LIVE REVIEW: Bon Iver + The Staves at The Straz Center 06.07.12 (Storify Edition w/ Photos))

Posted by on June 8, 2012 · 4 Comments 

Justin Vernon of Bon Iver during the band's set at The Straz Center's Morsani Hall in Tampa, Fla. on June 7, 2012. | Photo by: Kelley Jackson © Photos by Kelley Jackson © Twitter rambling via @leif_bearickson, @rayroa, and YOU  Last night, Justin Vernon brought his beautiful baby — Bon Iver — to Morsani Hall at The Straz Center for performing arts in Tampa, Fla. for what might end up being the show of the year.  Instead of... Read More

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WATCH: Bon Iver – “Hinnom, TX”

Posted by on November 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

Justin Vernon has a knack for crafting beautamous video accompaniments to his songs (see: “Holocene”), and his latest clip is no different.  And while it comes during the promotion cycle for a deluxe version of Bon Iver’s eponymous sophomore LP (does anyone else think labels are going overboard with this “deluxe version” crap?), the visuals for “Hinnom, TX” are worth a gander. (via Time) UPDATE: Out good friends at Consequence... Read More

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Bon Iver announces sophomore LP, watch them play “Tampa To Tulsa” at State Theatre

Posted by on April 21, 2011 · 1 Comment 

Justin Vernon may be known as Kanye West’s BFF lately (I mean, he and Pusha T were the only guests Yeezy had onstage at Coachella), but the 29-year-old Auto-Tune impresario looks ready to get his band’s name trending once again.  Pitchfork revealed yesterday that Vernon’s alt-folk outfit, Bon Iver, has announced June 21 as the release date for its self-titled sophomore release. The news comes on the heels of a cryptic video posted to the band’s... Read More

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Justin Vernon reveals what might be a taste of the new Bon Iver album

Posted by on April 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment 

  Waiting for the follow up to a band’s debut is always a nerve-racking affair.  Part of your person wants the artist’s sophomore effort to be evolutionary and groundbreaking, while the fanboy in you hopes for more of the same.  What’s more is that the cynic inside of you keeps saying that the new stuff is going to completely suck ass. While Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon’s 2008 breakthrough LP, For Emma, Forever Ago, is a mainstay... Read More

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