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  Kanye West's 'Yeezus': Our Impulsive Reviews

  June 15, 2013 – Yesterday, Kanye West's highly anticipated Yeezus popped up online. …
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  Watch Polica Endure Torture While Justin Vernon Sings in Grisly 'Tiff' Video

  June 11, 2013 – Poliça's new album so far sounds like it will favor the emotional. Take, for example, lead single "Tiff," which features Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. Frontwoman Channy Leaneagh describes the song as a "portrait of a woman as her own worst enemy," and its bloody video makes that idea terrifyingly visual. …
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  Kanye West Previews Monstrous New Album 'Yeezus' at New York City Party

  June 11, 2013 – Last night inside the loading dock at Milk Studios in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood, Kanye West set up shop and played his new album — or, at least, parts of it — twice. Like his now-famous series of projections — in which contracted A/V guys rolled up in vans, aimed a projector at the side of a building, pressed play, and then rolled out after its conclusion — this was an unusual, seat-of-the-pants affair. …
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  Colin Stetson, 'New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light' (Constellation)

  April 29, 2013 – Patented in 1846, the bass saxophone was the first of Adolphe Sax's most famous inventions, and the one closest in appearance to a steampunk fetish object. It looks archaic, oversized, even a little ludicrous, and sounds outright intimidating. …
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  Watch Colin Stetson's Eerie 'Among the Sef' Video

  April 25, 2013 – SPIN noted recently that Bon Iver bandmember and solo saxophonist Colin Stetson tends to repeat the following story while performing live: "There's this whale that lives in the Atlantic," he says. …
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  Coachella 2013: Blur, Earl Sweatshirt, Yeah Yeah Yeahs Lead Friday's 5 Best Sets

  April 13, 2013 – Don't miss all our best live (and backstage) Coachella 2013 photos here!5. The Shouting Matches Here is the most succinct summarization of Justin Vernon's new band, the Shouting Matches: It is probably the only band with which he's cracked a Heineken while on stage. …
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  Stream 'Grownass Man,' From Justin Vernon's Alt-Country Side Project the Shouting Matches

  April 8, 2013 – Justin Vernon can't sit still. In addition to avidly working on his cardio, the Bon Iver leader moonlights with his side project Volcano Choir, and lends vocals to everyone from Kanye West to his go-to saxophonist Colin Stetson. …
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  See Colin Stetson and Justin Vernon's 'And in Truth' Echo Over a Frozen Wilderness

  April 5, 2013 – Bon Iver sax man Colin Stetson is a master of focus and mood — a baritone brass-wielding genius who can create entire emotional arcs and detail-laden compositions using only a single instrument. It's no wonder that, as he recently told SPIN, the man maintains a rigorous mind/body fitness regimen that includes yoga, morning breathing exercises, and meditation. His album New History Warfare Vol. …
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  Justin Vernon and Colin Stetson Use Their Sax-y Falsetto Powers for U.K. Bard Fink

  March 22, 2013 – Saxophone guru Colin Stetson collaborates four times with Bon Iver's Justin Vernon on New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light, due out on April 30 via Constellation (read Stetson's In the Studio interview with SPIN). Earlier this month, though, another joint venture between the two arrived on iTunes, on a single by U.K. singer-songwriter Fink via the Ninja Tune label. …
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  Hear No BS! Brass Band's Sternum-Rattling 'RVA All Day'

  March 21, 2013 – No BS! Brass Band is a beloved 10-piece horns-and-drums band from Richmond, Virginia that was assembled and founded by drummer Lance Koehler and trombonist/Bon Iver member Reggie Pace. They've collaborated with and enhanced releases by Sharon Van Etten, Matthew E. …
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