Stereogum — Elliot Moss is a 21-year-old synth-folker from New York, whose debut album, Highspeeds, builds off the foundation of Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago and skates off into the future. “Best Light” is the last track on the album, and today we’re... more info

Stereogum — Like much of what Kanye West does, his headlining set at Glastonbury was already a huge fucking deal before it even happened. Over 134,000 British fans signed a rockist/racist petition to “Cancel Kanye West’s headline slot and get a rock band,”... more info

Stereogum — Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and the National’s Aaron Dessner are kicking off their inaugural Eaux Claires Festival on 7/17 and 7/18 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The National and Bon Iver are both headlining, of course, along with Spoon and Sufjan Steve... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Bon Iver first became famous by decamping to the woods and making an album of pristine, heartrending acoustic folk. So it's perhaps not totally surprising that Justin Vernon, who created the project, might have some misgivings about the direction Ap... more info

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The Independent — For a time, the future of Bon Iver looked very uncertain. In an interview with Australia’s Triple J radio while promoting his Volcano Choir album, Justin Vernon said “I don’t really write songs anymore… I really have to be in a specific head... more info

Stereogum — It’s always funny when an indie internet star like Bon Iver crosses over to the local news, and here he is in a glowing interview from local Minnesota channel Kare 11. The subject, of course, is Vernon’s inaugural Eaux Claires festival in July. K... more info

Stereogum — City of Angels choral pop group the Silver Lake Chorus (TSLC) has been blessed with some skillful song writing by the Flaming Lips, Ben Gibbard, Sia, and Bon Iver. We’ve heard “Heavy Star Movin’” penned by Wayne Coyne and Steven Drozd of The ... more info

Stereogum — It’s easy to compare Elliot Moss to Bon Iver. He has the same melodic, multi-tracked falsetto that sounds like a half-alien, half-robotic warble. He uses keyboard, beats, and brass to whip up similar emotional whirlpools, and his subject matter is ... more info

Stereogum — Breakfast At Sulimay’s was a popular web series in which octogenarians at an assisted living facility shared their snap judgments on indie-rock favorites including Animal Collective, Bon Iver, Radiohead, MGMT, and Neon Indian. One of the stars of t... more info