stevens' Experimental Film with Live Soundtrack from Members of The National

The National and Sufjan Stevens have become quite cozy over the years, with Stevens guesting on Boxer and The National’s upcoming High Violet. Last month’s Big Ears Festival found brothers and National guitarists Bryce and Aaron Dessner scratching Stevens’ back by providing a live soundtrack to the Illinoisemaker’s experimental film, Destroy All Those Irritating Memories (via Pitchfork). Thank goodness someone bootlegged a video of the performance!...  read more

Knoxville's Big Ears Fest to Feature Vampire Weekend, St. Vincent, Joanna Newsom, Many More

Knoxville, Tenn.’s Big Ears Festival should be much bigger than its inaugural event last year, continuing to highlight the best in music, visual art and film with a weekend of concerts, exhibitions, screenings, lectures and workshops. The event, which will go down March 26-28, has expanded to host over 30 artists and bands that are expected to perform about 50 concerts in eight different venues. Tickets went on sale late last week via the festival’s website, BigEarsFestival.com....  read more

Sufjan 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