... I took it too seriously. I started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." In that same interview, Stevens talks about how his focus turned toward his recent multimedia project The BQE, which consumed his ... anymore. I no longer have faith in the song." Looks like it might be a while before we hear any albums from Sufjan Stevens, let alone any albums in the 50 States project.

Fans of Sufjan Stevens have been right to wonder what the hell he's been up to for the last four years. After 2005's amazing Illinois album, subsequent outtakes-and-leftovers The ... from the symphonic nature of the album while still riffing on the melodies of the previous track. Sufjan has been making a lot of comments in the press lately about his probably-dead 50 States Project and how he ...

Sufjan Stevens’ Illinoise album tops Paste Magazine’s top albums of the decade.  See the entire list at  The 50 Best Albums of the Decade (2000-2009) 1. Sufjan Stevens: Illinois (2005) Posted in 2009, albums, sufjan stevens Tagged: illinoise, paste magazine, top albums of the decade

Sufjan Stevens told Paste in a recent interview that his concept of making an album for all 50 states to follow ... release of Illinois -- which Paste just deemed the best album of the decade -- Stevens says that "I no longer really have faith in the album anymore. I no longer have faith in the song."   Maybe Stevens will release everything online like Billy Corgan ...

Sufjan Stevens is nothing if not ambitious. He’s a top-notch songwriter and instrumentalist, but he doesn’t rest on his laurels. ... tragedies, they’re still awesome examples of construction. Stevens captures that sense of wonder that most drivers forget when they’ ... Postlude: Critical Mass” do you get the sense that Stevens sees the darker side to constructing this monstrous ...

... and found the song "Romulus", which blew me away. Sufjan Stevens has been one of my favorite musical artists ever since. He ... editor, which is essential in any writing (lyrical or otherwise). One of my favorite Sufjan tracks is Vito's Ordination Song. Christy and I ... matter what. Vito's Ordination Song (mp3) Sufjan Stevens - Greetings From Michigan - The Great Lake State (2003) I ...

Now Playing: Sufjan Stevens, "Seven Swans," "All The Trees Of The Field Will Clap Their Hands." So... birthday. A ... cards in a corner on the floor. And now the house has suddenly become mysteriously quiet. I suspect that everyone is in bed--except maybe Philip and Keith across the hall. Sufjan Stevens is pretty much perfect for this moment: mellow, acoustic, upbeat. Owls are ...

... Jim Fusilli has a nice piece today on the singer/composer Sufjan Stevens, who I think is, well, a genius. (It’s an overused word, so I use it carefully.) The 34-year-old Mr. Stevens returns with “The BQE,” a multimedia look at New ... symbol of urban planning gone haywire. If I were a MacArthur grant judge, I think I’d push for Stevens to receive one…..

While Sufjan Stevens is busy trying to figure out what the hell to do with all those incredible, awesome, too-long-for-some-people-but-really-well-worth-the-wait few pieces of new material, we ... nice twee background music if you're on a particularly light trip of mushrooms, but other than that, we need our fix, Soof. Well, we got it -- the Sufjan finally got mixed up with some hip hop. How is it?

Unless Sufjan Stevens really has discovered the Fountain of Youth, his mission to produce an album for each of the 50 states would be far from feasible. The singer-songwriter told Paste magazine that the ... started to feel like I was becoming a cliché of myself." Moving on from touring the US, Stevens has focused his energy on his current multimedia project, 'The BQE." With 35 ...