Sufjan Stevens - IllinoiseLike the self proclaimed 'Spiderman' who climbed Chicago's sears tower with no harness, Sufjan Stevens scales dusty prairies, steel factories, and two hundred years of history in the second installment of his 50 state project, 'Illinois', a 22 track anthematic tone poem to the prairie state. an engrossing musical road trip, Illinois takes you through ghost towns, grain mills, hospital rooms, and the city of broad shoulders, with guest appearances by a

Your Not My Idol 6

The best track

Recorded live at a hugely sweaty sold out show at Camden Jazz Cafe

with not a word or note wasted

including label mates Polica's Channy Leaneagh

Theosophy sits at that point where

"What could a businessman ever want more/Than to have us sucking in his store

‰Û÷Recurring Dreams‰۪

Subject to its own Pitchfork documentary

it's a blast of much needed sunshine while staying true to it's contemplative and inward looking title

in front of legendary A and R man and rock legend Muff Winwood

Perhaps relaxingåÊafter his mid-decade semi-stardom as Nancy Sinatra‰۪s foil