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National, The War on Drugs, Courtney Barnett, Justin Vernon, Phosphorescent & more share their Grateful Dead covers
The long-awaited Grateful Dead tribute curated by The National‘s Bryce and Aaron Dessner comes out on May 20 via 4AD (and will benefit Red Hot), and now a handful of the tracks have been released.
Kanye West 'TLOP' sessions leak ft. Bon Iver, Paul McCartney, Kendrick Lamar & more; Stars covered "Streetlights"
Kanye West recently made it pretty clear that he had plenty of leftover material from the The Life of Pablo sessions, and now some of that material leaked over at the Kanye To The message bo…
listen to Mavis Staples' Justin Vernon-penned "Dedicated"
This week, soul veteran Mavis Staples releases her new album Livin’ On A High Note (via ANTI-), which ha songs written by a talented cast of younger arti…
Eaux Claires Music Fest mixtape has new & unreleased music from Bon Iver, Justin Vernon & James Blake, and more (listen)
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner are holding their second annual Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival in Eau Claire, Wisconsin on Aug…
Mavis Staples recruits Nick Cave, Neko Case, Justin Vernon & more to write songs on new M Ward-produced LP (listen)
Soul great Mavis Staples‘ new album is titled Livin’ on a High Note and will be out February 19 via Anti. It was produced (you may remember Jeff Tweedy produced her last two) and features original songs and others…
Justin Vernon & Aaron Dessner's Eaux Claires fest returning in 2016
Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon and The National’s Aaron Dessner threw their inaugural Eaux Claires Music & Arts Festival festival in Eau Claire, WI over the summer, and now they announced that it will retur…
James Blake covered Simon & Garfunkel's "The Sound of Silence" (listen)
Still no word on that James Blake album, which reportedly will feature Kanye West and Justin Vernon, but James did appear on BBC Radio 1 last night where he chatted with Justin and then debuted a cover of Simon & Garfunkel‘s classic “The Sound of …
Glastonbury 2015: Justin Vernon joined The Staves & Kanye, who got dissed by the Who; the Dalai Lama joined Patti Smith; Florence covered Foo Fighters; Libertines showed up & more
Very little of what I remember happened after this point. #kanyewest #justinvernon
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The huge 2015 Glastonbury Festival went down over the weekend, and it was full of surpri…
Low announce new album & tour, share new single (dates)
Indie vets Low are releasing album #11 this year: Ones and Sixes, due September 11 via Sub Pop. They recorded it at Justin Vernon’s April Base Studios (they’re also playing his fes…
Ensemble LPR performing new pieces by David Longstreth and Mica Levi; Dirty Projectors & more on MusicNOW comp
André de Ridder of Berlin collective Stargaze will be conducting Ensemble LPR at their homebase, LPR aka Le Poisson Rouge on Wednesday (3/11) for the premieres of two new pieces by ind…
