Guardian Music — From little fluffy clouds to UFO sightings, you reached for the sky with suggestions of best opening album tracksA cock crows. An aeroplane soars across the sky. A BBC radio announcer is heard discussing British summertime. His voice floats across th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets to Sufjan Stevens' upcoming show at Prospect Park on August 2nd are currently on AEG Live/Ticketmaster/Celebrate Brooklyn presale. The password is "Heirloom". General sale begins Friday at noon (4/8). Tickets go on sale Friday at 10am for the... more info

Guardian Music — The likes of Morrissey, Journey and Fleet Foxes take to the road this springShort circuitIn an era where festivals are lambasted for playing it unnecessarily safe with their choice of artists, there's something profoundly cheering about the two-day e... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — "In 2004, Sounds Familyre released Sufjan Stevens' Seven Swans. And [last week], micro-label On Joyful Wings released Sevens Swans Reimagined. They've gathered quite the cabal of artists who have managed to dive into the Seven Swans material and fish... more info

Abeano — InfinitiRock is the moniker of 18-year-old biology student Chester Anand, whose organic, bass-heavy style transcends genres from hip-hop, ambient and 2-step to dub-techno and field music. While his music has been lauded by everyone from Sufjan ... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Stream the new Sufjan Stevens tribute album, Seven Swans Reimagined. The Guardian Books Blog remembers author Diana Wynne Jones. On sale for $5 at Amazon MP3: the new Mountain Goats album All Eternals Deck. Paste lists 30 fun indie artist... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Spinner interviews singer-songwriter Owen Pallett. Why have 'Heartland' focus on the interplay between creator and the art they create? As a songwriter I'm interested in examining how people talk about other songwriters. Let's say Sufjan Stevens, the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by David Andrako "Sufjan did not disappoint us. He came, he played banjo and sang We Were Here, acting in his self-effacing way just any other hired musician. It was a wonderful moment and a delightful surprise. But I... more info

Altsounds — Sufjan Stevens has announced his first UK And European tour in 5 years. Including two dates at the Royal Festival Hall and previously announced headline sets at Primavera and The Great Escape festivals. Sufjan Stevens' album 'The Age of Adz' was we... more info

Altsounds — 12-14th May 2011, Various Venues, Brighton The Great Escape (http://www.escapegreat.com) - Further acts confirmed for The Great Escape 2011. - Example, The Vaccines, The Naked and Famous, YUCK, Gang Gang Dance, and Chad Valley join Friendly Fires, ... more info