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ACL 2009 Festival Highlights: Them Crooked Vultures, Dirty Projectors, Bon Iver, Pearl Jam and More

Stephanie Keller | Posted 10.07.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music, Dave Matthews, Todd Snider, Josh Homme, Live Music, Bands, Daniel Johnston, Erika Wennerstrom, Folk, Festivals, Ghostland Observatory, John Paul Jones, Rock, Austin, Dave Grohl, Felice Brothers, Alison Mosshart, Avett Brothers, Jack White, Dead Weather, Grizzly Bear, Wellies, The Excitement Plan, Bon Iver, Deer Tick, Dirty Projectors, Ben Harper, Austin City Limits, Indie, Andrew Bird, Heartless Bastards, Pearl Jam, Acl, Them Crooked Vultures, Remade Horizon, Devotchka, Tvc, Entertainment News
Stephanie Keller

Three days, 130 bands, eight stages. Downpours and all, there was no shortage of enjoyed spectacle and divine sounds over the weekend at the Austin City Limits Festival.

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Austin City Limits Festival and Weekend Guide

Stephanie Keller | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Club De Ville, Stubbs, Buffalo Exchange, Todd Snider, Music, Live Music, Daniel Johnston, Shuck Shack, Blitzen Trapper, Weekend Travel, Travel, La Condesa, Thievery Corporation, Austin Bars, Austin, Mohawk, Kings of Leon, Avett Brothers, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, White Lies, Grizzly Bear, Annie's on Congress, Bon Iver, Mos Def, Dirty Projectors, Enoteca Vespaio, East Side Showroom, Austin City Limits, The Walkmen, Juan in a Million, Dodos, Good Knight, Luster Pearl, Heartless Bastards, Pearl Jam, Phoenix, Acl, Emo's, Polvos, Homeslice, Uncorked, Suckers, Perlas, Austin Restaurants, Festivals, Felice Brothers, Deer Tick, Wine Bars, Entertainment News
Stephanie Keller

This year's festival should be particularly enjoyable: an awesome roster of bands, weather in the 80s, new grass on the field, Torchy's Tacos added to the food vendor lineup -- all very promising.

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50 Years Late, Connie Converse Is Music's Next Big Thing

Tony Sachs | Posted 04.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pop Music, San Francisco Chronicle, Brooklyn, Bon Iver, Gene Deitch, Indie Music, Juno Movie, Connie Converse, Kimya Dawson, Myspace, Facebook, New York, New York Magazine, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Singer-songwriter Connie Converse is the indie hipster of the moment in Brooklyn with the release this week of her debut album. Did I mention that Connie Converse is 85 -- if she's even alive?

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Bon Iver's New CD: Is It Fabulous -- Or Is It a Fabulous Fraud?

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 03.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Wisconsin, Bon Iver, Entertainment News
Jesse Kornbluth

I saw sensitivity; my wife saw pretension. I heard rough-hewn Beach Boys; she heard a vocal trick, endlessly repeated. I sensed emotional depth; she registered earnestness and manipulation.

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Aboveground Underground: Bon Iver At The Vic

Chicago Reader | Jessica Hopper | Posted 01.18.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Bon Iver Chicago, Blood Bank Bon Iver, Chicago Concerts, Bon Iver, For Emma Forever Ago, The Vic, The Vic Chicago, The Tallest Man on Earth, Chicago Music, Justin Vernon, Bon Iver the Vic, Eau Claire Wisconson, Chicago News

One-man band Bon Iver, aka Justin Vernon, is very likely the only underground phenomenon to ever come out of Eau Claire, Wisconsin....

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A Sane Holiday Gift Guide: Great Books/CDs/DVDs, Made By People For People, Most Under $20

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 01.07.2009 | Style

Read More: Van Morrison, Swiss Army Knife, Alan Furst, State of Play, Seth Greenland, Bon Iver, Arsene Lupin, Tallis Scholars, Dominick Dunne, Miles Davis, The Castle, Masters of Chica, Josh Ritter, Walter Tevis, Peace Coffee, The Snowman, Junior Wells, Local Hero, Sant' Eustachio, The Byrds, Umalali, Holiday Gifts, Housing Crisis, Holiday Gift Guide, Style News
Jesse Kornbluth

I refuse to contribute to the gloom by suggesting that you scribble gift cards for free backrubs to your loved ones.

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What Is Hip? I Say It's Maria Muldaur, Irma Thomas, and Taj Mahal

Sal Nunziato | Posted 09.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Ellis Marsalis, Brooklyn Vegan, Los Lobos, Norah Jones, Bon Iver, Jack Johnson, Ben Harper, New Releases, Heads Up, Los Obos, Rounder Records, Conor Oberst, Iron & Wine, Telarc, Dinah Washingotn, Plain White T's, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

So while we get excited about Conor Oberst and Iron & Wine, can't we make a little room for Maria Muldaur, Irma Thomas, and Taj Mahal without losing street cred? I say "YES!"

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