We probably don't need to tell you much more about Justin Vernon's Bon Iver project. If you read My Old Kentucky Blog with even passing regularity, you know he's been my favorite artist of the last two years, and his album, For Emma, Forever Ago, will go down as an all-time great in my book. The album has become the fastest selling record ever for it's label, Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar. The songs are honest, earnest and simple, and within those basic qualities, the album becomes great...transcendent even.
When the idea for LaundroMatinee started we had two bands scheduled for our first week with video...The Felice Brothers and Bon Iver. The Felice Brothers cancelled and Bon Iver became the inaugural attempt. We were thrilled, to say the least, that it worked out that way.
The session was recorded and filmed in our original Pendleton Heights High School/91.7 WEEM radio station, under those wonderful flourescent lights. As I'm sure Justin feels about his music, we too know we've come a long way since these humble beginnings, just months ago, but we'll be just as thrilled when we can get him back in for Round Two.
MP3 SESSION DOWNLOADS:
Bon Iver - Flume
Bon Iver - Lump Sum
Bon Iver - For Emma
Bon Iver December 2008 Tour Dates:
12-03 Dublin, Ireland - Dublin National Stadium *
12-05 Brittany, France - Rencontres Transmusicales
12-06 Ghent, Belgium - Vooruit *#
12-07 London, England - Apollo Victoria Theatre *
12-10 New York, NY - Town Hall ^
12-11 New York, NY - Town Hall ^
12-14 Boston, MA - Wilbur Theatre ^
12-15 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero ^
12-18 Chicago, IL - The Vic ^
12-19 Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre ^
* with Sarah Siskind
# with Land of Talk
^ with The Tallest Man on Earth
Recorded and Mastered by Jeff DuPont
Shot and Edited by Tim Wilsbach
