Sufjan Stevens
New York City Ballet’s Justin Peck: ‘Trump’s win changed the whole arc of the piece’
Ahead of a London show, the choreographer talks about his new Sufjan Stevens musical, community in dance, and how election results can affect his moves
Lyndsey Winship
23, Feb, 2024 @2:00 PM
Blank space: how Taylor Swift – and an aching sense of loss – dominated music in 2023
Away from Swift’s joyous, record-breaking successes, the year’s most acclaimed albums were concerned with death and absence
Alexis Petridis
22, Dec, 2023 @5:00 AM
‘A reminder that life has to be lived’: the lyrics that got us through 2023
A new Youth Music survey said that 93% of young people use lyrics as a therapeutic tool for mental health. Our writers share the lines they kept close this year
Ella Creamer, Elle Hunt , Tim Jonze, Lucy Knight, Rebecca Liu, Sasha Mistlin, Laura Snapes and Imogen Tilden
30, Nov, 2023 @10:16 AM
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin review – US indie folk hero hits every target
The singer-songwriter’s 10th album fuses his acoustic and electronic impulses to stunning effect
Kitty Empire
08, Oct, 2023 @8:00 AM
Sufjan Stevens: Javelin review – the triumphant culmination of an unpredictable career
Deceptively simple songs burst into epic passages and walls of sound, with lyrical twists to match, in a remarkable album released as its creator recovers from an autoimmune condition
Alexis Petridis
05, Oct, 2023 @11:21 AM
Sufjan Stevens ‘learning to walk again’ after autoimmune disease diagnosis
US musician in rehabilitation after contracting potentially life-threatening Guillain-Barré syndrome
Ben Beaumont-Thomas
20, Sep, 2023 @3:12 PM
Do they know it’s Christmas? Why today’s festive pop lacks the crucial chaos element | Emma Garland
Despite annual attempts at toppling Mariah, there hasn’t been a new Christmas classic in nearly a decade. Modern songwriters shoot too classy: history tells us that commotion is the only way
Emma Garland
20, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
The 20 greatest Christmas albums – ranked!
Whether you fancy a heartwarming carol with Elvis or the story of a yuletide drug dealer from OutKast, there’s a festive album for you in our rundown of the best ever
Alexis Petridis
15, Dec, 2022 @1:52 PM
Santa Claus is coming to frown! Why the best Christmas songs are sad and slow
Who says festive numbers have to be merry? Marvin Gaye’s prisoner-of-war lament is a touching treat – while Prince’s track about a guy getting over a yuletide death with banana daiquiris is the jewel of the genre
Emma John
06, Dec, 2022 @3:51 PM
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
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