Eins og allir vita að Sufjan Stevens mun halda tónleika þann 16. og 17. Nóvember í Fríkrikjunni. Fyrir tilefni því æltar ég sýna lög með honum úr nýja plötunni, The Avalanche B-lög úr Illinoise-plötunni, Jólaplöturnar 3 “Hark! Songs for Christmas Vol. 1, 2 og 3”, Tónleikar á The Bluebird og endanum gef ykkur nýja lagið með The Killers.

The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album

The little secret behind the Illinois record is that it was originally conceived as a double album, culminating in a musical collage of nearly 50 songs. But as the project began to develop into an unwieldy epic, common sense weighed in—as did the opinions of others—and the project was cut in half. But as 2005 came to a close, Sufjan returned to the old, forsaken songs on his 8-track like a grandfather remembering his youth, indulging in old journals and newspaper clippings. What he uncovered went beyond the merits of nostalgia; it was more like an ensemble of capricious friends and old acquaintances wearing party outfits, waiting to be let in at the front door, for warm drinks and interesting conversation. Among them were Saul Bellow, Ann Landers, Adlai Stevenson, and a brief cameo from Henry Darger's Vivian Girls. The gathering that followed would become the setting for the songs on The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album.

Hlustun úr plötunni (þarf að vera með QuickTime)

Lagalisti

1. The Avalanche
2. Dear Mr Supercomputer
3. Adlai Stevenson
4. The Vivian Girls Are Visited In the Night by Saint Dargarius and his Squadron of Benevolent Butterflies
5. Chicago (acoustic version)
6. The Henney Buggy Band
7. Saul Bellow
8. Carlyle Lake
9. Springfield, or Bobby Got a Shadfly Caught in his Hair
10. The Mistress Witch from McClure (or, The Mind That Knows Itself)
11. Kaskaskia River
12. Chicago (adult contemporary easy listening version)
13. Inaugural Pop Music for Jane Margaret Byrne
14. No Man's Land
15. The Palm Sunday Tornado Hits Crystal Lake
16. The Pick-up
17. The Perpetual Self, or “What Would Saul Alinsky Do?”
18. For Clyde Tombaugh
19. Chicago (Multiple Personality Disorder version)
20. Pittsfield
21. The Undivided Self (for Eppie and Popo)

Hark! Songs for Christmas Vol. I, II & III

Mjög skemmtileg jólaplötur, sem fær ekta jólaskap
ATH. Plöturnar kom út bara á netinu og þetta er ekki ólöglegt afrit (Sufjan samþykkti að lögin mun gefa út á netinu, frítt)


Vol. I Hark! Songs for Christmas (.zip file, 22,7 MB)

Lagalisti

01 Silent Night
02 O Come O Come Emmanuel
03 We're Goin' to the Country!
04 Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming
05 It's Christmas! Let's Be Glad
06 Holy, Holy, etc.
07 Amazing Grace

Vol. II Hark! Songs for Christmas (.zip file, 33,2 MB)

Lagalisti

01 Angels We Have Heard On High
02 Put the Lights on the Tree
03 Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing
04 I Saw Three Ships
05 Only at Christmas Time
06 Once in David's Royal City
07 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
08 What Child Is This Anyway?
09 Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella

Vol. III Ding! Dong! Songs for Christmas (.zip file, 35,5 MB)

Lagalisti

01 O Come, O Come Emmanual
02 Come On! Let's Boogie to the Elf Dance!
03 We Three Kings of Orient Are
04 O Holy Night
05 That Was the Worst Christmas Ever
06 All the King's Horns
07 Ding! Dong!
08 The Friendly Beasts

Tónleikar á The Bluebird

Mjög góðir tónleikar með Sufjan, Er góðum gæðum, og ekki mikið af öskri úr áhorfendanum, (kannski smá), Er þess virði að dl

Live @ The Bluebird Theartre in Denver (7/30/05)(.zip file, 100 MB)

Lagalisti

1. The Fifty States Song
2. The Tallest Man, The Broadest Shoulders
3. Prarie Fire that Wanders About
4. They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From The Dead!! Ahhhh!
5. Sister
6. John Wayne Gacy, Jr.
7. Casimir Pulaski Day
8. Jacksonville (Cheer)
9. Jacksonville
10. The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades is Out to Get Us!
11. Chicago (Cheer)
12. Chicago
13. Come On! Feel the Illinoise!
14. Man of Metropolis (Cheer)
15. The Man of Metropolis Steals Our Hearts

Og Rúsínan á pusluendanum…

Nýtt lag frá The Killers

The Killers - When You Were Young
Frábært lag :D

…..haukurbaukur out…..