Watch – Bon Iver : Deluxe Edition with Track-By-Track Film
Tomorrow, November 29, Jagjaguwar is releasing a deluxe edition of Bon Iver‘s album Bon Iver on iTunes, with a limited edition DVD coming in early December. As a special treat, you can watch a sneak preview of, one of the track-by-track short film accompaniments, that will be included in the package. Isaac Gale and David Jenson direct this warm, glowing video for the […]
BON IVER: HOLOCENE
New video from Bon Iver for “Holocene”, directed by NABIL, Edited by Isaac Hagy and produced by Jill Hammer.
BON IVER: BON IVER
[rating: 5 stars] Bon Iver: Bon Iver Label: Jagjaguwar Release date: June 21, 2011 When Justin Vernon holed himself up in a remote cabin, writing For Emma, Forever Ago, there is no way he could have foreseen the span of impact his album would exonerate, nor could anyone else. Like a folk story echoed from generations […]
STREAM BON IVER’S NEW SELF TITLED ALBUM
(photo: D.L. Anderson) Thanks to NPR and The New York Times, you can stream Bon Iver‘s new self-titled album which is officially out June 21 via Jagjaguwar. After some curious collaborations with Kanye and Phil Collins, Justin Vernon seems back on track , making a natural transitioning follow up to “For Emma, Forever Ago.” CLICK HERE TO LISTEN
BON IVER: COME TALK TO ME (PETER GABRIEL COVER)
*MP3: Bon Iver – “Come Talk To Me” (Peter Gabriel Cover) Bon Iver and Peter Gabriel released a crossed-cover split 7” Vinyl disc for Record Store Day over the weekend, in which they recorded renditions of one song from the other’s catalog. Both pretty cool interpretations of each others songs. The 7” is now available […]
AVETT BROTHERS SIGN ONTO BONNAROO
The Avett Brothers, folk-rock real life brothers from North Carolina have signed on to play Bonnaroo Music festival this year. You can check out the bands video announcement HERE or take a peek at the rest of the Bonnaroo band line-up HERE. If you don’t make it down to the festival, you can always catch […]
Album Stream – Jason Feathers : De Oro
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon teamed up with MC Astronautalis and Scarey Music to release an experimental nine-track rap album titled De Oro under the moniker Jason Feathers. The album is set for official release this fall but you can stream the entire album now on Pitchforkmedia: CLICK TO STREAM ALBUM – JASON FEATHERS : DE ORO De Oro track list: 1. “Leave Your […]
Stream New Album from Dave Godowsky: All You Love is Need
Stream Dave Godowsky’s beautiful, indie-folk debut album, “All You Love Is Need,” recorded at Bon Iver’s studio in Fall Creek, Wisconsin – under the pseudonym John Shade. It was recorded/engineered by Nate Vernon and features Jeremy Boettcher on bass, Ben Lester on steel pedal and drums, John DeHaven on the horns and The Neave Quartet on strings.
Tribeca Film Acquires Rights to Jagjaguwar-produced – The Comedy
“Heidecker’s Swanson is wired like Robert De Niro’s Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, swapping violence for wisecracks.” – Hollywood.com Tribeca Film announced today that it has acquired all North American rights to The Comedy, director Rick Alverson’s provocative character study, which is already one of the most talked about films since it bowed at the 2012 Sundance […]
OTHER LIVES: LIVE AT BOWERY BALLROOM 2.17
Other Lives were at the Bowery Ballroom on Friday night as part of their first major venue headlining tour. Coming off of their tour with Bon Iver, Other Lives will be beginning a ten day stint supporting Radiohead. A big step for any young band, but to kick off Radiohead’s first US tour since […]
top 10 albums of 2011
Now that it’s 2012, here is a look back at the past year in music. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects, sat back, reflected and squared in with discosalt Magazine’s “top 10” best albums of 2011. Twenty-two tracks of flawlessly crafted synth drenched in intrepid, day-glo, art-pop scenery, without a wasted moment. Citing Billy Corgan’s […]
Best Albums of 2011
Now that it’s 2012, here is a look back at the past year in music. We’ve rounded up the usual suspects, sat back, reflected and squared in with discosalt Magazine’s “top 10” best albums of 2011. Twenty-two tracks of flawlessly crafted synth drenched in intrepid, day-glo, art-pop scenery, without a wasted moment. Citing Billy Corgan’s twenty-eight-track, […]
SHARON VAN ETTON: EPIC
[rating: 4] Sharon Van Etton: Epic Label: Ba Da Bing Release date: September 21, 2010 The opening track of Sharon Van Etton’s sophomore album Epic sets the tone of the album by being quite literally, epic. As she pushes through the song, the listener realizes that she is her own hero, protecting herself from the naked […]
FREE MP3:LELAND SUNDRIES:ELEGY
(Photo credit: Jennifer McManus) Leland Sundries is the mostly solo project of New York based Nick Loss-Eaton. He is re-branding Nashville’s original blues Americana with a touch of indie rock sarcasm. Although he isn’t the first person to use a resonator guitar (see “Bon Iver”), it is a refreshing sound in a landscape of bands […]
TOP TEN BEST BEARDS IN INDIE
We hate pushing the seasons, but with “Mustache March” now well behind us, we’ve started ruminating on beard season here. While, musicians have always rocked out playoff whiskers, the chin muffler has advantaged some, and been the demise of others. Think Dennis Wilson, and Jim Morrison, respectively (sorry Jim). But what about the indie beard? […]
VOLCANO CHOIR: UNMAP
[rating:4] Volcano Choir: Unmap Label: Jagjaguwar. Release Date: September 22 For singer/songwriter Justin Vernon, a member of the Discosalt Artist Collective and founder of Bon Iver, the project “wasn’t planned. The goal was to hibernate.” Vernon had moved to a remote cabin in Northwestern Wisconsin where all of his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, […]
COMPILATION:DARK WAS THE NIGHT
Compilation: Dark was the Night Label: 4ad Records Release Date: February 17, 2009 Compilations are seemingly rare in indie music, I am not sure why. Or if that’s true. In any case, The National has curated a 2 disc compilation to be released by 4AD on February 16th. Just in case you aren’t aware of […]
UPCOMING ALBUM RELEASES: JANUARY 2009
JANUARY 13: Late Of The Pier– Fantasy Black Channel JANUARY 20: Animal Collective– Merriweather Post Pavilion Bon Iver-Blood Bank JANUARY 27: Franz Ferdinand– Tonight: Franz Ferdinand FEBRUARY 3: Von Bondies– Love, Hate, and Then There’s You FEBRUARY 16: Morrissey– Years of Refusal FEBRUARY 17: …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead – […]
Chromeo, Deltron 3030, Rich Aucoin + David Gray @ Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa
July 4 -15, 2012 – Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa Chromeo DJ Set The Chromeo DJ set on July 8th felt just like that – a DJ set. Regardless, good times were had by all – even the Ottawa Police and fathers of small children. Chromeo plays their next show July 28th in Sacramento (with instruments). […]
Live – Chromeo, Deltron 3030, Rich Aucoin and David Gray @ Ottawa Bluesfest 7/4-15
Chromeo DJ Set The Chromeo DJ set on July 8th felt just like that – a DJ set. Regardless, good times were had by all – even the Ottawa Police and fathers of small children. Chromeo plays their next show July 28th in Sacramento (with instruments). For more information visit: Chromeo.net/tours [nggallery id=143] […]