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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
I know this is going to sound like hating and trolling ala Flame of Liberty but I really tried to give Bon Iver a chance, especially after naming a song after our fair city. But alas in my unsophisticated head the songs sounded like Coldplay and Radiohead teamed up to make the most pretentious overwrought album ever to piss off those that find simple pleasure in the odd popular music track. Maybe I'm just one of the unwashed masses that's slowly contributing to the end of music as we know it, but that's my reaction.
My favorite album of '11 was M83 - Hurry Up, We're dreaming
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The list of artists he teamed up with in 2011 and now into 2012 is pretty impressive. Not only did I think Bon Iver Bon Iver was one of the best of 2011 but the random singles he and other artists scattered throughout the past year could have made another equally impressive album. The latest : Bon Iver with the Chieftains : Down by the willow garden
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/..._the_song.html
http://stereogum.com/927161/the-chie...bon-iver/mp3s/