Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2LP)

Sufjan Stevens - Illinois (2LP)2LP Asthmatic Kitty (2005) US Asthmatic Kitty announces the second installment of Sufjan Stevens' 50 State Project, llinois, a 22 track anthematic tone poem to The Prairie State. Following the 2003 collection of songs for his home state, "Michigan," Stevens presents an emphatic answer to the question: Can a songwriter express the spirit of a state he's never called home? With his most enterprising project to date the result of extensive research,

while tireless touring cemented their firm reputation as one of UK DIY’s most beloved and compelling live bands

It’s marked by a newfound creative assurance and technical ability

assisted the band in securing its first Billboard R&B Number One

The Ramones sounded like nothing else when their self-titled debut came roaring onto the scene in 1976

Frank Gehry’s enormous golden fish sculpture

Bria soon joined

took place simultaneously in the same studio as when Arcade Fire were recording their eponymous debut album Funeral

welcomed Barcelona Olympians

is a sweetly charming

The album was captured in Hughes’ Greenwich studio

Brushfire Records (2023) EU

music born from willful imagination and a sense of purpose best captured in the band’s own words: “More than ever music needs to be set free