Soof-Yan Stee-Vuhns

The Avalanche came out today. It's the "Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album" album. It's freakin' awesome. How good do you have to be to have your b-sides album be one of the best things to come out this year? Admittedly, this has been a weak year musically so far. However, this album is good. Obviously, it doesn't have the same cohesion of Illinois, but it is filled with some amazing songs that rival any individual song on any of Sufjan's previous albums. You should probably drop what you're doing to go buy this album. Also, while you're at Hastings/Best Buy, purchase any previous Sufjan albums that you have neglected add to your collection.

***Edit. The Song "Springfield, or Bobby Got a Gadfly Caught In His Hair" is freaking awesome. It also has a very Wilco-esque guitar lead in the middle. If you don't know what a Wilco-esque guitar line would be, drop everything you're doing again. Now, go purchase Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.