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Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 8:32 pm
by Andrew L_Archive
On the strength of the "All Good Naysayers" song I downloaded a dozen or so mp3s hoping to find guilty solace in some lushly orchestrated indie-pop. Instead it seems mostly like weepy plinky-plink-plink crap. It reminds me of a more radio-ready Appendix Out or Elliot Smith (who I was never big on anyway) without the ballast of wit or manic depressive heroin-angsht.
And I think it's time someone came out against what I will call [b]"œindie-banjo!"
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Sep 29, 2004 10:21 pm
by ing curtis_Archive
boring crap.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 9:50 am
by Angry_Dragon_Archive
Everything I have by him is good. NOT CRAP
LAD, you need to check out his " Enjoy Your Rabbit" record. That you will like very much.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:04 am
by spoot_Archive
I bought Michigan the other day. It sure is weepy, but it's lovely. It's all I've wanted to listen to for a couple of weeks now.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:17 am
by mattw_Archive
Really like this guy. _Seven Swans_ was a great record. The new one is all about Illinois.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 10:22 am
by nc_Archive
"Gun Street Girl" features a resonator guitar, not a banjo.
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Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 11:22 am
by Noah_Archive
complete sissy
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:15 pm
by Angry_Dragon_Archive
mattw wrote:The new one is all about Illinois.
It's also all about being good. I'm somewhat convinced that this guy will never make a bad record until he gets to Texas or Florida.
After that, they'll be awful.
Hopefully he hits up Maryland before he gets bad.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Fri May 06, 2005 6:18 pm
by Redline_Archive
I wish they would let him fly on airplanes again.
Musician: Sufjan Stevens
Posted: Sat May 07, 2005 2:51 am
by Mayfair_Archive
I heard the Michigan record and liked it enough to play it a few times. I then saw them in Chicago (I actually went for Nicoli Dunger who opened the show and was great) and was surprised at how jokey they were. They all had silly outfits (I know, I know...I am saying that...) and were acting kinda smirky. It was really off putting. There was a fantastically beautiful woman in the band though so I did end up staying for about 6 songs on that alone. All and all it was a disappointing show that made me from then on hear the record differently... more ironic...not as genuine. That was too bad.