Bon Iver on 'SNL': Indie-pop at its most easy-listening

The hushed, don't-speak-or-you'll-miss-it synth-adorned folk of Bon Iver was a surprise top nominee at next week's Grammy Awards and no doubt more at home last night on "Saturday Night Live," which has opened 2012 with a string of adventurous musical bookings. Following the husky, torch-signer camp of Lana Del Rey and preceeding the novelty-pop of Karmin next week, the Justin Venon-led Bon Iver performed a pair of songs that slowed the show to lullaby pace.

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