Core News — “Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H Kirk joins Stuart for a Wyrd Dysko, choosing three upbeat and unusual tracks for a different dancefloor look. The Featured Album is Bert Jansch’s beautiful ‘Avocet’, recorded in Denmark in 1978. And there’s m... more info

Stereogum — Last month, Sufjan Stevens got together with fellow orchestral-impressionist types Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister to release Planetarium , a concept album about the solar system. And last night on Stephen Colbert's Late Show, the fou... more info

Stereogum — Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister recently teamed up to release Planetarium , an album of expansive orchestral-pop odysseys inspired by the solar system. Today, they came together onstage to perform it at the Philharmoni... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

Cross Rhythms — Sufjan Stevens among those guesting on 'Planetarium' album more info

Stereogum — Longtime Stereogum favorite Angelo De Augustine is a master of the spare, trembling guitar ballad, so it only makes sense that he signed to Sufjan Stevens' label for his forthcoming album. De Augustine recorded every song on Swim Inside The Moon in o... more info

Stereogum — Le Musée d’art contemporain in Montreal will present a tribute to Leonard Cohen starting 11/9. The exhibition will include visual and performance art, and it will run for 123 days. In addition, the National, Sufjan Stevens, Moby, and more will par... more info

Stereogum — Aaron Roche is a guitarist who's played with people like Flock Of Dimes, Sufjan Stevens, R. Stevie Moore, Lower Dens, and ANOHNI, but "Like Why I," the first song we're hearing from his upcoming solo album HaHa HuHu, doesn't have any guitar on it. In... more info

DrownedInSound — Planetarium only occasionally feels absolutely essential, but it never dips below ‘pretty good’ more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Big Thief's Masterpiece, Cody ChesnuTT's My Love Divine Degree, and Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, & James McAlister's Planetarium are all albums I can recommend this week. The new Arcade Fire single Everything Now is available on vinyl..... more info