sufjan stevens

Skullcrusher goes home on Quiet The Room

Skullcrusher creates confessionals that possess familiar folk archetypes and devastating self-reflection. Here she discusses her new album, Quiet The Room.

Snail Mail defied fears of the sophomore slump to make 'Valentine'

When it was time to start work on the second Snail Mail album, Lindsey Jordan only had a couple of songs ready. “If I don’t actually have anything to write about, I’m not gonna write anything. I don’t want to. I don’t want to waste my time — I don’t want to waste anybody else’s […]

18 alternative songs that were actually nominated for Oscars

There are three types when it comes to songs in feature films: The first is the song that you just know isn’t only going to be nominated for an Academy Award but in all likelihood will win it; the second is the song that’s snubbed by the Academy in a year jam-packed with standard Oscar […]

Gucci Mane wore Sufjan Stevens' Oscars jacket to the VMAs

How many musicians can pull off a candy-stripe blazer? At the VMAs last night, Gucci Mane proved that he could. But the look’s a carbon copy of Sufjan Stevens‘ getup from his “Mystery Of Love” performance at this year’s Oscars. Who wore it better, Gucci or Sufjan? Read more: Imagine Dragons win best rock video […]

Oscars 2018: Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood, Sufjan Stevens among music nominees

[Photos by: Moshcam/YouTube, Oslomonsoon/Wikimedia Commons] Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood, singer-songwriter Sufjan Stevens and more musicians have been announced among the nominees for the upcoming 90th Academy Awards, which will air live Sunday, March 4, on ABC. Read more: Jonny Greenwood lands Golden Globes nom Greenwood is nominated in the Best Original Score category for his […]

10 new songs you need to hear from March 2015

Sometimes the rock world can get noisy, and we don’t just mean in decibels or fuzz. Often the signal-to-noise ratio is more noise than signal. But no worries: We read, listen to and watch everything so we can sort it for you. Here are some of our favorite new songs and videos of March 2015. […]

Under The Holiday Covers: Austrian Death Machine vs. Sufjan Stevens

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]