Nialler9 — Already announced this past week? Manu Chao, Sufjan Stevens, Amanda Palmer, Valentia Island, Body & Soul additions… One-off shows Matthew E. White is coming for a show and a chat with Banter on Monday 4th May in Twisted Pepper. The talk begins at ... more info

Nialler9 — Awesome. Sufjan Stevens just announced two shows in Dublin’s The Helix as part of his European tour. His new album, a recent album of the week, Carrie & Lowell is a personal and difficult album about grief and estrangement wrapped up in beauty. Th... more info

Stereogum — The heartbreaking Carrie & Lowell, Sufjan Stevens’ public reckoning with his troubled mother’s death, and possibly the songwriter’s best work, is one of this spring’s must-hear LPs. At Thursday night’s tour kickoff at Philadelphia’s Acade... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: Sufjan Stevens at his 2012 Christmas show (more by Amanda Hatfield) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... The Menzingers, Big Eyes, Cheerbleeders @ Court Tavern (BrooklynVegan Pre... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Sufjan Stevens's Carrie & Lowell is the week's premiere release. Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Asunder, Sweet and Other Distress, Lower Dens' Escape From Evil, Ryley Walker's Primrose Green, and Simon Joyner's Grass, Branch, & Bone are other albums I... more info

Nialler9 — My favourite songs of the month. Get the majority of them as a continuous playlists below. The songs Grimes – ‘REALiTi’ Jamie xx – ‘Loud Places’ Tame Impala – ‘Let It Happen’ Hudson Mohawke – ‘Very First Breath’ Girls Names... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Authors Leslie Jamison and Catherine Lacey interviewed each other at the Huffington Post. Sylvan Esso played a Tiny Desk Concert. The shortlist for the 2015 Wodehouse Prize for comic fiction has been announced. Sound of the City explored Sufjan Steve... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Jonathan Franzen wrote about climate change at he New Yorker. MOJO and The 405 listed 2015's best albums so far. The Los Angeles Times interviewed author James Hannaham. Pitchfork loved Sufjan Stevens' new album Carrie & Lowell. Interview magazine in... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Sufjan Stevens, Soulection and Tony Allen make sounds that should be heard.Sufjan Stevens, Soulection and Tony Allen make sounds that should be heard. more info

The Telegraph — Stevens works through a mess of emotions brought to bear by the death of his mother, says Helen Brown more info