Obscure Sound — A melodic album with introspective, twinkling appeal, Soft Light at the End of the World showcases the quality songwriting of B. Snipes. Folk, pop, and rock elements meld enjoyably. Based in Birmingham, Alabama, the artist succeeds with a therapeutic... more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Sufjan Stevens. Now that you’re older … On this date in 2003, Sufjan released Michigan. Photo for MAGNET by Dennis Kleiman. Read our classic Sufjan feature: The post Happy Birthday Sufjan Stevens appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — It’s hard out there for a Broadway musical based on ultra-familiar songs. While the Fleetwood Mac-inspired Stereophonic and the Sufjan Stevens adaptation Illinoise are apparently thriving and winning Tonys, Broadway shows built on the music of m... more info

Obscure Sound — A resonating new single from Max Blansjaar, “Red Tiger” compels with its folk-friendly unraveling, reminiscent at points of Sufjan Stevens. The track’s “all the days rolled into months,” sequence stirs, as does the arrival of electric guita... more info

Stereogum — It’s one thing to know that someone adapted Sufjan Stevens’ classic 2005 album Illinois into a Broadway musical. It’s another thing entirely to see that musical in action, but now you can. Illinoise , the new production from director/chor... more info

Stereogum — In retrospect, the entire idea of a Sufjan Stevens Broadway musical feels both far-fetched and inevitable. Last year, director/choreographer Justin Peck and playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Illinoise, an adaptation of Stevens’ 2005 classic I... more info

Stereogum — In 2021, Tasha released the sprawling album Tell Me What You Miss The Most . She has been busy performing in Illinoise — the Broadway musical adaptation of Sufjan Stevens’ Illinois — but the Chicago singer-songwriter is back today with a ... more info

Obscure Sound — Happy Days is a memorable new album from Seasonal Falls, the project of Switzerland-based songwriter Roman Gabriel (The Kind Hills, The Dentals) and vocalist/producer Andrew Pelletier (Fur Trader). They traverse between folk, pop, and rock realms wit... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Choreographer and director Justin Peck brings an athletic grace to a new, category-defying Broadway musical spun from a Sufjan Stevens' album. The singing? It's gorgeous more info

Stereogum — For the 2021 movie Electric Jesus, about a fictional ’80s religious metal band called 316, Daniel Smith of the quirky Christian underground rock band Danielson wrote a bunch of fake Christian hair metal songs. The film’s soundtrack also includ... more info