Something Like Sound

I found this while perusing American Indie the other day. This post, however,  has nothing to do with Denver whatsoever, but it has everything to do with one of our favorites, Bon Iver. The group is going on a bit of a hiatus (don’t worry, there’s still Volcano Choir to keep us all occupied), but they let a recording of their last show for a while get posted by 88nine, a radio station in Milwaukee. Be sure to listen through the whole thing, because the preface to “Wolves” definitely gave me goosebumps, it is so hauntingly beautiful. We’ve embedded the podcast so you can listen here.

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I have often expressed my appreciation for music-session-blog Daytrotter. They’ve done what I could only imagine doing: recording the best up-and-coming artists from a wide swath of the modern independent music using old-fashioned full-band recording techniques.

Yesterday’s session features 6 songs (available for free download, just click on the photo above) from former Hot Water Music singer Chuck Ragan. Earlier this summer we had the chance to see Chuck open for Lucero at the Bluebird, and as I remember Chuck gave one of the most intense folk performances I’ve ever seen.

I thought I’d also take the time to share some of my other favorite Daytrotter sessions here too. Click on the images to go the respective sessions.

Perhaps one of the best things to show up in my inbox today was a promo email from Jagjaguwar. I thought I’d share some of its contents with you. Volcano Choir is a group that is composed of Justin Vernon from Bon Iver and Milwaukee band Collections of Colonies of Bees. Apparently their debut record Unmap (out September 22) was recorded before Bon Iver’s For Emma, Forever Ago (which is quite possibly my favorite record right now). As a special treat, listen to and download the first single “Island, IS” right here. It is a lovely track.

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