Bon Iver took Conan O’Bien’s Late Night show by storm, last night, after Justin Vernon and the rest of the gang made their US nation-wide television debut with a stelar performance of “Flume,” as part of their 08 tour in support of the debut album. A well deserved shout out to Conan for the impecable pronounciation (obviously, I didn’t know it right, till now.). Also, if you’re looking for more Bon Iver goodness check out…
Today, Bon Iver will kick off his 2008 tour in South Carolina, a tour that’s set to span across three months and 2 parts. First, a US tour through out the whole month of August, then a European tour that will see Justin Vernon (Bon Iver) perform in such places like Dublin, Paris, London, Oslo, Copenhagen and many other beautiful cities. Tour dates and two awesome MP3s right after the jump.
After we presented Bon Iver’s latest music video for the beautifully haunting The Wolves (Act I and II), Justin Vernon is back with another video to delight both our eyes and ears, this time, however, with a live performance on “Later… with Jools Holland.” Here, Justin played a wonderful performance of his “Skinny Love,” from Bon Iver’s 2007 debut album For Emma, Forever Ago. Check it out bellow.
Justin Vernon or Bon Iver, as he’s better known in the indie music community, made a lot of waves, towards the end of last year, with his independently released debut album “For Emma, Forever Ago.” The intense passion and soul of the album can be sensed from the very first listen, probably because it was truly an album centered around a man’s quest for finding himself. Isolation and sorrow are of the album’s themes, probably…
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