Sufjan Stevens in the Carrie & Lowell era. The singer-songwriter has revisited his 2015 album about his late mother, surfacing old demos and some complicated new feelings. Emmanuel Afolabi hide caption
Sufjan Stevens
The record, the debut album by the indie supergroup featuring Julien Baker (left), Phoebe Bridgers (center) and Lucy Dacus, was released in March, more than four years after the trio's debut EP. Shervin Lainez/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Earl Sweatshirt. Ryo Tanzawa/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top row, left to right: Daneshevskaya, Marina Herlop, Sufjan Stevens; Bottom row, left to right: Olivia Rodrigo, Katy Kirby, Katie Von Schleicher Courtesy of the artists hide caption
KAYTRANADA and Aminé's new project together, KAYTRAMINÉ tops our shortlist of the best albums out this week. Lucas Creighton hide caption
Palehound's Ellen Kempner and Jay Som's Melina Duterte perform as Bachelor. Tonje Thilesen/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine Daniel Anum Jasper/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine on World Cafe
Anthony Hamilton's Love is the New Black leads off this week's shortlist of the best new albums out Sept. 24. Antwon Maxwell/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Top left, clockwise: Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine, Canary Room, Billy Bragg, William Parker, IDK, WILLOW. Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Sufjan Stevens, Jess Locke, Squirrrel Flower, Page McConnell, Mabe Fratti Courtesy of the artists hide caption
All Songs Considered hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton rented a cabin in the woods for a special holiday party, with Kishi Bashi, Dan Deacon, Carrie Brownstein, and more as guests. Mike Brinson/Getty Images hide caption
Public Enemy. Their latest release, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down, is on our list of the best new albums out on Sept. 25. Eitan Miskevich/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sufjan Stevens, onstage during the Academy Awards on March 4, 2018 in Los Angeles. Kevin Winter/Getty Images hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Lonnie Holley, Fenne Lily, Bill Callahan, Sufjan Stevens, Thomas Bartlett Courtesy of the artists hide caption
The hip-hop producer, Knxwledge. His latest project, 1988, is on our shortlist of the best new albums out on March 27. Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Left to right: The Grinch, Sufjan Stevens. Illumination Pictures (The Grinch); Denny Renshaw (Sufjan Stevens) hide caption