Chorus.fm — The video for *Bon Iver* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/boniver)'s "Towers" can be seen in the replies. Submitted by as_we_learn more info

Stereogum — Next month, the reliably gorgeous Raleigh folk trio Bowerbirds will return with The Clearing, their third album, which they recorded partly in a cabin in North Carolina and partly in Bon Iver’s Wisconsin studio. We’ve already posted the songs “... more info

Guardian Music — Boston Arms, LondonThe woman shaking her corkscrew curls and bawling into the microphone doesn't much look like the music industry's usual idea of a star. Brittany Howard is, nonetheless, riding a thermal of acclaim so fast and so high it could be gr... more info

Guardian Music — Django Django, On tourA great trick pulled off by the Beta Band – the adventurous but doomed nearly-men of the post-Britpop landscape – was to throw a great many deeply psychedelic shadows, all the while making an essentially well-polished kind o... more info

Totally Fuzzy — Voice of Ages, a fine new set of Chieftains collaborations with predominantly roots-driven, indie-style acts making up the guest list. Among the invited: Bon Iver, The Civil Wars, Punch Brothers, The Low Anthem and more. Producing with Moloney is Am... more info

Pop Candy — Did you happen to see that sketch on Saturday Night Live where Justin Timberlake makes fun of Bon Iver? more info

ContactMusic — With Emeli Sande set to pick up the Critics Choice Award at the BriTs this evening we thought it might be a good idea to give a few facts about the burgeoning star lest the Scottish-born singer come under fire in the same way that Bon Iver did upon p... more info

Pop Justice — As you may have noticed, the Brits are happening tonight. The shortlists this year are pretty shocking in the main (where is Sak Noel in International Male?!?) but from the options we've been given we've picked our winners, and we've also taken a gu... more info

Totally Fuzzy — This time last year, Polica didn't exist. Now the Minneapolis-based band finds itself garnering praise from a Grammy winner. In a Rolling Stone interview following his win for Best New Artist, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon name-checked the psyche... more info

Starpulse — Maya Rudolph returned to host Saturday Night Live this past weekend, and one of her funniest skits involved her take on pop star Beyonce. The Bridesmaids star has been known for her portrayal of s... more info