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Sufjan Stevens
Also Playing: Cryptacize
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Denny Renshaw
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Mon Sep 28
8:30 pm
Sufjan Stevens and Cryptacize at Majestic TheatreMajestic Theatre 115 King St., Madison, WI
Even to ears that grow cranky as more and more uninspired artists march to the base of the "indie-folk" pile, Sufjan Stevens' marriage of spare acoustics, whimsical instrumentation, and ribcage-tugging hooks helps to put such genre labels in the background. Sure, perhaps it takes a certain madness to tour with a "butterfly brigade" clad in adorable butterfly wings as Stevens once did. But all that comes with a mighty knack for composition that's served him well since his first solo album, A Sun Came, dropped in 2000, and should continue through the upcoming Run Rabbit Run. Though the name seems to imply something heavy or, at the very least, grating, Oakland’s Cryptacize actually qualifies as a pretty-sounding outfit, and you can thank frontwoman Nedelle Torrisi’s sweetly executed vocals for keeping the whole project more on- than off-kilter.
Even to ears that grow cranky as more and more uninspired artists march to the base of the "indie-folk" pile, Sufjan Stevens' marriage of spare acoustics, whimsical instrumentation, and ribcage-tugging hooks helps to put such genre labels in the background. Sure, perhaps it takes a certain madness to tour with a "butterfly brigade" clad in adorable butterfly wings as Stevens once did. But all that comes with a mighty knack for composition that's served him well since his first solo album, A Sun Came, dropped in 2000, and should continue through the upcoming Run Rabbit Run. Though the name seems to imply something heavy or, at the very least, grating, Oakland’s Cryptacize actually qualifies as a pretty-sounding outfit, and you can thank frontwoman Nedelle Torrisi’s sweetly executed vocals for keeping the whole project more on- than off-kilter.
Updated 07/19/2011
