Sufjan Stevens

The National’s 20 best songs – ranked!
As the beloved indie band debut new material and return to touring, we count down the best of their eight-album catalogue
Laura Snapes
02, Jun, 2022 @12:00 PM

Fleet Foxes: Shore; Sufjan Stevens: The Ascension review – postcards from the edge
Comeback albums from two pioneers of American indie rock chime with the times in very different ways
Kitty Empire
26, Sep, 2020 @1:00 PM

'I have a sense of urgency': Sufjan Stevens wakes from the American dream
The cult singer-songwriter made his name as a whimsical chronicler of US history. Now he’s made an electropop album about his country’s evils
Al Horner
25, Sep, 2020 @5:19 AM

The 100 best albums of the 21st century
We polled 45 music writers to rank the definitive LPs of the 21st century so far. Read our countdown of passionate pop, electrifying rock and anthemic rap – and see if you agree
Ben Beaumont-Thomas (1-50); Laura Snapes and April Curtin (51-100)
13, Sep, 2019 @8:00 AM

Record Store Day 2018: the exclusive releases in full
From Abba to Zero 7, the 500 singles, EPs, LPs and cassettes released for the annual celebration of independent record shops
Guardian music
07, Mar, 2018 @2:57 PM

David Bowie, Prince and Courtney Barnett among Record Store Day exclusive releases
The annual celebration of independent record shops takes place on 21 April, with the usual sought-after limited vinyl editions
Laura Snapes
06, Mar, 2018 @6:00 PM

Mary J or Miguel, Sufjan or Showman: who will win the Oscar for best song?
Can Diane Warren bag a best original song Oscar on her ninth attempt? Will Sufjan Stevens’ fingerpicking lose out to Miguel’s strumming? Here are your runners and riders for the big race
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
02, Mar, 2018 @7:00 AM

Out of tune: the big star songs that were rejected for movie soundtracks
As Sufjan Stevens reveals his unused song for I, Tonya, here’s a look back at other artists, from Bruce Springsteen to Frank Ocean, who failed to make the final cut
Jon Bernstein
08, Dec, 2017 @3:51 PM

Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift review – unreleased Carrie and Lowell gems
(Asthmatic Kitty)
Kitty Empire
26, Nov, 2017 @8:00 AM

Sufjan Stevens: The Greatest Gift review – upbeat return to whimsical ways
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
23, Nov, 2017 @8:20 PM

Music of the spheres: the interstellar bromance of Planetarium
Nico Muhly brought the trombones, Bryce Dessner the guitars, and Sufjan Stevens the ‘finely-shaped buttocks’ – and the result was a concept album about outer space via Ancient Greece. The trio discuss their voyage into the stars
Laura Barton
12, Jun, 2017 @3:04 PM

Sufjan Stevens, Nico Muhly, Bryce Dessner, James McAlister: Planetarium review – masters of the universe
Grandeur meets digital mayhem on this heavenly suite of songs about our solar system, updated since its live debut five years ago
Kitty Empire
11, Jun, 2017 @8:00 AM
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