A rather strange, unique and one-off live album has been released by Bon Iver which was recorded at the mans very own Wisconsin high-school. The CD is titled A Decade With Duke and was performed back in April alongside the Eau Claire Memorial Jazz 1 band who take up six of the fourteen tracks.
Due to high demand, the Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack will be released on October 16th, one week earlier than originally planned. Chop Shop/Atlantic, the label releasing the soundtrack, said the demands of fans were "overwhelming and unprecedented."
For those expecting a follow up to For Emma, Forever Ago listening to Unmap will feel a little like walking into a new age shop by mistake. The crystals look nice, the incense smells good but there's not much more to it and you have to walk out sheepishly in search of something with more substance....more here.
Reader’s Choice: TIE. MGMT – Oracular Spectacular, Vampire Weekend – Vampire WeekendA tie is a little anti-climactic. I know this. You know this. We all like to see our guy win, and when he ties… it just feels a little less legit. Well, when there was virtually no separation between votes for MGMT and [...]
For those expecting a follow up to For Emma, Forever Ago listening to Unmap will feel a little like walking into a new age shop by mistake. The crystals look nice, the incense smells good but there's not much more to it and you have to walk out sheepishly in search of something with more substance....more here.
Sometimes an album is more the recording of a cataclysmic life event than an amalgamation of in studio bursts of creativity. The much written about, much discussed Bon Iver debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, is just that. Just as you've probably heard, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon holed himself up in a cabin in the remote wilderness of Northwestern Wisconsin and lived a simple existence, mostly for the pur
a. If you can watch THIS, you'd be blown away. If you can't watch it look HERE.b. Spike Lee shoots Nas HERE, my guess it was cause someone dropped the N Bomb.c. some geek is selling every SNES game ever made HERE, some geek (me) would secretly love to buy them.d. If google street view ever drove by my apt on a friday night at like 5am, THIS is probably what you would see.e. Chris Lighty i...
Not much new [worth posting], so here's a few that have been sitting on my desktop including a radio rip of the new Fall Out Boy/Lil' Wayne collabo. You'll also find a new Carlito and D12 joint, a Justice style dance track from The Bloody Beetroots, and an awesome version of "Flume" by Bon Iver done in the MOKB studio. Also a graph. Check out this site if you need rap songs represented as gr...
Say what? That's right! Wisconsin's Bon Iver aka Justin Vernon is back on the road again. Catch 'em if you can! (and lookee here…there's a stop at the Trocadero!) 12/10 New York, NY - Town Hall 12/11 New York, NY - Town Hall 12/14 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre 12/15 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero 12/18 Chicago, IL - The Vic 12/19 [...]
