Songs:Illinois — While I do live in the Midwest, that fact doesn’t inform much of who I am or how I think. With artists though it seems their locale is a very important part of their art. I think about Bon Iver, Sufjan Stevens and others who have written so knowle... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — ...at 1:30 PM on Saturday... more info

Culture Bully — Music video for "Interlude I—Dream Sequence in Subi Circumnavigation" by Sufjan Stevens from the CD/DVD "The BQE." more info

Stereogum — After its initial three-night run at BAM and the subsequent DVD's brief trailer, you're likely more than familiar with Sufjan Stevens The BQE. Stevens will be at ATP NY this weekend, so here's some more dreamy footage from the hula-hooping/wheel-s... more info

My Old Kentucky — Here is a really beautiful, ethereal excerpt from Sufjan Stevens' The BQE... Photography by Reuben Kleiner and Sufjan Stevens. Edited by Sufjan Stevens Pre-order now at Asthmatic Kitty Records: asthmatickitty.com/the-bqe-----------------------------... more info

Guardian Music — (Young and Lost Club)"This is a song for anyone with a broken heart," announces Noah and the Whale's Charlie Fink on Blue Skies, the ninth track on their second album. By this stage in proceedings, however, the broken-hearted have been so exceptiona... more info

Perfect Porridge — Although I studied classical music in college and was a regular patron of the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra growing up, I have little doubt that reviewing a new classical album would never have happened if it didn’t have Sufjan Stevens name attache... more info

The World Forgot — I do apologize for the lack of posts during this past week.  I really must apologize.  But I fear I was busy scoring tickets to see the upcoming Sufjan Stevens mini tour (yes, I’ll be there in Bloomington to see him play), galavanting about t... more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Sorry for my sporadic posts, I am out of the country. But here is a full list of what’s on sale now! On sale now: The Sounds at Roseland Ballroom on September 17. Tickets Yeah Yeah Yeahs at Radio City Music Hall on September 23. Tickets Moby at Mu... more info

Altsounds — These newcomers to the 2009 edition of the POP Montreal International Music Festival will join some of the best headliners that Pop world has to offer. Some of them are our heroes, some are iconoclasts, some we have been planning for years, and all a... more info