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Sufjan Stevens — The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras From The Illinois Album

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) July 11, 2006 3:39 pm
Sufjan Stevens had about an album's worth of material after Michigan, but wisely chose to let the tracks float around the internet rather than officially release them. We weren't so lucky this time around. The Avalanche isn't terrible by any stretch of the imagination, but a 21-track opus of songs, most of which are definite B-sides, isn't the way...
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Sufjan Stevens — Illinois

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By Noah Love (CHARTattack) July 5, 2005 1:37 pm
If you're planning to record an album for all 50 U.S. states, it's probably a good idea not to peak at #2. Sufjan Stevens' Illinois is a stunner. Thoroughly researched and meticulously arranged, the indie folkster has set the bar ridiculously high for potential future editions, such as Delaware and Arkansas. You'd think with a...
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Ten Great Songs About Mom

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By Michelle McGlynn (CHARTattack) May 6, 2011 2:51 pm
Love her or hate her, see her once a year or unfortunately still dwell in her wood-paneled basement, Mother's Day, that one day a year where you salute your Mama for giving birth to you has come around once again.If you want to give your matriarch the gift that keeps on giving (and keep it cheap and cheerful) make her a CHARTattack endorsed mix CD...
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I Read The News Today... For Jan. 7, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 7, 2011 3:11 pm
Remember those Lipton Brisk iced tea claymation ads from the '90s? Yeah, Ozzy Osbourne's bringing them back: A documentary about Sufjan Stevens and his brother travelling to Michigan to see their estranged father is being made. Right now there's no plans to release Crooked River, but here's its trailer: You can win a date with...
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I Read The News Today... For Dec. 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) December 21, 2010 3:49 pm
It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's not even Superman! It's an actor in the Spider-Man musical falling 20 feet onto the stage and being taken to hospital! —CNN The soundtrack to Blue Valentine, the upcoming movie starring Ryan Gosling (Lars And The Real Girl, Half Nelson) and Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, "Dawson's Creek") features tunes...
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Sufjan Stevens' The Age Of Adz Grabs #1 On The Chart

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) December 21, 2010 11:36 am
There have been some strange happenings on the campus chart over the past three months. Never has the chart gone such an extended period without the emergence of a dominant album. It used to be quite a "Wild West shootout" with new artists entering and battling for the top positions. But over the past few months, albums have spent longer on the...
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I Read The News Today... For Nov. 24, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 24, 2010 3:49 pm
Alexisonfire hate screamo. They hate it so much they want to knife it. Oh, you guys. Why are you furthering emo's reputation for stereotypical self-hatred? But hey, maybe you can borrow this guy's (alleged) sword? —Dose The Dears and City And Colour are among the acts that will play next year's South By Southwest Music Festival. We hope you...
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Video Of The Day: Sufjan Stevens' "Too Much"

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 22, 2010 12:13 pm
Deborah Johnson's jerky, stop-motion video for Sufjan Stevens' "Too Much" suits the tune's stop-and-start beat and its weirdo electronic parts. Oh, and hey, Sufjan? That silver jacket and throwback '80s Nike shirt make you look like even more of a hipster than usual. "Too Much" appears on The Age Of Adz.
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Women's Public Strain Regains Campus Radio's #1 Position

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) November 2, 2010 1:37 pm
There's quite the heated battle going on between two very different western Canadian bands right now. Also, the campus chart for the week of Nov. 2, 2010 features an album that has ventured into territory no other disc in the past decade has been able to achieve. More on that later! But first...Like the proverbial battles between the rockers and...
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Sufjan Stevens — The Age Of Adz

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 21, 2010 2:55 pm
After abandoning his much-touted 50 States project (in which he was going to write one album about every American state), Sufjan Stevens has presented us with The Age Of Adz, a nearly complete about-face to his former shtick that has more in common with 2001's Enjoy Your Rabbit than anything from Illinois or Michigan. Let's start with the fact...
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I Read The News Today... For Oct. 13, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) October 13, 2010 2:10 pm
Lykke Li will release a new single, "Get Some," which will be available as a free download through her website on Oct. 25. —lykkeli.com Zeus will finish 2010 with a brief run of Canadian shows in December. —MySpaceCBC Radio 3's Grant Lawrence is going on a cross-Canada tour to support his first book, Adventures In Solitude (get a copy if you haven...
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I Read The News Today... For Sept. 21, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) September 21, 2010 1:23 pm
Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino says ticket prices will be lower in 2011, as will artist guarantees. Maybe people have finally realized gouging fans with high prices and silly service fees may not be the way to go? —Billboard The Jesus Lizard are getting their own beer, Mouth Breather ESB, through Burnt Hickory Brewery. No word on whether it will...
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I Read The News Today... For Aug. 26, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) August 26, 2010 11:46 am
Shanna Spalding, the singer for death metal band Divine Infamy, has been arrested and charged with two robberies. She's accused of being someone police are calling the "Cat Woman" robber, a serial robber who dons disguises like a cat mask while sticking up boutiques in New York. The Wall Street JournalBXI, the Boris and Ian Astbury...
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I Read The News Today... For May 4, 2010

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By CHARTattack Staff May 4, 2010 12:09 pm
Justin Bieber and Katy Perry will perform at the 2010 MuchMusic Awards, which takes place June 20. Will Perry get confused, think Bieber is a lesbian and awkwardly make out with him? muchmusic.com Bret Michaels has been released from hospital. —TMZ Amazing: Henry And Glenn Forever, a Danzig/Henry Rollins comic book, has been published. It's...
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The National's Clogs Side Project Releasing Album Featuring Sufjan, My Brightest Diamond

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By Jason MacNeil (CHARTattack) January 15, 2010 3:34 pm
Clogs, the side-project featuring members of The National, will release The Creatures In The Garden Of Lady Walton on March 2 through Brassland. The album is a song-cycle composed by Padma Newsome and The National's Bryce Dessner with vocal work from My Brightest Diamond's Shara Worden. Other performers on the album include The National's Aaron...
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Sufjan Stevens — The BQE

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By Scott Bryson (CHARTattack) November 9, 2009 5:43 pm
It was definitely a relief when Sufjan Stevens recently declared that his 50 states album project is in the trash. That cleared the way for The BQE to be examined impartially — free of the assumption that it's taking the place of what could have been a great album about Rhode Island or South Dakota (or maybe another disc of outtakes from Illinois...
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Sufjan Stevens Makes Instrumental Album With National Frontman, Stepdad

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 5, 2009 3:31 pm
Hey, guess what? A new Sufjan Stevens album is coming out! And no, it's not the follow-up to 2005's Illinois. Stevens has recorded an instrumental album with Lowell Brams, his stepfather, and The National's Bryce Dessner called Music For Insomnia that's out Dec. 8 through Asthmatic Kitty. The disc is part of the Library Catalog series, a...
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