Stereogum — A few months back, it was rumored that Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon was bringing a music festival to his hometown of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Vernon has officially announced the festival today, which will be co-curated by the National’s Aaron Dessner. ... more info

Stereogum — Bon Iver affiliate and Jason Feathers member (remember that?) S. Carey released a pretty great collection of folk-rock songs earlier this year with Range Of Light, and he’s following that up with a new EP made up of reworked songs from his first tw... more info

Stereogum — William Ryan Fritch is only about two steps away from Justin Vernon on the family tree — he plays in Death Blues with Volcano Choir member Jon Mueller — and there are certainly echoes of Bon Iver in the songwriter and composer’s exquisite “He... more info

Stereogum — Happy Halloween! Is your musician costume ready? Do you need a last-minute idea? If you have a Cubs jersey you can be Sad Jack White. Or you can go as Sia and have your back to everyone all night. Um … Sexy Bon Iver? Zombie Lana Del Rey? You = Mark... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Justin Vernon w/ Volcano Choir at Osheaga 2014 (more by Ellie Pritts) Bon Iver's Justin Vernon is already the leader of several bands and a contributor to even more, and now he's going to be curating his own music festival... more info

Stereogum — Justin Vernon is planning his own music festival. According to The Current, permits have now been approved for the Eaux Claire Music And Arts Festival, a new outdoor event that will take place in the Bon Iver singer’s hometown of Eau Claire, Wiscon... more info

Stereogum — Although the Afghan Whigs would do a killer cover version of Bon Iver’s “The Woods” and/or Kanye West’s “Lost In The World,” their song “Lost In The Woods” is an original from this year’s comeback album Do To The Beast. The song now... more info

Stereogum — In a recent Week In Pop column, our own Chris DeVille went in deep on Tove Lo, the Swedish pop singer whose debut album Queen Of The Clouds is, to Chris’ ears, “the best, brightest, most fully realized pop record of 2014.” Here’s another reas... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Pop All Star Band @ Pop Montreal 2014 (via jackpineco) Brooklyn singer-songwriter Doe Paoro opens for My Brightest Diamond at Bowery Ballroom tonight (9/25). Tickets for that show are still available. Doe Paoro is now on the road with My... more info

Stereogum — Volcano Choir may have started out as Justin Vernon’s post-rocking Volcano Choir side project, but it became its own thing quickly enough. And Volcano Choir’s second album, last year’s Repave, can hang with either of Vernon’s Bon Iver efforts... more info