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Bon Iver

  • Blogs

    April 23, 2012

    A First Listen to The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends, Feat. Ke$ha, Erykah Badu, Bon Iver and More

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • News

    April 18, 2012

    SF Weekly Letters

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Music

    April 11, 2012

    Coachella in Your Backyard: Nine Good Local Shows That Aren't Sold Out

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Music

    February 22, 2012

    Indie on Top: Noise Pop Celebrates 20 Years of Independent Music

    I loved, loved the Flaming Lips' Embryonic, and find The Soft Bulletin to be a pretty magical cornucopia. Pretty big fan of 1995's Clouds Taste Metallic as well. Yet I've never considered for even a second if the Lips could be one of my Favorite Bands. They might've struck gold three-ish times, but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 13, 2012

    The Grammys: A Timeline of Madness and Misery

    The 54th Annual Grammy Awards happened yesterday. Which we're sure you know already. If you missed it, however, you may have missed some of the weirdest details. So here, for your convenience, is a timeline of events. Get comfortable, 'cause this thing was a three-and-a-half-hour carnival of absurdi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 27, 2011

    Absorb More Best of 2011 Picks (Including Ours) in Noise Pop's New Podcast

    Most people write out a year-end list; wisely, Noise Pop makes a podcast out of the project. The crew at S.F.'s best-known indie concert promotion outfit polled a host of artists, bloggers, DJs, and music writers about their favorite songs of 2011. The result is a recording that includes a wide vari ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2011

    The Year in Music Booze: Six Artist's Beverages That Made 2011 One Long Hangover

    Rock 'n' roll culture died in 2011. It's got nothing to do with your opinion of Bon Iver, but everything to do with Rolling Stone. The former leading voice of modern music upheld its immaculate reputation this year... by starting an official wine club. It's filled with bottles branded with imagery f ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 5, 2011

    Live Review: The National Converts to Arena Mode at Bill Graham Civic

    Matt SmithThe National at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Saturday night. ​ The National Local Natives Wye Oak Dec. 3, 2011 Bill Graham Civic Auditorium Better than: Seeing any other American rock band. "Anyone got extras? [To his partner] Hey, whatcha got?" "Just a hard dick and some bub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 29, 2011

    Is This the Coachella 2012 Lineup?

    Coachella 2012 is still more than four months away -- so naturally, it's time to start hyperventilating over rumored lineups for the first year the festival will stretch over two weekends. One "leaked" lineup appeared last week on StarzUncut, a celebrity gossip website with more than 58,000 Twitter ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2011

    Album of the Year: Handicapping the Race for the Best Record of 2011

    It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

  • Music

    September 28, 2011

    Sizzle & Fizzle: Highs and Lows from the Last Week in S.F. Music

    It's almost November -- the month when music scribes pull their ears out of whatever Sonic Youth/Public Enemy/Kate Bush playlist they normally exist to and begin cramming for that all-important professional exercise: The annual Best Of list. Picking the 10 or so best new albums of the year and placi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Bon Iver Turns Up the Volume at the Greek Theatre

    Joseph SchellBon Iver's Justin Vernon at the Greek Theatre last night.​ Bon Iver Other Lives September 22, 2011 Greek Theatre Better than: Thursday night network TV premieres (but don't forget to set the DVR). The Campanile bells of the University of California at Berkeley, solemnly tolling ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2011

    Absolutely Kosher Founder Cory Brown Picks 10 Unsung Releases He (Especially) Loved

    ​[Editor's note: After hearing this week that Berkeley indie label Absolutely Kosher plans to stop releasing new music this fall, we talked to label founder and owner Cory Brown about what happened and wrote a too-long, very bummed-out piece about it. We also asked if Brown would be interested ... More >>

  • Music

    September 21, 2011

    Bon Iver: Show Preview

    ​[Editor's note: After hearing this week that Berkeley indie label Absolutely Kosher plans to stop releasing new music this fall, we talked to label founder and owner Cory Brown about what happened and wrote a too-long, very bummed-out piece about it. We also asked if Brown would be interested ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 21, 2011

    In Print: Jimmy Eat World Revisits Bleed American, and More

    Jimmy Eat World​Jimmy Eat World: In 2001, four friends from Mesa, Ariz., made an album called Bleed American -- a set of sentimental, earnest, and immensely relatable pop-punk anthems. Teenagers everywhere shoved the CD into their car stereos as they snuck out past curfew; the album went plati ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Limp Bizkit's Gold Cobra: A Catalog of Disaster

    ​ Why did I choose to subject myself to Limp Bizkit? Because with the myriad of styles coming back -- think LinnDrum R&B ballads featuring on Bon Iver and Frank Ocean releases; the meaty '90s alt of Yuck and Male Bonding; the retrospective thrash metal of Kylesa -- it seem just about every era ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2011

    Young Widows Talk Recording in a Funeral Home, and Why Experimentation is Necssary

    Nick ThienemanYoung Widows perform Friday at Thee Parkside​ An unusual recording environment helps add mystique and character to a record. Nine Inch Nails made The Downward Spiral in the Beverly Hills house where the Sharon Tate murders happened. Bon Iver fans have that great visual of Justin ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 2, 2011

    Gayngs at the Independent: Sexier (and Obviously Weirder) Than Your Prom

    Gayngs at the Independent​Gayngs White Hinterland June 1, 2011 @ The Independent Better than: Your actual prom, including the hotel room after-party Picture a prom night in the early 1990s, in a glittering hall with a live band that plays soulful, heart-thumping music, cajoling the entirety of t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2010

    todayokay Talks Star Wars, Record Deals and Sexual Chocolate

    ​ When I met with band todayokay at Dolores Park Café, it was hard at first to picture the laid-back bunch producing the enormous sounds on display on their EP, All This Weaponry. Even the band's seemingly benign name doesn't quite fit with the affrontive album title. But as its members each chim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 1, 2010

    The Ghosts of Outside Lands Past

    Now that this year's Outside Lands lineup has been released in full and stayed true to its lil-bit-hippie-lil-but-hip-hop roots and the folk vs. funk vibe, will you be forking over some coin when the tickets go on sale tomorrow? How do you think this year's lineup fares with those of previous years? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 10, 2010

    Last Night: The Tallest Man on Earth and The Nurses at The Independent

    Joseph Schell​The Tallest Man on Earth and The NursesThe IndependentMay 09, 2010Better than: Pie. But not momma's homemade pie. Nothing beats that.Here are a few things fans who came to The Independent learned about The Tallest Man on Earth:- He knows how to make music. From the moment h ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 28, 2010

    A Bracing Dip

    Joseph Schell​The Tallest Man on Earth and The NursesThe IndependentMay 09, 2010Better than: Pie. But not momma's homemade pie. Nothing beats that.Here are a few things fans who came to The Independent learned about The Tallest Man on Earth:- He knows how to make music. From the moment h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Phil Collins: Indie Hipsters' Non-Guilty Pleasure

    Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>

  • Music

    September 23, 2009

    Bon Iver

    Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>

  • Music

    July 29, 2009

    Ken Will Help You Move

    Peter Gabriel may be courting indie rock with his reciprocal covers albums Scratch My Back and the forthcoming I'll Scratch Yours - featuring the likes of Bon Iver and the Arcade Fire - but don't discount indiedom's growing love for his old Genesis cohort Phil Collins. The recent rise of chillw ... More >>

  • Music

    January 28, 2009

    Bon Iver

    Blood Bank (Jagjaguwar)

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2009

    MP3 of the Day: Uzi & Ari

    (Photo by by Serina Nielson) Strange when an indie record store in Salt Lake City lists among its most popular releases a relatively unknown band from San Francisco. But in the Jan. 22 issue of Rolling Stone's "local favorites" column, the Bay Area's own Uzi & Ari's Headworms was listed amo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 26, 2008

    Top Ten Americana Albums of 2008

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    December 24, 2008

    Getting 'Touchy' in 2008

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2008

    MP3 of the Day: Live Bon Iver

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    August 27, 2008

    Mix-CD fans take their hobbies public in bars and galleries

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    August 20, 2008

    Schedule Outside Lands trip with playlists of our favorite artists

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    July 2, 2008

    Megafaun's Megaharmonies

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 28, 2008

    Outside Lands adds single day tickets

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    March 26, 2008

    Outside Lands Festival Adds Marquee Names to Its Lineup: Wilco, Manu Chao, and Beck, and many more

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2008

    Beck, Primus, Ben Harper Added to Outside Lands Lineup

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    March 19, 2008

    SXSW highlights: David Banner, Bon Iva, MGMT, Clockcleaner, and Dark Meat

    By Noah W. Bailey Picking the best folk and Americana records of the year isn't nearly as hard as discarding those great records that just didn't feel right stuck in the category. Releases by Calexico and DeVotchKa felt far too worldly to pigeonhole as folk or country, for instance, while Blitzen ... More >>

  • Music

    March 19, 2008

    Bon Iver

    For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2008

    Bon Iver, Yeasayer, Lou Reed no show: Day 1 at SXSW

    For Emma, Forever Ago (Jagjaguwar)

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