Gorilla vs. Bear — James Blake drops his new record The Colour in Anything in just a few hours (midnight GMT, 6 PM CST). Surprise! In the meantime, listen to two tracks from the album -- "Radio Silence" + Bon Iver collab "I Need a Forest Fire" -- below. UPDATE: you can... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Holly Miranda has a new covers EP titled Magic Trick which will be out May 13 via Dangerbird. It includes her takes on songs by Drake, Bon Iver, Morphine, Alphaville, Lhasa De Sela and Sparklehorse... Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Kanye West recently made it pretty clear that he had plenty of leftover material from the The Life of Pablo sessions, and now some of that material leaked over at the Kanye To The message board. The... more info

Stereogum — The National have been planning a Grateful Dead tribute compilation for years now, and next year, it’ll finally be out in the world. We already knew that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon would be participating in some way, but now we know exactly what he... more info

Stereogum — Dazed reports that David Bowie, Björk, Thom Yorke, Damon Albarn, Phil Selway, Courtney Barnett, Robert Plant, Chrissie Hynde, Bobby Gillespie, My Morning Jacket, Bon Iver’s S. Carey, and more signed an open letter asking international leaders to r... more info

Stereogum — Bon Iver played their first show since 2012 at frontman Justin Vernon’s Eaux Claires festival this summer. Even though they debuted two new songs during their set, the future of the project seemed uncertain, with Vernon saying that they were just f... more info

Stereogum — When Justin Vernon is not writing music for Bon Iver or joining Kanye West on stage at Glastonbury or pursuing sundry other endeavors, he pens songs for Los Angeles indie-choral ensemble the Silver Lake Chorus. Over the summer, the group released the... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and The National's Aaron Dessner threw their inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival festival in Eau Claire, WI over the summer, and now they announced that it will return in 2016. The second Eaux... more info

Core News — “James Blake is back with the 1-800 Dinosaur crew for two hours of underground, experimental music, including a special secret guest…” Check out other Residency shows in my archive and subscribe to the feed to get good music in the future. Jame... more info

Stereogum — James Blake returned to BBC Radio 1’s Residency tonight, and he was joined on air by Justin Vernon of Bon Iver, as Pitchfork points out. The two chatted about a number of topics, and Blake closed out the show by playing a new cover of Simon & Garfu... more info