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Seven Style Songs to Help You Get Dressed
In honor of Paste’s new Lifestyle section (look for its debut in the Dec/Jan issue), let’s put together an outfit using seven of the best songs about fashion. Start with the main attraction: a pretty dress. Pick a black one that gets you lots of compliments. 1.Sufjan Stevens “That Dress Looks Nice On You"... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayLive Review: Sufjan Stevens and St. Vincent jam out to Phil Collins, more @ BAM Takeover 2008
St. Vincent's Annie Clark modestly announced that she would be introducing new songs during her 45-minute performance at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 2008 Takeover. It's the "right venue" to "embarrass" myself at, she quipped. Her statement didn't make much sense after rolling through an untitled track with a wicked salsa beat and "Bicycle," a lilting, melodic shuffle through ornate piano arpeggios. No, she was probably referring to her closing number, in which the Takeover curator himself, Sufjan Stevens, joined her on the melodica for a charming cover of Phil Collins' "In the Air Tonight."... read more
Found in: Paste:LocalSufjan Stevens launches takeover at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
Though he's been keeping busy with his commissioned symphonies, production work and film scores, prolific folk hero Sufjan Stevens has set aside some time-- 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. on Sept. 27, to be exact-- to curate the 2008 edition of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's now-annual Takeover.... read more
Found in: Paste:LocalSufjan Stevens helps out The Welcome Wagon's debut
Through the long, storied career of Sufjan Stevens... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens lends music to Natalie Portman's short film
This morning, The Playlist brought word that Eve, Natalie Portman's directorial debut, premiered at the Venice Film Festival accompanied by Sufjan Stevens tunes.... read more
Found in: Movies, NewsAsthmatic Kitty releases encyclopedic DVD
In addition of being the presumed moneybags behind the charming line of Sufjan Stevens performance stagewear, Asthmatic Kitty Records has always leaned heavily on visuals. Not only has the label established an installation at an art gallery in Indianapolis and co-presenting a film festival, but now wheezing felines are taking their visuals to a DVD player near you. Entitled Encyclopedia Asthmatica, Volume 1, the collection is the label's first visual compilation. Nearly all of the Asthmatic Kitty Records' roster, and many of those in the extended family, make an appearance somewhere on the DVD: from the playful choreography of the... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens presents Christmas song contest
Here's another innovative musical idea from a man who's full of them: Sufjan Stevens is proposing a trade. You send him your best original Christmas song, and he'll return the favor. Yeah, it's kind of weird. Basically, the winner of the contest relinquishes all rights to her composition to Sufjan's Asthmatic Kitty empire. Some prize, eh? But... in exchange, the triumphant songwriter receives an exclusive Christmas song from Sufjan. The winner can keep that song entirely to herself, like some profane secret between her and Sufjan, or share it with friends. The contest began today and ends midnight Dec. 1,... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens to speak on meaningful writing
Having exercised his literary credentials earlier this year by whipping up an intro for the latest Dave Eggers-edited Best American Nonrequired Reading, soft-singing indie heartthrob Sufjan Stevens plans to speak at New York City’s PENultimate Lit event on Nov. 28. At some point accompanied by veteran British singer/songwriter and Pushcart prize-nominated novelist John Wesley Harding, presumably not during his presentation since it’s difficult to lend an ear to two booksmart musicians at once, Stevens will attack the subject of “What Makes Writing Matter in the 21st Century?” Perhaps Stevens will suggest authors give their works a regional focus, thereby at... read more
Found in: Music, NewsChristmas songs get lullaby treatment
[Above: Sufjan Stevens] What do lullabies, rock, and Christmas have in common? Until a few weeks ago, not so much. But following the release of Lullaby Renditions of Christmas Rock Classics, the three will be permanently intertwined, so that the next time you decorate a tree, you will have to think of the Killers, and the next time you attend a Sufjan Stevens concert, your mind will turn to Santa, and the next time… You get the point. Lullaby Renditions is the latest compilation from the mad geniuses behind Rockabye Baby!, who have compiled an impressive array of Christmas-themed songs... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSufjan Stevens
Before Sufjan Stevens walked onto the Austin City Limits stage... read more
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