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• Volcano Choir, 'Unmap' (Jagjaguwar)

  September 12, 2009 – For this project with Milwaukee quintet Collections of Colonies of Bees, Bon Iver's Justin Vernon turns his sad-shack cabin into a veritable laboratory: Strummed guitars flip between audio channels, metronomic synths ping low in the mix, workshop rhythms build and disintegrate. …
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  Kiss' Cupcakes, Mandy Moore's Douche

  August 27, 2009 – Here's some of the strangest music news to hit the Internet this week: Mandy Moore: The new spokesperson for Red Bull Energy Douche. "It gives your vagina wings!"[Funny or Die] Kiss is ringing in their 35th anniversary with a tour -- and this baker celebrates with cupcakes! [Flickr] Ever wanted to hook up with a World of Warcraft character? The faux girl-group behind this hilarious video sympathizes. …
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  Best & Worst of Lollapalooza: Day 1

  August 8, 2009 – THE BEST: BEST INACCURATE WEATHER REPORT: ZAP MAMA"THE SUN IS SHINING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" sang Zaire-born, Belgium-raised frontwoman Marie Dauine on "Show Me the Way," a fusion of jazz, funk, and Brazilian tropicalia. But she was wrong: actually, it was raining... hard. …
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  Thom Yorke, Bon Iver Confirmed for 'New Moon' Soundtrack

  July 24, 2009 – It seems only last week that Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke was only a glint in New Moon director Chris Weitz's eye. Wait, it was only last week!Well, moving fast to keep up with the ever-growing hype surrounding the Twilight sequel, Weitz announced that Yorke has in fact submitted a new tune. At San Diego's Comic Con festivities, Weitz told the adoring crowd that he hasn't actually listened to the track yet, but "unless it's sounds of …
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  Bon Iver Side-Project Sets Release Date

  June 25, 2009 – Bon Iver's Justin Vernon has revealed further details around his experimental side-project Volcano Choir. According to a statement from Vernon's label JagJaguWar, the band -- which is a collaborative effort with Wisconsin quintet Collections of Colonies of Bees -- predates Vernon's Bon Iver work. …
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  David Byrne, Sharon Jones, Feist Rock for Charity

  May 4, 2009 – David Byrne, the National, Feist, Bon Iver, and Sharon Jones, among others, performed at New York's Radio City Music Hall Sunday night for Dark Was the Night Live, a celebration of AIDS/HIV awareness organization Red Hot's compilation of the same name. And what a celebration it was, with over two hours of collaborations (Byrne and Dirty Projectors! …
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  5 Bands Kurt Cobain Would Love

  February 20, 2009 – February 20 marks what would have been Kurt Cobain's 42nd birthday. He died almost fifteen years ago, on April 5, 1994. Since the year 2000, Cobain's journals have been published, a Nirvana box set was released, Gus Van Sant made a movie about a very Cobainesque rock star, and Michael Azzerad released a documentary. …
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  Nine Bands to Watch in '09!

  January 14, 2009 –  …
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  The Lamentalist: Bon Iver

  January 8, 2009 – There's something inherently jarring about seeing Justin Vernon in Times Square. Given the mythology surrounding last year's chilling, sparse insta-classic For Emma, Forever Ago (he holed up in a northwestern Wisconsin cabin to exorcise personal demons! He can field-dress a moose!), you'd think the lights and the noise would send him sprinting for the closest ice-fishing hole. …
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  First Listen: Bon Iver

  January 8, 2009 – Bon Iver mastermind Justin Vernon has made his upcoming EP, Blood Bank, available to stream for "a few days only" via the band's MySpace page. The four-song EP, which features "Blood Bank," "Beach Baby," "Babys," and "Woods," is due out January 20 and is the first new material from the introspective troubadour since his SPIN-approved debut, For Emma, Forever Ago, arrived last winter. Head over to MySpace to have a listen. …
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