Planetarium

While we await Sufjan’s new album, here are some of our favorite covers he’s done over the years.

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister brought their collaborative project ‘Planetarium’ to BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park, along with a cover of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” and “Over the Rainbow.”

The ‘Planetarium’ group’s US shows start TONIGHT (7/18) in Prospect Park with Joan As Police Woman.

Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and James McAlister’s collaborative album Planetarium is out next week (6/9) and 4AD Records is hosting some special listening events for it in NYC, Los Angeles and Seattle at actual planetariums…

Listen to “Mercury” from Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and James McAlister’s collaborative album, ‘Planetarium.’ Sufjan also scored a ballet that will debut at the New York City Ballet’s Here/Now Festival.

What began as a live performance debuted in March of 2013 at Brooklyn Academy of Music, will now be the basis for a new album, coming out via 4AD.

“#Planetarium brought the house down. The future is officially made of lights, lasers and projectors.” – @BAM_Brooklyn Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly, and Sufjan Stevens‘ long-in-the-works collaboration, Planetarium, made its debut last night (3/21) at BAM’s Howard Gilman Opera House and was a symphony of light and sound…