Nialler9 — Last night, a select Dublin audience got a full headphones listen to Sufjan’s new album Carrie & Lowell (March 27th), an album that addresses his mother’s death and which pats down his sonics to the folk-style of his earlier work. ‘Should Have... more info

Stereogum — “Should Have Known Better” is our second preview of Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell, and like “No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross,” it’s a spare, gorgeous, heavy-hearted folk song. This one is slightly more upbeat, with an instrumental i... more info

Nialler9 — Next Tuesday, Sufjan Stevens fans will get a unique opportunity to hear the musicians new album Carrie And Lowell over two weeks before its released. The Dublin listening party hit capacity in the first few days but I have THE LAST two wristbands fo... more info

Nialler9 — Sufjan Stevens’ seventh album called Carrie & Lowell due on March 27th. The album is named after his mother and stepfather and addresses his mother’s death in 2012. It strips back his sound to arrangements that would be more akin to the folk sty... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Poet Philip Levine passed away this weekend. Pitchfork interviewed singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens. Stream a song from Stevens' forthcoming album. Stream Father John Misty's cover of Nirvana's "Heart Shaped Box." XOJane recommended YA books written ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sufjan at Big Ears Fest 2010 (more by Andrew Frisicano) Part of the lineup already leaked for Justin Vernon and Aaron Dessner's Eaux Claires Music and Arts Festival, and now the whole thing has been announced. It includes their... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sufjan Stevens will be touring this spring, hitting NYC for shows at Beacon Theatre on April 11 and Kings Theatre on May 1. Those shows went on sale last week and immediately sold out, but Sufjan's now added a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The music is performed by Mr. Stevens, on keyboards and electronics, and Yarn/Wire, a contemporary chamber group of two pianists and two percussionists. Although one segment had a beat on drum and rattle, vaguely suggesting Native American music (the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — (photo via @plattypants) Tickets for the two Faith No More shows at Webster Hall go on sale today at 10AM. Tickets for the two Sufjan Stevens shows at Beacon Theater and Kings Theatre go on sale today at 10AM. Tickets... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets for the Sufjan Stevens shows at Beacon Theater and Kings Theatre already went on a Ticketmaster presale yesterday that sold out quickly, and today venue presales begin at 10 AM (anyone know the password?). The Beacon Theatre show... more info