Who dare rip Internet favorite son Sufjan Stevens, the singer-songwriter followed with near religeous fervor? AllMusic.com's Stephen Thomas Erlewine, that's who.

His article "A Case Against Sufjan Stevens" (look at the template John Pareles set with his anti-Coldplay rant) braves the inevitable death threats and flies in the face of near universal critical adulation. A relationship that started as "entirely pleasant" has been ruined by "pretension and childish preciousness."

As for The Avalance, a well received collection of outtakes, Erlewine blasts it as "further proof that Sufjan Stevens has been wildly overpraised for music that has deliberately limited appeal."