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Hymns from Nineveh

Hymns from Nineveh If any of my close friends or family heard me singing "The Kingdom is near / Christmas is here", I'd earn more than a few raised eyebrows. Christmas music doesn't ring from my speakers very often … and never as devotional folkpop. And never ever on repeat. What can I say? Jonas H. Petersens is impressive, and he'd have my support whether singing about Jesus or Captain Crunch. All he has to do is deliver each song with the same sincerity as "So Mournful the Elegy, So Comforting the Hymn" or with the same joyfulness as [...]

Juan Alban – Death in the Family

Juan Alban – Death in the Family Download link is in the original post Sounds like: Sufjan Stevens, Damien Rice, Husky Song: Juan Alban - Death in the Family [download here ] What's so good? [...]
Artist:Juan Alban
Title:A Death In The Family
Link Text:Juan Alban - Death in the Family
File Name:01adeathinthefamily1.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Singer/Songwriter
Year:2011

Mikaela Davis – Dreaming

When most people think of the harp in the modern era, they think of weddings, hotel lobbies, the mall, or, of course, angels. Mikaela Davis is setting out to change that perception. This blonde-haired lass from Rochester just released a video for her single "Dreaming" and it's absolutely fantastic. Despite having graduated from high school two years ago, she sings with a conscious melancholy that comes from coping with her father's transcontinental move when she was 12. She introduced herself to the internet with a majestic cover of Sufjan Steven's Casimir Pulaski Day and has been [...]

Introducing — Mikaela Davis: "Dreaming"

DREAMING -- Mikaela Davis
The wonderful video for this song by Mikaela Davis - a Rochester, NY native who has been playing the harp since she was a child - has a sort of handheld-cam Wes Anderson vibe, and it fits the mood of the song rather well. Davis is working on an album with a couple of friends [...]
Artist:Mikaela Davis
Title:Casimir Pulaski Day
File Name:SoundCloud

Sufjan Stevens, Philip Glass, Bryce Dessner to play MusicNow Festival 2012

MusicNow is an annual Cincinnati-based music festival created by The National's Bryce Dessner, showcasing "contemporary music and artists that take risks and do not fit neatly into categories." This year's installment runs March 28-30th and features performances by Sufjan Stevens, Philip Glass, and Dessner himself, as You Ain't No Picasso points out. Day one will feature an organ concert by James McVinnie, who will be performing new pieces from Arcade Fire's Richard Parry and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, along with selections from Glass, Bach, Arvo Part, and Nico Muhly. The following day will feature a performance by Glass [...]

Throwback Tuesdays (Week 11)

Throwback Tuesdays (Week 11) It's hard to believe that Annie Clark of St. Vincent was once just a backing member for Sufjan Stevens (not that that isn't an honor in itself). She's come such a long way since then and not only has she proven herself as a solo artist, worthy of every bit of attention she's gotten over the last few years, but she's also managed to melt the hearts of many with her vast personality, which bleeds through the power of her music, oh so well. One moment delicate and as sweet as a honeybee and the next, [...]

I was challenged to defend my theory that Sufjan is a modern-day Mussorgsky

...and why, by contract, Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor is today's Mozart. Challenge accepted! You're probably most familiar with Mussorgsky's most popular piece, "Night on Bald Mountain." However, I was always drawn to his later work, "Pictures at an Exhibition" from 1874. It's a very musically literal piece, as are most of his works, but this is about as literal as you can get: The composer

[Introducing] – Teletextile

[Introducing] – Teletextile Tweet It is a rare treat when a group like Teletextile falls into your lap, and you realize that you have been given the opportunity to share something truly special with others who are bound to be a bit *ahem* blown away. Despite being recorded in June of 2011, I consider this to be my first exciting discovery of 2012. I am bound to be putting some great tunes, such as "I Don't Know How To Act Here" on several mix CDs [...]
Link Text:Stream
File Name:ap-k4mn5acwd310.mp3
Artist:Teletextile
Title:Track 02 - I Don't Know How to Act Here
Link Text:Teletextile- “I Don’t Know How to Act Here”
File Name:I-Dont-Know-How-to-Act-Here.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps

This Week on Bandcamp: Kid Akimbo, The Ethical Standard, Paper St, MPSO, Major Napier

Download new covers of Michael Jackson, Portishead, Sufjan Stevens, Radiohead, and Sharon Van Etten!

Own It or Disown It #18: Sufjan Stevens, Illinois

Own It or Disown It #18: Sufjan Stevens, Illinois There are the essential albums that need to be in everyone's collection. There are the personal favorites, the ones that aren't highly acclaimed but still get played every once in a while. And then there are the albums that you stick in the back of your collection because you want to forget that you spent money on them. "Own It or Disown It" gives the writer the opportunity to look at such discarded albums and determine if they are diamonds in the rough or if they deserve to be used as mini-frisbees. [...]

Download Cover EPs by Sister Crayon and Bird by Bird

Download covers of Sufjan Stevens, Pat Benatar, and a bunch more from both Sister Crayon and Bird by Bird.
Artist:Bird by Bird
Link Text:Bird by Bird – Love Is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar cover)
File Name:05LoveIsaBattlefield.mp3
Artist:Sister Crayon
Title:Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover)
Link Text:Sister Crayon – Futile Device (Sufjan Stevens cover)
File Name:05FutileDevices.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2011

Best Of 2011, Guest Editors: Of Montreal On Sufjan Stevens

As 2011 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. of Montreal's music is hard to define, given it changes more often than frontman Kevin Barnes' sequined and feathered outfits during a live show. One album might be heavy on [...]

Sister Crayon >> Sufjan Stevens, 2011

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File Name:Sister Crayon - Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover).mp3
Artist:Sister Crayon
Title:Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover)
Link Text:Sister Crayon - Futile Devices [Sufjan Stevens]
File Name:Sister Crayon - Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:2011

Sufjan Stevens – Put The Lights On The Tree

Sufjan Stevens – Put The Lights On The Tree This is not how I intended on ending. I had another song planned but as the days went by I felt like I was missing the spirit of the holidays in the offerings. It has never really mattered, the Musical Fruitcake has never been meant to be a holiday themed collection, but for some reason it was nagging at me. But what song would work? Then my oldest son's teacher sent home a collection of holiday stuff with him and this was on it. My wife played it one day as we drove and it [...]
Artist:Sufjan Stevens
Title:Put the Lights On the Tree
Link Text:Sufjan Stevens - Put The Lights On The Tree
File Name:lightsontree.mp3
Bitrate:247 kbps
Genre:Folk
Year:2006

20 FAVE (INDIE-LEANING) HOLIDAY SONGS

20 FAVE (INDIE-LEANING) HOLIDAY SONGS The holiday season is upon us (also basketball season, finally). But mostly, it's the season of ugly sweaters, drunk uncles, and, if you're a teenager, enough gift cards to paper your walls because nobody knows what to get you. We here at The Wild Honey Pie are better at Christmas shopping than your great Aunt Mildred, though. We put together a holiday playlist full of classics and indie favorites that will keep your earbuds warm when the weather outside starts to get frightful. There's no better soundtrack to accompany the decking of halls, the nogging of eggs, [...]

Sufjan Stevens – "Put the Lights on the Tree" [Daily MP3 #239]

Artist:Sufjan Stevens
Title:Put the Lights On the Tree
Link Text:Sufjan Stevens - “Put the Lights on the Tree” MP3/download
File Name:Sufjan-Stevens-Put-the-Lights- On-the-Tree.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Genre:Alternative

Download: Sister Crayon - "Futile Devices" (Sufjan Stevens Cover)

Download: Sister Crayon - "Futile Devices" (Sufjan Stevens Cover) I could have just featured this in a new 'Don't Blow Your Cover' column, but I'm already liking this recent cover of Sufjan Steven's "Futile Devices" by Sister Crayon. Age of Adz was one of my favorite albums last year, and this cover made me fall in love with it all over again. Download it after the jump. Read more » http://rpc.blogcatalog.com/ http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ ping

The TWJ Holiday Mix!

Link Text:Summer Camp - All I Wonderful Christmas Is You
File Name:summercamp_alliwonderfulchrist masisyou.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Artist:Acid House Kings
Link Text:Acid House Kings - (I’m in) A Chorus Line
File Name:AHK-A_Chorus_Line.mp3
Genre:Pop
Year:2011
Artist:AM
Title:Christmas Time Is Here
Link Text:AM - Christmas Time Is Here
File Name:1.-Christmas-Time-I-Is-Here.mp 3
Bitrate:160 kbps
Genre:Singer/Songwriter
Year:2009
Artist:Anna Vogelzang
Title:Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Link Text:Anna Vogelzang - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
File Name:Anna-Vogelzang-Christmas-Baby- Please-Come-Home.mp3
Artist:Bing Crosby
Title:White Christmas
Link Text:Bing Crosby - White Christmas
File Name:Bing-Crosby-White-Christmas.mp 3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Bright Eyes
Title:Blue Christmas
Link Text:Bright Eyes - Blue Christmas
File Name:Bright-Eyes-Blue-Christmas.mp3
Bitrate:34 kbps
Genre:Holiday
Year:2002
Artist:Bruce Springsteen
Title:Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
Link Text:Bruce Springsteen - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
File Name:05-Bruce-Springsteen-Santa-Cla us-Is-Coming-To-Town.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:12
Year:2001
Artist:Damien Jurado
Title:Christmas Time Is Here
Link Text:Damien Jurado - Christmas Time Is Here
File Name:Christmas_Time_Is_Here.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:Death Cab for Cutie
Title:Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
Link Text:Death Cab For Cutie - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
File Name:Death-Cab-For-Cutie-Christmas- Baby-Please-Come-Home.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Christmas
Year:2004
Artist:Diamond Rugs
Title:14 Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant 102611
Link Text:Diamond Rugs - Christmas In A Chinese Restaurant
File Name:14-Christmas-In-A-Chinese-Rest aurant-102611.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Artist:Eartha Kitt
Title:Santa Baby
Link Text:Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby
File Name:Santa-Baby-Eartha-Kitt.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Flow Machines
Title:I Was Born On Christmas Day
Link Text:Flow Machines - I Was Born On Christmas Day
File Name:Flow-Machines-I-Was-Born-On-Ch ristmas-Day.mp3
Year:2011
Artist:Frank Sinatra
Title:I’ll Be Home For Christmas
Link Text:Frank Sinatra - I’ll Be Home For Christmas
File Name:Frank-Sinatra-Ill-Be-Home-For- Christmas.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Artist:Masterface
Title:Xmasterface
Link Text:Masterface - Xmasterface
File Name:Bleek-Records-Xmasterface.mp3
Artist:Raveonettes
Title:The Christmas Song
Link Text:The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
File Name:The-Raveonettes-The-Christmas- Song.mp3
Bitrate:256 kbps
Genre:Christmas
Year:2004
Artist:Sufjan Stevens
Title:Put the Lights On the Tree
Link Text:Sufjan Stevens - Put the Lights On the Tree
File Name:Sufjan-Stevens-Put-the-Lights- On-the-Tree.mp3
Bitrate:194 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Artist:Summer Fiction
Title:Christmas Eve for Two- Single
Link Text:Summer Fiction - Christmas Eve for Two (Single)
File Name:Summer-Fiction-Christmas-Eve-f or-Two-Single-01-Christmas-Eve -for-Two-Single.mp3
Artist:The Format
Title:Holly Jolly Christmas
Link Text:The Format - Holly Jolly Christmas
File Name:The-Format-Holly-Jolly-Christm as.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps
Genre:Rock
Year:2006
Artist:The Polyphonic Spree
Title:Happy Christmas (War is Over)
Link Text:The Polyphonic Spree - Happy Christmas (War is Over)
File Name:The-Polyphonic-Spree-Happy-Chr istmas-War-is-Over.mp3
Bitrate:222 kbps
Genre:Other
Year:2004
Artist:The Very Most
Title:Wombling Merry Christmas
Link Text:The Very Most - Wombling Merry Christmas
File Name:The-Very-Most-Wombling-Merry-C hristmas.mp3
Bitrate:320 kbps
Year:2011
Artist:The Waitresses
Title:Christmas Wrapping
Link Text:The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
File Name:The-Waitresses-Christmas-Wrapp ing.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Genre:Alternative
Year:1990
Artist:Tristen
Title:Frosty The Snowman
Link Text:Tristen - Frosty The Snowman
File Name:01-Frosty-The-Snowman.mp3
Bitrate:192 kbps

Download Sacramento's Sister Crayon's Cover of Sufjan Stevens 'Futile Devices'

We told you about a week ago about the free covers album that Sister Crayon would be releasing on Christmas Day, and it would include a Sufjan Stevens cover of "Futile Devices." We only had a :30 sample of it...
Title:Futile Devices (Sister Crayon)
Link Text:here
File Name:FutileDevice_SisterCrayon.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps

Sister Crayon Cover Sufjan

Sactown indie favorites Sister Crayon, whose Terra Lopez was featured prominently in our Area Codes feature highlighting that particular scene, recently recorded a cover of Sufjan's " Futile Devices ." It's a good match. Download the track after the jump. Read More...
Artist:Sister Crayon
Title:Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover)
Link Text:Sister Crayon - “Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover)”
File Name:Sister Crayon - Futile Devices (Sufjan Stevens Cover).mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
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