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08 Oct 05
08 Oct 05
Originally posted by Bosse de NageNo se ... but however good he is he cant be better than Dylan 🙂
On the radio the other night I heard the most chillingly beautiful song by this artist about John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago serial killer. I wanted to die. I'd never heard of Stevens before--any fans out there, ever heard him play? Is the rest of his stuff any good?
08 Oct 05
Originally posted by Bosse de Nagehttp://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,3299911,00.html to listen to samples of all his songs.
On the radio the other night I heard the most chillingly beautiful song by this artist about John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago serial killer. I wanted to die. I'd never heard of Stevens before--any fans out there, ever heard him play? Is the rest of his stuff any good?
Other artists you might enjoy are Devendra Banhart...
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,1722455,00.html
and Rufus Wainwright...
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/card/0,,550138,00.html
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08 Oct 05
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageMe love Sufjan.
On the radio the other night I heard the most chillingly beautiful song by this artist about John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago serial killer. I wanted to die. I'd never heard of Stevens before--any fans out there, ever heard him play? Is the rest of his stuff any good?
The song Come On! Feel the Illinoise! is one of my favourites right now.
The rest of his stuff is very good. He's in the midst of his '50 States' project right now in which he will write and release a full length for each of the 50 states in the US. That's ambition!
08 Oct 05
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Originally posted by Bosse de NageMy local indie radio station, KEXP, has three archived concerts by Stevens, and they are amazing. Here is the link to the streaming archive, just search by artist name.
On the radio the other night I heard the most chillingly beautiful song by this artist about John Wayne Gacy, the Chicago serial killer. I wanted to die. I'd never heard of Stevens before--any fans out there, ever heard him play? Is the rest of his stuff any good?
http://kexp.org/aspnet_client/live.asp
Cheers!
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Oh yeah, I'm not sure if you've heard of Death Cab for Cutie, but they're ubiquitous up here in Seattle. Anyway, this is a recent song of theirs that I found sweet and tender and dark:
mms://media-wm.cac.washington.edu/isilon/1/8/ac/acc552e1-e4eb-4598-bd7e-5a8d90c80d38.wma