Sufjan Stevens- Age of Adz from Castaways in Ithaca 9/23/09 (HD)

[PuPaDukie]

this is the meaning of life

[alphashadow3]

one person is not living eternally in the age of adz

[sleepless2grace]

How is it that my life decided to conspire against me for a moment? I left Ithaca 2 months before Sufjan came to Ithaca?! Woe is me, retrospectively... But ah, there is always hope for the future

[zaynzaynzayn]

brilliant even in the early stages

[Tiban]

what I love about these performances is that everyone is a little bit lost at some point or another haha, look at the girls' face at 2:32

[kjsass1]

@Tiban Respectfully, I disagree. I think the girl was completely into the moment, and her face showed some sort of intense emotion. Sufjan Stevens is such a f*ing artist, his music can seem "disorganized," when I believe that he pushes the conventional limits of music. And it is beautiful.

[Tiban]

@kjsass1 it is beautiful but come on, there's nothing wrong with admitting the fact that amazing as the songs are, these early performances are a bit sketchy.

[phishboy93]

that girls is gorgeous. anyone know who she is?

[eucaeiou]

the age of adz, is so amazing album, sufjan chance his style a little bit, but i think this is one of the best sufjan's albuns.

as composer sufjan definitively is one of the best of his generation

[midkay]

Shit, this sounds SO GOOD.

[Fidelisadmortem]

placebo anyone?

[unplacid]

@Fidelisadmortem better than Placebo, but yes there is an influence.

[thehumanfocus]

I saw him there, too ... awesome show! I hope the album is coming soon I am seriously dying here.

[jalopy2222]

@thehumanfocus The album comes out Oct 12th

[Rdekker5]

I saw him sing this at the Crofoot and it was amazing. Does anyone know when his album comes out? I can't wait!

[kenneld]

epic

[hungboys]

I love Sufjan I really do. But this song is horrible. Nails on a chalkboard and runny vocals. "Impossible Souls" is a lot better but still is weak in comparison to his

a sun came and Illinois albums. He has to know it sounds bad too hes a musical genius.

[oringetoe]

i love this song, and i want to marry that girl

[07meganann]

Wow! Your recordings are wonderful! Thanks so much for posting. I'm dying to hear a new album. If these new songs are any indication of whats coming its going to be an amazing experience.

[0tifaine]

WOW!!! I wanna know so bad on which state will be the next album! But most of all I WANT THIS ALBUM .....

(this song is wonderfully out of time)

[vanceoliver]

@0tifaine

No state albums bro.. I really doubt there will be anymore.

[weemanpc]

@vanceoliver

yea he pretty much laughed off the idea in that last interview he had

[rflgmb]

AW GAWD AW GAWD... Suf is simply amazing!

[Questpeace]

I think all good dreams we've ever had that we've forgotten by the time we wake up were actually teaser trailers for these songs.

[mattmilhouse]

very poetic.

[kathleec]

@Questpeace deep, yo. deep.

[puppyofwrath]

LOL- well said

[murrduckulous]

my, my, my.. his new stuff was definitely worth the wait.. Thanks for recording and posting this.

[whywasitsoeasy]

thanks so very much for uploading these. is there any chance you can put up "transfiguration"? that would be so amazing.

[demon1390]

Haha, I like at 6:29 when Sufjan realizes he was a half beat behind.

[newworldresistance1]

the whole band got a beat ahead of the track and Sufjan was fighting to pull them back. They play to a track it's apparent by the drummer's headphones, but none of this takes anything away from who I believe to be the best songwriter of his generation, Sufjan!

[dividingcanaan]

Thank you for capturing and posting such fantastic videos. This was one of my favorite moments, a brilliant intro to a great show.

[ben52k]

you should totally post the rest of the videos. they are fantastic

[baroquepopfan]

Awesome, no one can accuse Sufjan of stagnating. Thanks for you brilliant recording!

[strangepowersss]

Cool.