LargeHeartedBoy — This week may provide the greatest variety of music releases all year. From Sufjan Stevens' debut classical work, The BQE to Jay Farrar and Benjamin Gibbard's collaborative effort One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Music From Kerouac's Big Sur... more info

Culture Bully — New music videos from No Bird Sing and Felt, Rain Machine plays The Current and Sufjan Stevens to return to the TC later this month. more info

My Old Kentucky — It has been selling quickly, so hopefully you already know that MyOldKentuckyBlog.com has teamed up with The Indianapolis Museum of Art and Asthmatic Kitty Records for a special evening of music and film at The Toby Theater on November 1st.Performanc... more info

Guardian Music — Hello and welcome to the latest edition of Music Weekly. On this week's show, singer-without-portfolio Sufjan Stevens talks to Rosie Swash about why his latest album, the BQE, was inspired by a New York interstate (what else?). He also discusses reli... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jacket Copy interviews Michael Chabon about his new essay collection, Manhood for Amateurs. JC: It's kind of stunning to anyone who's ever tried to write that you and Ayelet have four kids and you both actually finish books. What's your... more info

The Quietus — He's getting all existential more info

Guardian Music — It seems the singer-songwriter is having an 'existential crisis' about the value of his work. And the demise of the album format is to blame ...Sufjan Stevens isn't just releasing an album of boring instrumental music – he is questioning the p... more info

Live Daily — Following the release of 2003's "Greetings From Michigan: The Great Lake State" and 2005's "Illinoise," indie sensation Sufjan Stevens once vowed that he'd record an album about each of the 48 other states. Although Stevens apparently dropped the bal... more info

Bridging The Atlantic — The Phenomenal Handclap Band's attempts to establish a new world record for greatest number of tambourines incorporated into a never-ending jam. Fever Ray channeling unholy spirits to stun the audience. Girls collapsing and interrupting Sufjan Steven... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sufjan Stevens @ Bowery Ballroom on Monday (more by Vincent Cornelli) tonight in NYC * DANCE * Larkin Grimm @ Joe's Pub * Boy Crisis, Tearist @ Pianos * The Roots & Common @ Terminal 5 * An Evening Without... more info