Is Bon Iver Bon Over? Last night, Justin Vernon answered the question of what’s next for his acclaimed, Grammy-winning band on Minnesota Public Radio, by saying he was “winding it down.” “I look at it like a faucet,” said Vernon. “I have to turn it off and walk away from it because so much of [...]

“I’m not waiting anymore,” Christopher Porterfield sings with stern conviction on his band Field Report’s song of the same name, with zero doubt that these words hold the truth. Those words have been lurking in the minds of Porterfield and his bandmates for some time. For Porterfield, his journey has gone from doubting his path [...]

Update (1/9/12): Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon is launching his own label, Chigliak Records. As the presence of major labels has begun to dwindle, a surge in independent, artist-owned labels and publishing houses has taken place to fill in the missing piece still needed to fulfill the many tasks and operations involved in releasing a record. [...]

Raised in North Carolina in a household steeped in bluegrass, old-time and Celtic music, singer-songwriter Sarah Siskind says she never even thought about not being a musician. Called an “underexposed treasure” by NPR, she had early success after a friend (fellow Nashville songwriter Julie Lee) sent some of Sarah’s songs to Alison Krauss, resulting in [...]

A Bon Iver concert doesn’t deign to fans who pound their fists against the air or pull out their lighters in a show of solidarity. The band’s indie soft-rock is best suited for those with quieter tastes and simpler gestures, restless souls who treat the concert experience as an individual quest for comfort and meaning. [...]

A Nashville jury awarded the indie supergroup GAYNGS over $100,000 in compensatory and punitive damages May 18 in a lawsuit the band filed against tour bus company C.J. Starbuses, Inc. The 24-piece band is led by Ryan Olson and includes members of Bon Iver, Megafaun, and The Rosebuds. “I am extremely relieved that the jury [...]

Today marks the premiere of “Calgary,” the debut track from Bon Iver’s geographically-obsessed sophomore album, Bon Iver, due 6/21 on Jagjaguwar. You can stream and download the new, falsetto-laden single below. Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon will appear on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on 5/23. Check out our Bon Iver feature in the upcoming issue [...]

On June 21, Jagjaguwar will release Bon Iver, the second full-length album from Justin Vernon’s band Bon Iver. The new record features 10 tracks, many of which are named for geographic locations, penned by Vernon over a period of three years. The album was recorded in a former veterinarians clinic in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, with [...]

Skip Matheny— currently a songwriter in the band Roman Candle and former bartender in a retirement community — caught up with Oliver Sim of The XX, before their show at the Bottletree in Birmingham, Alabama. The London-based band’s debut just scored them Britain’s coveted Mercury Music Prize. What’s your favorite drink? My favorite drink? Oh, [...]

Cover songs are like (a box of) chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get, until you bite into one. Does the idea of Bon Iver covering Tom Petty’s Wildflower sleeper “Crawling Back To You” appeal to you? Then click on the video below (this version comes from Justin Vernon’s performance at Ohio’s MusicNow [...]

VOLCANO CHOIR Unmap (JAGJAGUWAR) Rating: Wisconsin has been very, very good to Justin Vernon, who first recorded Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago in a cabin there and now has combined with members of Wisconsin band Collections of Colonies of Bees to put out the debut Volcano Choir album, recorded late last year at his [...]