Culture Bully — Both video & an mp3 from Sufjan Stevens' recent performance with the National on the "Late Show." more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Sylvere.H When the National played their song "Afraid of Everyone" on "The Late Show With David Letterman" last night, they brought along very special back up singer Sufjan Stevens to reprise some of the same coos he performs on the High Vio... more info

Stereogum — The National’s performance of “Fake Empire” with Doveman on David Letterman a few years ago was one of those rare instances where Late Night television actually made me feel something. Now, a couple of days after Matt showed off his dance skill... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's not just any Hump Day, it's Cinco de Mayo! While I'm already regretting not making any thematic changes to celebrate Mexico's unlikely victory over French forces in the Battle of Puebla, you better believe I've got one foot out the door en rout... more info

Pitchfork — Photo by Denny Renshaw Hey look, another Sufjan Stevens project that isn't a new album! The singer-songwriter collaborated with Castanets' Raymond Raposa to score the documentary Beyond This Place, which chronicles filmmaker Kaleo La Belle's reunion ... more info

The World Forgot — I’ve been listening to an advance copy of The National’s upcoming album High Violet and let me first say, before digressing into a boring diatribe, that it is a masterpiece.  Quite simply it is brilliant and will feature prominently in almost ... more info

Guardian Music — Last time was all about avian anthems. Now we want to canvass your votes for this week's candidatesIt would be fitting, though impossible, to reduce the last thread to a tweet. After the relative disappointment of the previous week it was full to bur... more info

DrownedInSound — Hadestown is nothing short of awe-inspiring, aligning Anaïs Mitchell with the likes of Sufjan Stevens and Joanna Newsom via its sheer, brain-welting ambition. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

The Playlist — While Sufjan Stevens been busily not following through on his "50 States" project, with his Illinois-centric album "Illinois" released a long five years back, he's unexpectedly tried his hand at a new medium: the experimental short film. His first wa... more info

Pitchfork — Front page photo by Denny Renshaw. Photo on this page by Tim Kiernan. Singer-songwriter-filmmaker Sufjan Stevens screened his short film Destroy Those Irritating Memories at this year's Big Ears Festival, and a bootleg video of it has surfaced. (Via ... more info