
Minneapolis' Poliça teamed up with Justin Vernon of Bon Iver for the first single, "Tiff", from her new album later this year. The pair performed the track this past weekend at Coachella (see video below). This is a reunion of sorts as the two contributed to the group Gayngs a couple of years back. Listen below.
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While The Flaming Lips have a new album, Terror , coming out later this month on April 16th, that did not stop the always unpredictable band to release a video for "Ashes In The Air", their collaboration with Bon Iver from last year's The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends . The bizarre clip is shows a eyeball-headed spaceman feeding a baby, with Bon Iver's face, through a meat grinder. In addition, you get badly injured naked women with heavy wounds. You will [...]
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As i write and record music daily in the studio , i am inspired buy so many situations and songs that evoke so many feelings and inspire me to make the music i make, also the courage to share it with the world.... This is why i did this podcast to let you guys inside my world of musical motivation , which like the emotion of LVE changes with the weather. The Theme for this offering of songs is LVE LIES ( Love Lies ) , Yes i believe Lve Lies but some songs allow you to face the facts [...]
Standing out among this year's breakout acts is Field Report, the new folk project from Minnesota native Chris Porterfield. Formerly a member of the Eau Claire band DeYarmond Edison (which also featured Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and members of Megafaun), Porterfield relocated to Milwaukee where he rekindled his love for music . When its eponymous debut was ... Continue reading
The Gallerist, led by Boston native Mike Collins, may just be one of the Philadelphia folk scene's best kept secrets. The group's 2011 album, A Falling Waltz, carries itself on songs with lively narrative lyrics and captivating melodies in the same vein of artists like The Civil Wars and The Avett Brothers. It shouldn't come ... Continue reading
Big congrats to Philadelphia's Work Drugs, whose remix of Bon Iver's "Beth / Rest" was selected as one of the winners of the Bon Iver Stems Project contest. When we reached him by e-mail, Work Drugs founding member Thomas Crystal said "We just want to thank our fans, Bon Iver, and everyone who voted for ... Continue reading

The people in Talvik's songs are weary, but they've also, miraculously, retained the stars in their eyes, those blazing gleams that they'll be damned if they ever let get rattled or ripped from them. Sofia Talvik on Daytrotter My Daytrotter session is released today, and for all of you who asked about which album the Wichita Lineman cover is on, and I've said none - here it is! For all of you who [...]
It's a safe bet that nobody who saw Bon Iver's set at The Mann Center for the performing arts last night will again describe the Wisconsin-based new-folk collective as "mellow." Under the guidance of frontman and songwriter Justin Vernon, the band worked its way through a 16-song, 90-minute set that hit tremendous heights and explored ... Continue reading
Rock to the Future, the non-profit organization that brings free music education to Philadelphia students during after school programs, presents their Rock and Read Fest today at the Rotunda on Walnut St. The benefit event features story readings, poetry and music by The National Rifle, Oh Bree!, Ted Nguyent, Mike Bell & the Movies and ... Continue reading
Immediately, it sounded as though an abrupt change had occurred. In reality, it was something more gradual, more of an evolution. When its doubly self-titled sophomore record first hit speakers last spring, Bon Iver began to feel less like it was merely the nom-de-stage of a solo singer-songwriter, a conventional guy-with-a-guitar, one Justin Vernon. The ... Continue reading
Work Drugs have remixed Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest" from Bon Iver for Bon Iver's "Stems Project". The winner of each song remix gets $1000 and will be featured on the Spotify remix playlist. You can vote for their remix here According to the band: Work Drugs traveled to a small cabin in a densely wooded area ... Continue reading

Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! Tune in to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM today at 12pm ET or at 12am ET/9pm PST tonight to listen to the show again! Listen online with a free trial here . The UFO Club - Wolfman Houndmouth - Houston Train AC Newman - I'm Not Talking Eddi Front - [...]

We've been keeping loose tabs on Bon Iver's current "Stems Project" . The winner of the contest gets $1000 and is featured on an exclusive Bon Iver Spotify remix album. So far, the remix of "Beth/Rest" from Philiadelphia's Work Drugs has been the first one that has truly stuck out for us. According to the band regarding the remix: Work Drugs traveled to a small cabin in a densely wooded area of The Poconos to find inspiration for the Bon Iver remix challenge. Using a 10 year old Packard Bell [...]
Work Drugs have remixed Bon Iver's "Beth/Rest" from Bon Iver for Bon Iver's "Stems Project" in which the decided to remix the original version of "Beth/Rest." The winner gets $1000 and will be featured on the Spotify remix playlist. You can vote for their remix here According to the band: Work Drugs traveled to a ... Continue reading
Still riding high on the heels of his critically-lauded, doubly-eponymous album, Bon Iver this week kicked off a new interactive project in conjunction with popular music streaming service Spotify and social-networking site Indaba Music. Yesterday, the stem files to all ten songs on Bon Iver, Bon Iver were released on the site for fans to ... Continue reading
The first weekend of Coachella wrapped up yesterday with the second weekend of performances next weekend. Watch some of the festival highlights below from Grace Potter and The Nocturnals, the Weeknd, Gary Clark, Jr., Bon Iver, Radiohead, the Black Keys and Dawes. Continue reading

Justin Vernon, better known as Bon Iver, is re-releasing Amateur Love's first album, It's All Aquatic , on his new label Chigliak . In Justin Vernon's own words regarding the label and Amateur Love: It’s a difficult task to write about Amateur Love. The band was the singular catalyst in founding Chigliak. What Amateur Love means to the history of Eau Claire music is representative of everything we set out to illuminate with this record label. Our goal is to release records that hold weight in people’s [...]

Sleigh Bells celebrated the release of their new album, Reign of Terror , with an appearance on Saturday Night Live . They performed album tracks Comeback Kid and End of the Line . The true highlight of the pretty great episode hosted by Maya Rudolph, was the suprise appearance of Justin Timberlake as Bon Iver in a sketch revolving around Beyonce and Jay-Z's new baby, Ivy Blue Carter. We have all three videos for you to check out below. [...]

Adele Congratulations to Adele, Bon Iver, The Tedeschi Trucks Band, Booker T, Alison Krauss, and The Civil Wars, who all won Grammys during last night's awards ceremony . Below, listen to the World Cafe sessions that some of the bands recorded with Cafe host David Dye, as well as Booker T's full performance at last summer's XPoNential Music Festival and The Civil Wars' appearance at last May's Non-Comm music conference. Listen to Adele's World Cafe session here . Listen to Bon Iver's World Cafe [...]

Bon Iver was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live this past weekend. During the episode, they performed Holocene and Beth/Rest from their self-titled sophomore release. You can watch the Grammy-nominee's play both songs below. Holocene Beth/Rest