Taylor Swift has given the world some of the most popular love songs of modern times. A love song by a well-known indie band knocked her off of her feet. She said the tune was dark, but it managed to capture the true feeling of romance. Notably, Swift went on to work with the band in question.
Taylor Swift said this love song feels ‘like a memory’
During a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, Swift was asked to name the music that made her into an artist. Some of her picks included Carly Simon’s breakup song “You’re So Vain,” Faith Hill’s country-pop love song “This Kiss,” and Jimmy Eat World’s crossover hit “The Middle.” One of the folk songs on the list was Bon Iver’s “Blood Bank.” Swift must be a big Bon Iver fan since “Blood Bank” is not one of the band’s more famous tunes.
Taylor Swift said this love song feels ‘like a memory’
During a 2015 interview with Rolling Stone, Swift was asked to name the music that made her into an artist. Some of her picks included Carly Simon’s breakup song “You’re So Vain,” Faith Hill’s country-pop love song “This Kiss,” and Jimmy Eat World’s crossover hit “The Middle.” One of the folk songs on the list was Bon Iver’s “Blood Bank.” Swift must be a big Bon Iver fan since “Blood Bank” is not one of the band’s more famous tunes.
- 4/4/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Zach Bryan once again paid tribute to one of his favorite artists (and recent collaborators), Bon Iver, by posting a cover of “For Emma” on social media.
Just hours after dropping the Matthew McConaughey-starring video for the new song “Nine Ball,” Bryan uploaded his stripped-down take on the 2007 track for no reason other than being a big Bon Iver fan.
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Going back to at least 2016, Bryan has routinely praised the artist born Justin Vernon, with the Grammy-winning...
Just hours after dropping the Matthew McConaughey-starring video for the new song “Nine Ball,” Bryan uploaded his stripped-down take on the 2007 track for no reason other than being a big Bon Iver fan.
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Going back to at least 2016, Bryan has routinely praised the artist born Justin Vernon, with the Grammy-winning...
- 2/7/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The National and Phoebe Bridgers are cracking up to stave off falling apart in the new animated music video for their recent collaboration, “Laugh Track.”
The video was directed and animated by Bernard Derriman, who recently helmed The Bob’s Burgers Movie. In it, a couple sit down for a grave conversation but are soon overwhelmed by a rising tide of chuckling faces. Before the couple nearly drowns in bleak hilarity, however, they launch into the sky, escaping the deluge and eventually landing back at the table for a clear-eyed conversation.
The video was directed and animated by Bernard Derriman, who recently helmed The Bob’s Burgers Movie. In it, a couple sit down for a grave conversation but are soon overwhelmed by a rising tide of chuckling faces. Before the couple nearly drowns in bleak hilarity, however, they launch into the sky, escaping the deluge and eventually landing back at the table for a clear-eyed conversation.
- 11/15/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Not even a month since his last release, Zach Bryan is back with a new EP Boys of Faith, which features contributions from Noah Kahan and Bon Iver.
The five-track EP arrives just shortly after Bryan’s new self-titled album. Bon Iver accompanies him on the title track, a duet that fittingly utilizes Justin Vernon’s trademark style of electronica-embellished folk. “But you stuck around when I was down/ And I’ll owe you all my days,” the duo sing before the song swells into a sweeping, orchestral coda.
Meanwhile, Kahan features on “Sarah’s Place,” an uptempo barnburner that bittersweetly reminisces on a past relationship: “We always knew you were the better half of our good times,” Kahan and Bryan sing. “Those backyard lights don’t shine as bright without your face.”
Boys of Faith also features “Deep Satin,” a fan-favorite deep cut that’s finally getting its proper release.
The five-track EP arrives just shortly after Bryan’s new self-titled album. Bon Iver accompanies him on the title track, a duet that fittingly utilizes Justin Vernon’s trademark style of electronica-embellished folk. “But you stuck around when I was down/ And I’ll owe you all my days,” the duo sing before the song swells into a sweeping, orchestral coda.
Meanwhile, Kahan features on “Sarah’s Place,” an uptempo barnburner that bittersweetly reminisces on a past relationship: “We always knew you were the better half of our good times,” Kahan and Bryan sing. “Those backyard lights don’t shine as bright without your face.”
Boys of Faith also features “Deep Satin,” a fan-favorite deep cut that’s finally getting its proper release.
- 9/22/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
Zach Bryan — whose work swings from rock, roots, folk, Americana, country, and beyond — has delivered yet another soulful compilation, this time bringing on Bon Iver and Noah Kahan for the ride.
On the heels of his self-titled album, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart and moved the equivalent of 200,000 units in its first week, the Oklahoma-raised singer-songwriter released a new five-song EP titled Boys of Faith on Friday.
The title track features Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, as the tumbling chorus declares, “High tide has been...
On the heels of his self-titled album, which debuted at Number One on the Billboard 200 albums chart and moved the equivalent of 200,000 units in its first week, the Oklahoma-raised singer-songwriter released a new five-song EP titled Boys of Faith on Friday.
The title track features Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, as the tumbling chorus declares, “High tide has been...
- 9/22/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
What are Taylor Swift‘s very best songs? Scroll down through our countdown of her greatest hits. Does your favorite make the cut? Do you agree with our pick for number-one?
Swift has been a music star for half of her life. She was only 16 when her self-titled debut was released in 2006. That country breakthrough was certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for its massive sales, and it earned her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. But it was her next album that exploded her career.
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“Fearless” was released in 2008, and it earned her eight Grammy nominations. She ended up winning four of those, including Album of the Year. She was 20-years-old when she took that prize, which made her the youngest artist ever to win that award, sliding in under Alanis Morissette, who...
Swift has been a music star for half of her life. She was only 16 when her self-titled debut was released in 2006. That country breakthrough was certified seven-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for its massive sales, and it earned her a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist. But it was her next album that exploded her career.
SEEBiggest Grammy Winners of All Time: See The Most Awarded Artists
“Fearless” was released in 2008, and it earned her eight Grammy nominations. She ended up winning four of those, including Album of the Year. She was 20-years-old when she took that prize, which made her the youngest artist ever to win that award, sliding in under Alanis Morissette, who...
- 8/2/2023
- by Kevin Jacobsen and Daniel Montgomery
- Gold Derby
A few hours before he dropped his long-awaited studio album Utopia, Travis Scott shared its official 19-song tracklist. The image included each title written out in near-illegible scribbles with a harsh, grainy filter overlay making it all the more difficult to decipher. Throughout the list, there were no featured artists, but the album’s arrival revealed appearances from Beyoncé, Drake, The Weeknd, Sza, James Blake, and more across its stacked guest list.
Utopia features 19 different featured artists across its run time, which clocks in at an hour and 13 minutes. Scott...
Utopia features 19 different featured artists across its run time, which clocks in at an hour and 13 minutes. Scott...
- 7/28/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Changes are coming to the Greek underworld — at least as it appears on Broadway. Australian pop musician Betty Who and Tony nominee Phillip Boykin are set to take over the leading roles of Persephone and Hades, respectively, in the hit musical, Hadestown, starting Sept. 5.
The complex, fraught relationship between Persephone and Hades provides one of the two main storylines in Hadestown. In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and Hades (technically her uncle) is allowed to abduct her and make her Queen of the Underworld. In Hadestown,...
The complex, fraught relationship between Persephone and Hades provides one of the two main storylines in Hadestown. In Greek mythology, Persephone is the daughter of Zeus and Demeter, and Hades (technically her uncle) is allowed to abduct her and make her Queen of the Underworld. In Hadestown,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift gifted Swifties gathered for night one of the Eras Tour in Cincinnati on Friday with two surprise songs.
The artist performed “Evermore and “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” continuing her tradition of surprising crowds each night of the tour with songs that aren’t listed on her set list. “Evermore,” the title track to Swift’s ninth studio album, originally features a duet with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. On Friday, the Folklore singer played the song solo on the piano, along with an...
The artist performed “Evermore and “I’m Only Me When I’m With You,” continuing her tradition of surprising crowds each night of the tour with songs that aren’t listed on her set list. “Evermore,” the title track to Swift’s ninth studio album, originally features a duet with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. On Friday, the Folklore singer played the song solo on the piano, along with an...
- 7/1/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Our June 2023 CoSign Amber Bain, aka The Japanese House, has shared her second studio album, In the End It Always Does, via Dirty Hit. Stream it via Apple Music or Spotify below.
In her CoSign interview, Bain tells Consequence she found comfort in working with producer Chloe Kraemer, who she describes as now one of her best friends. “She reflected myself back at me in a lot of ways,” she says. “These songs are all about queer experience and being a queer woman, and I think that working with another queer woman helped get those songs out and treat them with the kind of romance that they need and deserve.”
Other collaborators on In the End include Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon (“Over There”), Muna’s Katie Gavin, and Matty Healy (“Sunshine Baby”) and George Daniel of The 1975, the latter of whom co-produced multiple tracks.
In the End It Always...
In her CoSign interview, Bain tells Consequence she found comfort in working with producer Chloe Kraemer, who she describes as now one of her best friends. “She reflected myself back at me in a lot of ways,” she says. “These songs are all about queer experience and being a queer woman, and I think that working with another queer woman helped get those songs out and treat them with the kind of romance that they need and deserve.”
Other collaborators on In the End include Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon (“Over There”), Muna’s Katie Gavin, and Matty Healy (“Sunshine Baby”) and George Daniel of The 1975, the latter of whom co-produced multiple tracks.
In the End It Always...
- 6/30/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
The musical seed Justin Vernon planted that eventually sprouted into Bon Iver is now available on streaming. The record, an original song titled “Hazelton” and recorded in the mid-2000s for the musician’s third solo album, functioned as the starting point for “Holocene,” the pivotal single from Bon Iver’s second studio album Bon Iver, Bon Iver.
“Hazelton” resurfaced as one of 83 newly-released recordings on Epoch, the definitive box set documenting Vernon’s old band DeYarmond Edison. In many ways, it marked the official beginning of the end by...
“Hazelton” resurfaced as one of 83 newly-released recordings on Epoch, the definitive box set documenting Vernon’s old band DeYarmond Edison. In many ways, it marked the official beginning of the end by...
- 6/22/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Justin Vernon has shared the early iteration of what we know now as Bon Iver’s “Holocene.” Titled “hazelton,” it appears on an upcoming mega box set from his former shortlived band DeYarmond Edison. Stream “hazelton” and its companion track “liner” below.
Originally recorded between June 2005 and May 2006, “hazelton” and “liner” were solo efforts that Vernon old school burned onto CD-Rs for his third solo album, hazeltons. They are some of the oldest recordings to become part of the larger Bon Iver discography, showing how Vernon has been undeniably Vernon since day one. It’s plucky and slightly angsty, with Vernon’s voice a delightful rasp moving up and down the vocal scale.
The DIY album ultimately contributed to DeYarmond Edison’s breakup. The band played their final show no more than a month after its release, with Bon Iver and Megafaun (the band that brothers Brad and Phil Cook...
Originally recorded between June 2005 and May 2006, “hazelton” and “liner” were solo efforts that Vernon old school burned onto CD-Rs for his third solo album, hazeltons. They are some of the oldest recordings to become part of the larger Bon Iver discography, showing how Vernon has been undeniably Vernon since day one. It’s plucky and slightly angsty, with Vernon’s voice a delightful rasp moving up and down the vocal scale.
The DIY album ultimately contributed to DeYarmond Edison’s breakup. The band played their final show no more than a month after its release, with Bon Iver and Megafaun (the band that brothers Brad and Phil Cook...
- 6/22/2023
- by Cervanté Pope
- Consequence - Music
Gracie Abrams paid tribute to one of her influences recently, playing Bon Iver’s “Beach Baby” during a live appearance on SiriusXM Hits 1. She gently strummed an echoey acoustic guitar, and quietly intoned the lyrics: “Once a time, put a tongue in your ear, on the beach,” she sang, “And you clutched clicking heels.”
Overall, Abrams chose to make the guitar sound more opaque than the vocals, which is the opposite of Bon Iver’s original recording, which appeared as a bonus track on the 10th anniversary edition of their 2009 EP,...
Overall, Abrams chose to make the guitar sound more opaque than the vocals, which is the opposite of Bon Iver’s original recording, which appeared as a bonus track on the 10th anniversary edition of their 2009 EP,...
- 6/14/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Rob Moose and Bon Iver have teamed up for the new collaborative single “Marvel Room,” taken from the former’s upcoming debut EP, Inflorescence.
In a statement, Rob Moose — whose work as an arranger with Bon Iver stretches as far back as the band’s 2011 self-titled LP — called frontman Justin Vernon “a creative north star” who “coaxes creative breakthroughs out of me.” Fittingly, “Marvel Room” began as an “idea” while recording 2019’s i,i, “though it wasn’t one we approached together during the arranging process.”
“I encountered it during a hard drive deep dive, and was intrigued by its propulsive rhythms and baritone incantations,” he continued. “We passed the track back and forth a few times as the form and content emerged. He asked me for more subdivided rhythm in places, and I wondered if he might throw in a touch of sparkle toward the end. A year later,...
In a statement, Rob Moose — whose work as an arranger with Bon Iver stretches as far back as the band’s 2011 self-titled LP — called frontman Justin Vernon “a creative north star” who “coaxes creative breakthroughs out of me.” Fittingly, “Marvel Room” began as an “idea” while recording 2019’s i,i, “though it wasn’t one we approached together during the arranging process.”
“I encountered it during a hard drive deep dive, and was intrigued by its propulsive rhythms and baritone incantations,” he continued. “We passed the track back and forth a few times as the form and content emerged. He asked me for more subdivided rhythm in places, and I wondered if he might throw in a touch of sparkle toward the end. A year later,...
- 6/9/2023
- by Bryan Kress
- Consequence - Music
Ilsey, the singer-songwriter who cowrote “Nothing Breaks Like a Heart,” is now following her own heart on a Neil Young cover with Bon Iver. The musicians covered “Heart of Gold,” taking Young’s folky pining and turning it into a poppy meditation on the original’s lyrics that sometimes veers into the avant-garde with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon singing the high harmonies in his head voice.
“This song has always spoken to me in a deep, personal way,” Ilsey said in a statement. “There’s something about the plaintive melody and the simple,...
“This song has always spoken to me in a deep, personal way,” Ilsey said in a statement. “There’s something about the plaintive melody and the simple,...
- 6/2/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Before we knew Justin Vernon as the force behind Bon Iver, he fronted DeYarmond Edison, a band formed along with his childhood friends Joe Westerlund, Brad Cook, and Phil Cook. Those early recordings by the future indie rock heroes are now getting a proper release with Epoch, a comprehensive box set out August 18th on Jagjaguwar. You can hear a preview now with the single “As Long As I Can Go” b/w “Feel the Light,” along with a remastered version of their 2005 track “Bones.”
Epoch comprises 83 recordings — many of which are being heard outside the band for the very first time — across five LPs and four CDs, dating all the way back to 1998. Along with the music comes a 60,000-word biography from journalist/executive producer/self-described biggest fan Grayson Haver Currin, the collection captures DeYarmond Edison’s evolution from high school rockers who performed as Mount Vernon to their...
Epoch comprises 83 recordings — many of which are being heard outside the band for the very first time — across five LPs and four CDs, dating all the way back to 1998. Along with the music comes a 60,000-word biography from journalist/executive producer/self-described biggest fan Grayson Haver Currin, the collection captures DeYarmond Edison’s evolution from high school rockers who performed as Mount Vernon to their...
- 6/1/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
The 1975’s Matty Healy has joined British singer-songwriter the Japanese House (a.k.a. Amber Bain) for a new single, “Sunshine Baby.”
“Sunshine Baby” is a glimmering piece of nostalgic, solemn dream pop, with Healy joining Bain on the hook, “Sitting in the backseat/Driving with my sunshine baby/We’ll have gone a little crazy/Surely someone’s gonna save me.” The song was co-produced by Chloe Kraemer and Healy’s 1975 bandmate George Daniel.
“Sunshine Baby is my nickname for my dog, and my ex and I always used...
“Sunshine Baby” is a glimmering piece of nostalgic, solemn dream pop, with Healy joining Bain on the hook, “Sitting in the backseat/Driving with my sunshine baby/We’ll have gone a little crazy/Surely someone’s gonna save me.” The song was co-produced by Chloe Kraemer and Healy’s 1975 bandmate George Daniel.
“Sunshine Baby is my nickname for my dog, and my ex and I always used...
- 5/17/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
The National have been so good at producing National songs for so long that it’s been easy to take them for granted. Whenever the Brooklyn indie-rock institution passed a career point at which a lesser band might start breaking down — albums five, six, seven — they just got stronger, releasing some of their best work well into their second decade. In hindsight, this longevity seems obvious. The hallmarks of a National song — wry, affective lyrics; earthquake-proof song structures; painterly arrangements — seem tailor-built to sound more graceful with age.
And yet,...
And yet,...
- 4/26/2023
- by Clayton Purdom
- Rollingstone.com
Amber Bain is back with “Boyhood,” a new song from her project The Japanese House. Listen to the track below.
“Boyhood” pairs bubbling synths with driving acoustic guitar as The Japanese House looks back at her adolescence, made all the more confusing by her queer identity. Fortunately, with the opening line, “I could’ve been somebody else but I’ve been out looking for me,” she sings the track with the confidence of someone who’s come to accept themselves.
Watch the music video for The Japanese House’s “Boyhood” below.
“When my best friend Katie and I were young and in love, we dreamed of riding off into the distance on her horse Bam Bam, away from all the problems that came from being gay and in love back then,” Bain explained of the track.
“This song talks about how sometimes, however hard you try, you can’t help...
“Boyhood” pairs bubbling synths with driving acoustic guitar as The Japanese House looks back at her adolescence, made all the more confusing by her queer identity. Fortunately, with the opening line, “I could’ve been somebody else but I’ve been out looking for me,” she sings the track with the confidence of someone who’s come to accept themselves.
Watch the music video for The Japanese House’s “Boyhood” below.
“When my best friend Katie and I were young and in love, we dreamed of riding off into the distance on her horse Bam Bam, away from all the problems that came from being gay and in love back then,” Bain explained of the track.
“This song talks about how sometimes, however hard you try, you can’t help...
- 3/20/2023
- by Carys Anderson
- Consequence - Music
Dreaming of David, the album Ryan Beatty released in the early weeks of 2020, featured a bold declaration on the single “Patchwork,” where he promised: “This is not my last masterpiece/I am Michelangelo.” Three years later, the 27-year-old singer and songwriter is following through on his word. On April 28, Beatty will release his third studio album, Calico.
The first preview of the album, the newly released single “Ribbons,” is a sobering snapshot of a late night in California bleeding into the early hours of the next morning. The song, built around an airy piano melody,...
The first preview of the album, the newly released single “Ribbons,” is a sobering snapshot of a late night in California bleeding into the early hours of the next morning. The song, built around an airy piano melody,...
- 3/17/2023
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Paul Beasley, a tenor who has sung with the Blind Boys of Alabama for the last decade, died Monday. A rep for the group confirmed the news to Rolling Stone, though the cause of death remains unknown. He was 78.
Beasley, who’d had a long career in gospel music with stints in the Gospel Keynotes and the Mighty Clouds of Joy, joined the Blind Boys after losing his sight in 2013. His first recording with the vocal group was their album, I’ll Find a Way, produced by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
Beasley, who’d had a long career in gospel music with stints in the Gospel Keynotes and the Mighty Clouds of Joy, joined the Blind Boys after losing his sight in 2013. His first recording with the vocal group was their album, I’ll Find a Way, produced by Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
- 3/16/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
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Bon Iver will return to the stage this summer. The indie heavyweights will kick things off in Brisbane, Australia and Europe before making their way to the U.S. with stops in Madison, Seattle, and more cities before the grand finale at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for Beach Road Weekend.
Bon Iver returned to the stage for the first time in two years at Los Angeles’ YouTube...
Bon Iver will return to the stage this summer. The indie heavyweights will kick things off in Brisbane, Australia and Europe before making their way to the U.S. with stops in Madison, Seattle, and more cities before the grand finale at Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts for Beach Road Weekend.
Bon Iver returned to the stage for the first time in two years at Los Angeles’ YouTube...
- 2/27/2023
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
Bon Iver is possibly coming to a city near you: Justin Vernon and co. have today announced a short run of North American tour dates for August 2023.
After making festival appearances in Australia this week and Europe in June, Bon Iver will kick off their North American festivities on August 2nd in Duluth, Minnesota at Bayfront Festival Park. The tour will then make stops in cities including Madison, Missoula, Boise, and Seattle — including a set at Iowa’s Hinterland Music Festival — before coming over to the East Coast to headline Beach Road Weekend in Martha’s Vineyard.
Pre-sale for tickets to Bon Iver’s headlining 2023 tour dates begins March 1st at 10:00 a.m. Et (use the code Salem) with remaining tickets available to the general public beginning Friday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Alternatively, tickets can be purchased via Stubhub — where orders are 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.
After making festival appearances in Australia this week and Europe in June, Bon Iver will kick off their North American festivities on August 2nd in Duluth, Minnesota at Bayfront Festival Park. The tour will then make stops in cities including Madison, Missoula, Boise, and Seattle — including a set at Iowa’s Hinterland Music Festival — before coming over to the East Coast to headline Beach Road Weekend in Martha’s Vineyard.
Pre-sale for tickets to Bon Iver’s headlining 2023 tour dates begins March 1st at 10:00 a.m. Et (use the code Salem) with remaining tickets available to the general public beginning Friday, March 3rd at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
Alternatively, tickets can be purchased via Stubhub — where orders are 100% guaranteed through Stubhub’s FanProtect program.
- 2/27/2023
- by Abby Jones
- Consequence - Music
How to Build a Sustainable Music Career & Collect All Revenue Streams is the #1 Music Business podcast globally, charting on six continents with listeners in 140+ countries. Best-selling author, industry veteran and #iVoted Festival founder Emily White will cover the modern music industry in full and solve musicians’ problems in real time via livestream on Volume.com in front of a live audience at Academy Award winner John Ridley’s Nō Studios. Season two debuts January 10, 2023
Emily will take musicians through their process from recording to release and beyond throughout this series. She presents this information in a clear and methodical manner that is applicable to artists’ home markets and shares how musicians can grow their careers nationally and internationally from there. While also ensuring they are not missing a single revenue stream along the way.
Musicians and music industry professionals can tune in live and later restream via Volume.com where...
Emily will take musicians through their process from recording to release and beyond throughout this series. She presents this information in a clear and methodical manner that is applicable to artists’ home markets and shares how musicians can grow their careers nationally and internationally from there. While also ensuring they are not missing a single revenue stream along the way.
Musicians and music industry professionals can tune in live and later restream via Volume.com where...
- 1/10/2023
- Podnews.net
Brendan Yates describes it as feeling like Christmas morning. After being roused by their manager’s repeated calls, the members of Turnstile assembled in the lounge of their tour bus — parked on an off-day in North Carolina — in their pajamas, where they learned that they had been nominated for three Grammys. “It was cold and rainy outside and we woke up to a really nice surprise,” drummer Daniel Fang tells Rolling Stone, before clarifying: “I have wool pajamas. Not, like, the repeat pattern kind.”
The Baltimore band — which is up...
The Baltimore band — which is up...
- 11/17/2022
- by Brenna Ehrlich
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift has made a surprise appearance at a Bon Iver concert in London.
On Wednesday (26 October), the singer graced the stage at the Ovo Arena in Wembley alongside the musician, whose real name is Justin Vernon, and The National’s Aaron Dessner to perform their song “Exile” together in person for the first time.
Footage of the performance made its way onto Twitter moments after it occurred.
Over ecstatic applause at the end of their duet, Vernon said, “The most talented person in the world, Taylor Swift,” to which she responded, “The most talented person in the world, Justin Vernon,” before adding, “Also the most talented person in the world, Aaron Dessner!”
After she left the stage, Vernon quipped that Swift’s guest slot would be hard to follow, before launching into rousing renditions of crowd favourites “Skinny Love” and “Blood Bank”.
“Exile” featured on Swift’s 2020 album Folkore.
On Wednesday (26 October), the singer graced the stage at the Ovo Arena in Wembley alongside the musician, whose real name is Justin Vernon, and The National’s Aaron Dessner to perform their song “Exile” together in person for the first time.
Footage of the performance made its way onto Twitter moments after it occurred.
Over ecstatic applause at the end of their duet, Vernon said, “The most talented person in the world, Taylor Swift,” to which she responded, “The most talented person in the world, Justin Vernon,” before adding, “Also the most talented person in the world, Aaron Dessner!”
After she left the stage, Vernon quipped that Swift’s guest slot would be hard to follow, before launching into rousing renditions of crowd favourites “Skinny Love” and “Blood Bank”.
“Exile” featured on Swift’s 2020 album Folkore.
- 10/26/2022
- by Jacob Stolworthy
- The Independent - Music
Taylor Swift made a surprise visit to Bon Iver’s concert in London on Wednesday, Oct. 26, at the Ovo Arena in Wembley. As Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, began the first few verses of “Exile” from Swift’s eighth album, Folklore, the Midnights artist walked on stage. Immediately, the crowd lost it.
“Bon Iver bringing out Taylor Swift and playing Exile has fucking ended me honestly jesus christ” one audience member tweeted. Another wrote, spelling errors for effect, “Taylor Swift Just Cmae Out Eith Bon Iver Im Shaking.”
The duo...
“Bon Iver bringing out Taylor Swift and playing Exile has fucking ended me honestly jesus christ” one audience member tweeted. Another wrote, spelling errors for effect, “Taylor Swift Just Cmae Out Eith Bon Iver Im Shaking.”
The duo...
- 10/26/2022
- by Charisma Madarang
- Rollingstone.com
We’re light years from the hunting cabins of Wisconsin now. Six neon art podiums, arranged in a council-like circle, enclose racks of keyboards and two drum kits. Curtains of light enshroud the stage in angular sheets. A flock of floating mirrors hung from the lighting rig reflect beams of light at skewed, flowing angles, much as Bon Iver bends music.
The stage set for the first of Justin Vernon’s two Wembley shows reveals just how far the haunting alt-folk artist of 2007’s For Emma, Forever Ago has mutated. Since that cult breakthrough album, sparsely recorded in a heartbroken fever in his father’s log cabin in the woods, the Wisconsin falsetto troubadour of old has evolved into a cutting-edge electro-soul pioneer. Not that he looks the part, appearing amid the technological tangle with a heavy beard, backwards baseball cap and chunky headphones. He looks more like the sort...
The stage set for the first of Justin Vernon’s two Wembley shows reveals just how far the haunting alt-folk artist of 2007’s For Emma, Forever Ago has mutated. Since that cult breakthrough album, sparsely recorded in a heartbroken fever in his father’s log cabin in the woods, the Wisconsin falsetto troubadour of old has evolved into a cutting-edge electro-soul pioneer. Not that he looks the part, appearing amid the technological tangle with a heavy beard, backwards baseball cap and chunky headphones. He looks more like the sort...
- 10/26/2022
- by Mark Beaumont
- The Independent - Music
Indie heavyweights the National and Bon Iver have linked up for a new song, “Weird Goodbyes.”
The new single finds National frontman Matt Berninger and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sharing vocal duties, coming together for some lovely harmonies on the chorus, “It finally hits me, a mile’s drive/The sky is leaking, my windshield’s crying/I’m feeling sacred, my soul is stripped/Radio’s painful, the words are clipped.” Along with Vernon, “Weird Goodbyes” features strings from the London Contemporary Orchestra, orchestrated by the National’s Bryce Dessner.
The new single finds National frontman Matt Berninger and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon sharing vocal duties, coming together for some lovely harmonies on the chorus, “It finally hits me, a mile’s drive/The sky is leaking, my windshield’s crying/I’m feeling sacred, my soul is stripped/Radio’s painful, the words are clipped.” Along with Vernon, “Weird Goodbyes” features strings from the London Contemporary Orchestra, orchestrated by the National’s Bryce Dessner.
- 8/22/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Today marks 15 years since Bon Iver released For Emma, Forever Ago. After breakups with his band and girlfriend, singer-songwriter Justin Vernon sought refuge by holing up in a hunting cabin in Wisconsin and sketching out nine songs. He was, as he later told Rolling Stone, “shatteringly alone.” Vernon didn’t intend the tracks for public consumption, but after strong praise from friends, he self-released the album in July 2007. In an interview with Pitchfork, Vernon explained that “when I made For Emma, it was my last chance to see if I...
- 7/8/2022
- by Carys Douglas
- Rollingstone.com
Bartees Strange needs a new hobby. Back when he wasn’t playing football in high school, studying communications in college, or working a nine-to-five at the FCC, he devoted every free hour to music. Now, his only job is writing, recording, and performing songs that defy the gravity of genre to scale some of the highest ambitions on the planet — and that leaves him with time to kill.
He’s thinking of taking up rock climbing.
“I’ve been watching all the documentaries,” Strange, 33, says between spoonfuls of pho on...
He’s thinking of taking up rock climbing.
“I’ve been watching all the documentaries,” Strange, 33, says between spoonfuls of pho on...
- 5/12/2022
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten is no stranger to drama. The L.A-via-Brooklyn indie-rock star has spent her career breaking hearts, turning grief and lust and pain into cathartic beauty. But even by her standards, life has been messy lately. She fell in love with her drummer and had a kid. She moved cross-country to California, just in time for the pandemic. She got Covid. She planned live shows that didn’t happen; she planned a wedding that didn’t happen. As she says with a dry laugh, “The universe called my bluff a little bit.
- 4/20/2022
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
Every once in a while, the Grammys will make a pick that is instantly polarizing, and one of the best examples is Bon Iver’s Best New Artist win in 2012. To many, the win showed how the Grammys might choose quality and artistry over sales. But to others, the win might’ve represented the Grammys’ persistent bias against hip-hop artists and disrespect towards the genre. How exactly did Bon Iver even win, though?
While Bon Iver, a musical project led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, won in 2012, the band was far from new by that time. Bon Iver’s debut record, “For Emma, Forever Ago,” was released independently in 2007, slowly but surely building enough of a fan base to warrant an indie label to sign the band and give the album a proper release in 2008. The band then started to gain popularity in indie circles, leading to collaborations with St. Vincent and,...
While Bon Iver, a musical project led by singer-songwriter Justin Vernon, won in 2012, the band was far from new by that time. Bon Iver’s debut record, “For Emma, Forever Ago,” was released independently in 2007, slowly but surely building enough of a fan base to warrant an indie label to sign the band and give the album a proper release in 2008. The band then started to gain popularity in indie circles, leading to collaborations with St. Vincent and,...
- 3/31/2022
- by Jaime Rodriguez
- Gold Derby
Four years after his late-career comeback Love, Loss, and Auto-Tune, Swamp Dogg is returning next month with a brand-new collection of vocally-manipulated originals: I Need A Job…So I Can Buy More Autotune will be released Feb. 25, on Don Giovanni Records.
Swamp Dogg has remained as busy as ever in the years since his Justin Vernon-assisted Love, Loss and Auto-Tune, releasing 2020’s Sorry You Couldn’t Make It, a superb collection of country-leaning tunes that featured John Prine.
“I just didn’t want it to sound like Swamp Dogg,...
Swamp Dogg has remained as busy as ever in the years since his Justin Vernon-assisted Love, Loss and Auto-Tune, releasing 2020’s Sorry You Couldn’t Make It, a superb collection of country-leaning tunes that featured John Prine.
“I just didn’t want it to sound like Swamp Dogg,...
- 1/6/2022
- by Jonathan Bernstein
- Rollingstone.com
An extinction-level disaster and dark political comedy may not necessarily be the kinds of things that make one think of Bon Iver. But as Adam McKay was chatting with Oscar-nominated composer Nicholas Britell about the music for the end of his new satire, Don’t Look Up, it was the director who suggested, “Y’know, it would be great if there was an original Bon Iver song playing right there. That would just be, like, perfect.”
Britell, as he recently recalled to Rolling Stone, excitedly chimed in, “Do you want me...
Britell, as he recently recalled to Rolling Stone, excitedly chimed in, “Do you want me...
- 12/10/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Somebody better roll the window down — the emotional motion sickness is about to get real.
Red (Taylor’s Version) is finally here, arriving like a comet fans have been waiting for since the original release in 2012. The 30-track version contains unearthed gems from the vault, including “Nothing New,” which Swift recorded with Phoebe Bridgers. For any fan of both artists, it was the second-most anticipated song on here, right after a 10-minute version of Swift’s magnum opus “All Too Well.” And guess what? It delivers beyond expectations.
The minute...
Red (Taylor’s Version) is finally here, arriving like a comet fans have been waiting for since the original release in 2012. The 30-track version contains unearthed gems from the vault, including “Nothing New,” which Swift recorded with Phoebe Bridgers. For any fan of both artists, it was the second-most anticipated song on here, right after a 10-minute version of Swift’s magnum opus “All Too Well.” And guess what? It delivers beyond expectations.
The minute...
- 11/12/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
“There’s nothing strange about this at all,” said Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on Friday night at 9:30 p.m. while surveying the scene from center stage inside SoFi Stadium’s intimate YouTube Theater. It’s never odd to experience a sold-out Bon Iver show but the frontman was referencing the uniqueness of the night in that it was the band’s first show amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Because of that, there was a lot of gratitude swirling about in the new venue, both from Vernon and from the band’s diehard fans. “We love you ...
Because of that, there was a lot of gratitude swirling about in the new venue, both from Vernon and from the band’s diehard fans. “We love you ...
- 10/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
“There’s nothing strange about this at all,” said Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon on Friday night at 9:30 p.m. while surveying the scene from center stage inside SoFi Stadium’s intimate YouTube Theater. It’s never odd to experience a sold-out Bon Iver show but the frontman was referencing the uniqueness of the night in that it was the band’s first show amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Because of that, there was a lot of gratitude swirling about in the new venue, both from Vernon and from the band’s diehard fans. “We love you ...
Because of that, there was a lot of gratitude swirling about in the new venue, both from Vernon and from the band’s diehard fans. “We love you ...
- 10/25/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Kanye West’s Donda launched with the biggest first-week debut of 2021, as his new set amassed more than 341 million streams and close to 37,000 sales. With nearly 313,000 album-equivalent units, Donda passed Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour, which earned around 302,000 units back in June, along with high-flying debuts from Taylor Swift and J. Cole.
Donda stretches over 27 tracks and 108 minutes; it includes features from the Weeknd, Lil Baby, Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, and many, many more. “Hurricane,” “Jail,” and “Off the Grid” led the album’s charge, earning more than 20 million streams apiece.
On a different week,...
Donda stretches over 27 tracks and 108 minutes; it includes features from the Weeknd, Lil Baby, Jay-Z, Playboi Carti, and many, many more. “Hurricane,” “Jail,” and “Off the Grid” led the album’s charge, earning more than 20 million streams apiece.
On a different week,...
- 9/7/2021
- by Elias Leight
- Rollingstone.com
Make some blank space in your closet, Swifties. Urban Outfitters has launched an exclusive Taylor Swift and Folklore-themed three-piece fashion capsule to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the singer’s first quarantine collection. Fans can also score exclusive vinyl and cassette versions of the album as part of the collection.
Buy:
Taylor Swift 'Folklore' Collection
at
Urban Outfitters
Currently only available in the U.S., the clothing comes in autumnal colors and three sizes: S/M, M/L, and L/Xl.
No word on how long the line will stick...
Buy:
Taylor Swift 'Folklore' Collection
at
Urban Outfitters
Currently only available in the U.S., the clothing comes in autumnal colors and three sizes: S/M, M/L, and L/Xl.
No word on how long the line will stick...
- 8/30/2021
- by Carrie Bell
- Rollingstone.com
It’s an exciting day for Taylor Swift fans. The singer teamed up with Big Red Machine, which is made up of Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner, again to release the new song “Birch”, which features on the band’s new album How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last? “Well, if you...
- 8/27/2021
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Bon Iver has announced that they’ll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of their 2011 album Bon Iver, Bon Iver, with two live performances at Los Angeles’ newly opened YouTube Theater.
The performances at the Inglewood venue will take place Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd. Tickets go on sale on Friday, August 20th at 10:00 a.m. Pt/1:00 p.m. Et at boniver.org/tour.
The shows – which also represent Bon Iver’s first live performances since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down live music – will see the return...
The performances at the Inglewood venue will take place Friday, October 22nd and Saturday, October 23rd. Tickets go on sale on Friday, August 20th at 10:00 a.m. Pt/1:00 p.m. Et at boniver.org/tour.
The shows – which also represent Bon Iver’s first live performances since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down live music – will see the return...
- 8/16/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Big Red Machine stopped by The Late Show to showcase their new song “New Auburn.”
In the performance, Aaron Dessner takes on the piano part and is joined by Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Anais Mitchell, the Westerlies, and the National’s Scott Devendorf, as well as drummer Jt Bates and keyboardist Nick Lloyd. The intimate song sees Mitchell sharing vocals with Pecknold, who stands in for band member Justin Vernon.
“New Auburn” is the closing track on Big Red Machine’s the upcoming collaboration-heavy LP How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?...
In the performance, Aaron Dessner takes on the piano part and is joined by Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, Anais Mitchell, the Westerlies, and the National’s Scott Devendorf, as well as drummer Jt Bates and keyboardist Nick Lloyd. The intimate song sees Mitchell sharing vocals with Pecknold, who stands in for band member Justin Vernon.
“New Auburn” is the closing track on Big Red Machine’s the upcoming collaboration-heavy LP How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?...
- 8/11/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Big Red Machine, the duo of the National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, have shared the opening track “Phoenix” from the upcoming collaboration-heavy LP How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?
The latest single features singer Anaïs Mitchell and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, who co-wrote and co-produced the song. Named after the Arizona city, “Phoenix” marks the first collaboration between Pecknold and Big Red Machine.
“’Phoenix’ was one of the last songs we wrote for this record,” Dessner said in a statement. “I was...
The latest single features singer Anaïs Mitchell and Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold, who co-wrote and co-produced the song. Named after the Arizona city, “Phoenix” marks the first collaboration between Pecknold and Big Red Machine.
“’Phoenix’ was one of the last songs we wrote for this record,” Dessner said in a statement. “I was...
- 7/22/2021
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift is back with new music. The Grammy-winning singer released a new collab, “Renegade” with Aaron Dessner and Justin Vernon on Thursday. It’s the latest single from Vernon and Dessner’s Big Red Machine album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, with Swift, Fleet Foxes and more. They’ve already released two singles from the upcoming...
- 7/2/2021
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
Big Red Machine — the collaborative project of the National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon — have dropped a new single, “Renegade,” featuring vocals from Taylor Swift.
Swift and Aaron Dessner recorded “Renegade” in Los Angeles at the Kitty Committee studio in March 2021. The song was created by Swift and Dessner the same week they took home the Grammy for Album of the Year for folklore. Vernon recorded additional vocals at his studio, April Base.
The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album, How Long Do...
Swift and Aaron Dessner recorded “Renegade” in Los Angeles at the Kitty Committee studio in March 2021. The song was created by Swift and Dessner the same week they took home the Grammy for Album of the Year for folklore. Vernon recorded additional vocals at his studio, April Base.
The song will appear on the band’s upcoming album, How Long Do...
- 7/2/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Big Red Machine — the collaborative project of the National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon — have released a new song, “Latter Days,” from their upcoming album, How Long Do You Think It’s Gonna Last?, out August 27th via Jagjaguwar/37d03d.
“Latter Days” is a plaintive piano ballad filled with atmospheric and textural touches, with lead vocals provided by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. On the chorus, Mitchell’s voice melds with Vernon’s falsetto as they sing together, “I recall it all forever/How it found us...
“Latter Days” is a plaintive piano ballad filled with atmospheric and textural touches, with lead vocals provided by singer-songwriter Anaïs Mitchell. On the chorus, Mitchell’s voice melds with Vernon’s falsetto as they sing together, “I recall it all forever/How it found us...
- 6/29/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Taylor Swift has been cast in director David O. Russell’s upcoming film at New Regency. As Variety reports, the singer joins an ensemble cast that includes Christian Bale, Margot Robbie, John David Washington, Rami Malek, and Zoe Saldana.
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) will helm the film, which he also wrote and production has wrapped. The film’s title and plot have not been disclosed. The movie follows Russell’s 2015 film, Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Swift’s appearance in Russell’s film follows her...
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker (American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) will helm the film, which he also wrote and production has wrapped. The film’s title and plot have not been disclosed. The movie follows Russell’s 2015 film, Joy, starring Jennifer Lawrence.
Swift’s appearance in Russell’s film follows her...
- 6/2/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Bartees Strange has released a visual for his song “Flagey God,” off his debut album Live Forever. The black-and-white clip shows Strange singing the club-influenced track, intercut with footage of a woman dancing.
“‘Flagey God’ came from a really natural and comfortable place for me musically, despite its moodiness thematically,” Strange says of the track, which is inspired by his visit to Flagey Square in Brussels.
“No one knew me there,” he adds. “I was super lost in my life at the time and confused about what to do next,...
“‘Flagey God’ came from a really natural and comfortable place for me musically, despite its moodiness thematically,” Strange says of the track, which is inspired by his visit to Flagey Square in Brussels.
“No one knew me there,” he adds. “I was super lost in my life at the time and confused about what to do next,...
- 6/1/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Sharon Van Etten has officially released her cover of Daniel Johnston’s “Some Things Last a Long Time.”
As Stereogum notes, Van Etten recorded the cover, plus an original song, for the 2020 documentary, Feels Good Man, about the creator of Pepe the Frog. (It’s unclear if this had any bearing on Van Etten’s song choice, but Johnston designed a cartoon frog of his own, “Jeremiah the Innocent,” who appears on the famous Hi, How Are You? mural in Austin; Jeremiah, however, has not been adopted as a favored meme of the alt-right.
As Stereogum notes, Van Etten recorded the cover, plus an original song, for the 2020 documentary, Feels Good Man, about the creator of Pepe the Frog. (It’s unclear if this had any bearing on Van Etten’s song choice, but Johnston designed a cartoon frog of his own, “Jeremiah the Innocent,” who appears on the famous Hi, How Are You? mural in Austin; Jeremiah, however, has not been adopted as a favored meme of the alt-right.
- 4/30/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
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