Bon Iver’s album closer ‘Beth/Rest’ has almost certainly been the year’s most divisive indie song. Full of cheesy saxophones and guitar solos, it’s a long way from the sparse Bon Iver sound that we knew and loved. Recently Bon Iver took to the NPR studios to play a completely different arrangement of the song, featuring only Justin Vernon and only a piano. And oh my god the result is just something else.
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Vanderlyle Cry Baby, Cry
Come January, I’m finally going to be seeing my favourite band in the world live. In honour of the occasion, here is an absolutely sublime video of The National performing Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks a couple of days ago at a concert in Nashville. It is completely unplugged, without a single microphone. This is about as […]
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September 3, 2011 
