Stereogum — When Nicki Minaj shared the tracklist for her album The Pinkprint earlier this week, I thought there was a strong possibility that “All Things Go,” the title track, would sample Sufjan Stevens’ “Chicago.” Stranger things have happened! But ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sufjan Stevens at Prospect Park in 2011 (more by Jessica Amaya) Sufjan Stevens will be presenting the world premiere of his new piece, Round-Up, in Brooklyn at BAM from January 20-25, part of BAM's 2015 Winter/Spring Season. Here's the premise:In... more info

Stereogum — Cat Martino’s musical persona, Stranger Cat, may be brand new, but Martino is already an established and prolific musical presence: Martino’s past works include touring with Sharon Van Etten, the Shins, and longtime friend Sufjan Stevens, as well... more info

Stereogum — Sufjan Stevens will be scoring a slow-motion documentary called Round-Up at the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. He’ll perform the score live on electronics alongside ensemble Yam/Wire, who will be playing piano and percussion. The footage was shot by Aa... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — The latest release from the Red Hot Organization is a tribute compilation to the late cellist and experimental composer Arthur Russell, whose work spanned the verse of classical music, disco, country, folk and the avant-garde. The players on this rel... more info

Stereogum — Sufjan Stevens has presumably been dreaming of playing a show with 50 Cent ever since he picked out that outfit for Sisyphus’ “Booty Call” video. Later this year, he’ll get his chance. It’s for a good call, too. Both Sufjan and 50 are on th... more info

Stereogum — The latest benefit compilation from the Red Hot Organization is Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell, and it features two CDs’ worth of artists paying tribute to Russell, the downtown genre-bender who died of AIDS-related causes in 1992. We’ve po... more info

Stereogum — Last week we shared Stranger Cat’s cover of Sia’s “Chandelier” along with news that certain backers of the band’s PledgeMusic campaign would get a limited edition Flexi-Disc featuring music by Stranger Cat’s Cat Martino with frequent coll... more info

Stereogum — Stranger Cat, the Brooklyn duo of singer-songwriter Cat Martino and producer/bandmate Sven Britt, will soon release a new album they’ve been working on for more than two years. They’re finishing up funding the project with a PledgeMusic campaign,... more info

Stereogum — The first thing you think about when you encounter Angelo De Augustine’s music will probably be Elliott Smith, and understandably so: It’s whispery, gorgeously fragile lo-fi acoustic music from the West Coast. If you’re a fan of the gentler sid... more info