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Posts Tagged Bon Iver

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October 16, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bon Iver: 22, A Million

Bon Iver 22, A Million Jagjaguwar Throw a bunch of Aphex Twin’s song titles in the air and what’s left of Peter Cetera’s voice and the resulting jumble is the new Bon Iver album. It is one ludicrous load of shit. Perhaps the only thing more pretentious than it is the Pitchfork review of it. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 22, 22 A Million, A Million, Album Review, Bon Iver, Bon Iver: 22, John Cena, Justin Vernon ·

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April 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Mavis Staples: Livin’ On A High Note

Mavis Staples Livin’ On A High Note Anti/Epitaph Here’s the latest from Mavis Staples, and a producer-switch, following two charming-enough but sombre Jeff Tweedy-helmed full lengthers. Now we have M. Ward making sure things are sunny and hopeful – and the songwriting credits include Nick Cave, Neko Case and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon among others. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, ANTI-, Bon Iver, Documentary, Epitaph, Jeff Tweedy, Justin Vernon, Live: Hope at the Hideout, Livin' On A High Note, M. Ward, Mavis Staples, Mavis!, Neko Case, Nick Cave, Ry Cooder, We'll Never Turn Back, Your Good Fortune (ep) ·

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March 8, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: # 60 – Bon Iver, Wellington, 2012

I’m often asked why I bother to go to the show if I don’t like the band. Two words: Bon Iver – or is it really one? “Bonnnyveer”. I loathed the second album – didn’t much like the first one either, hated that disappear-off-to-a-cabin backstory. I don’t care for the whiney songs, the dribbly voice […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Arts Festival, Blog On The Tracks, Bon Iver, Dominion Post, Gig Review, Justin Vernon, Live, Live Gig, Stub, Stubs, Wgtn ·

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September 2, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Tom The Lion: Sleep

Tom The Lion Sleep Wrasse Records Tom The Lion – what a shit name. Here’s new album, Sleep – and it’s a bit too Coldplay to get the big tick, but on the Coldplay-spectrum it’s down at that almost-acceptable area, early-Turin Brakes, that sort of thing… There’s also clearly been some inspiration from those new-fangled […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bon Iver, Coldplay, Fleet Foxes, Sleep, Tom The Lion, Turin Brakes ·

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August 4, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

S. Carey: Range of Light

S. Carey Range of Light Jagjaguwar It’s interesting listening to S. Carey’s album, Range of Light and knowing it was recorded at Justin Vernon’s studio after Carey had toured with Vernon’s band. For Range of Light feels, and not to its detriment, like the material from Vernon’s first Bon Iver album if recorded in the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bon Iver, Jim O'Rourke, Justin Vernon, Range of Light, S. Carey, Sean Carey, Sufjan Stevens ·

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August 28, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Sheep, Dog & Wolf: Egospect

Sheep, Dog & Wolf Egospect Lil’ Chief Sheep, Dog & Wolf is the recording alias of Daniel McBride. Better mention he’s 19 too because everyone else seems to think that’s super important. Egospect is his debut full-lengther – a clusterfuck of too-clever-for-their-own-good ideas-masquerading-as-songs; ideas stolen wholesale from attending Dirty Projectors and Bon Iver shows, most […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bon Iver, Daniel McBride, Dirty Projectors, Dog & Wolf, Egospect, Lil' Chief, Sheep, Sufjan Stevens ·

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May 30, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Phosphorescent: Muchacho

Phosphorescent Muchacho Dead Oceans Under the name Phosphorescent, American singer/songwriter Matthew Houck has built a career – with six albums so far –  that sees him regularly receiving the hushed-tones and revered-raves that cult fans, completists and critics hurl at the likes of Richmond Fontaine’s Willy Vlautin, Sun Kil Moon/Red House Painters’ Mark Kozelek, American […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Alt-Country, American Music Club, Ask The Dust, Barry Gifford, Blood On The Tracks, Bob Dylan, Bon Iver, Daniel Lanois, Down To Go, Folk, Here's To Taking It Easy, John Fante, Johnny Cash, Justin Vernon, Mark Eitzel, Mark Kozelek, Muchacho, Phosphorescent, Raymond Carver, Red House Painters, Ring Of Fire, Song For Zula, Sun Kil Moon, The Quotidian Beasts, To Willie, Willy Vlautin ·

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