With his symbol-strewn new album and a recent freewheeling music festival in the German capital, Justin Vernon is trying to radically reconfigure how people create—and appreciate—music today.
With the sextet's bombastic second album out next week, Ryan Dombal talks with members Justin Vernon, Chris Rosenau, and Thomas Wincek about the stunted sexuality of indie rock and trying to make experimental music that sounds like pop.
We talk to seven men who helped create Kanye's polarizing thunderbolt of an album, including Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, Hudson Mohawke, longtime 'Ye collaborator Mike Dean, young rapper/producer Travi$ Scott, UK beatmaker Evian Christ, and more.
We rank our favorite micro-blogging musicians.
Part three of our 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival recap includes photos of the entire day's sets and interviews with HEALTH, Apples in Stereo, King Khan, Les Savy Fav, M. Ward, Bon Iver, and Spoon.
Justin Vernon, aka Bon Iver, recalls a life-changing Indigo Girls concert, bemoans the loss of his favorite amp, and enjoys being on the winning side of the great HD vs. Blu-ray debate. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]