The top three Bon Iver Grammys memes

We're admittedly a little late to the game here, but we figured we aught to do a Bon Iver post-Grammys meme roundup in case you have some catching up to do.

1. The band had already inspired a "Who is Bon Iver?" Tumblr, but after the Grammy wins, Twitter was awash with a new bout of confusion - chiefly, the "Who is Bonny Bear?" meme. Shortformblog.com and Hipster Runoff and others have offered their own takes on the meme:

Via Shortformblog.com

Via Hipster Runoff

Via tamktn.tumblr.com

Via The Hipster Diet

2. The "Sweet Hookup" meme, so-named for Justin Vernon's charmingly goofy reaction to winning a Grammy in his acceptance speech, is another Bon Iver Grammy meme.

Via The Fader

3. The Chicago improv troupe Funemployed - who infamously brought us the "Arcade Fire Hipster Attack" video - is back with "Bon Iver Is Not Bonny Bear," a fairly gory but funny take on the meme.



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Bon Iver tour documentary previewed in Grammys video

Footage from the forthcoming Bon Iver tour documentary by local director Dan Huiting ("City of Music") has been featured in a couple of short video profiles on the band for the Grammys. We so can't wait for the full documentary to be released.

Bon Iver - Pre-Grammys Interview from stereogum on Vimeo.

Via @danhuiting
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Video of the Day: Bon Joviver

HA!

Via Graham Cracker McGee / Buzzfeed

Working out with Bon Iver

Now you too can work out the Bon Iver way!


In all seriousness, this is pretty damn charming.

Via Daniel Weekly Huiting
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Bon Iver nominated for Grammys; "Who the Fuck Is Bon Iver?" tumblr is born

By now, you may have heard Bon Iver is up for four Grammy noms: Record of the Year, Song of the Year, Best New Artist, and Best Alternative Music Album. Pitchfork's story on the news noted these hilarious Tweets Justin Vernon posted just moments after the nominations were announced:


(Which Huiting explained to us via Facebook, "Last time I slept over we accidentally watched a Japanese porn together, hence the #notpenisfest hashtag.")



It's already been cause for everyone begging the question, “Will Bon Iver be the Arcade Fire of 2012?” (as did New York’s Village Voice Grammy nominations preview yesterday). Ben Clark (AKA @trikno) was the first to Tweet, “Who the fuck is Bon Iver?” in reference to a blog started last year around the Arcade Fire’s surprise win. And indeed, a similar tumblr site has already started up. (We wish we would have thought of it first.) And some hilarious Tweets from the confused masses, via Who the Fuck Is Bon Iver?:





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YouTube features Bon Iver videos made by locals on main page today

How cool is this?! YouTube has jumped on the Bon Iver bandwagon upon the release of his just-release suite of music videos that accompany each song on his self-titled release. We know by now that locals Dan Huiting, Isaac Gale, David Jensen, and JoLynn Garnes worked on those videos, but YouTube has taken it a step further and featured videos from the directors featured on that album. That means videos from the directors' archives including Doomtree, Lazerbeak, Astronautalis, GAYNGS, Heiruspecs, and MN Original, featured on YouTube's main page today. Head over there now to watch the videos.



And in other Bon Iver news, his video album has snagged some high-profile press on Time.com and the Fader. Minnesota boys, you done good.

Via Dan Huiting on Facebook
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Justin and Nate Vernon dig their Bushmills

Chris Rosenau of Volcano Choir just posted this (Photoshopped?) take on the Bushmills "Shared Among Friends" ad featuring Justin and Nate Vernon.

Apparently these guys dig their Bushmills.


UPDATE: We've just received confirmation that the ad is indeed for real.

Via @rosno
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Bon Iverson?

LOL. We caught wind of this last night via Twitter, and though the only post on BonIverson.com so far is the funny video below, we did find this little blurb via their facebook page that generally explains it: "Bon Iverson is a blog dedicated to publishing detailed analysis and opinions on sports and popular culture, run by four guys who like those kinds of things."

So there you have it.



Submitted by @TheIverson (no relation to either Bon Iver or Allen Iverson)

GAYNGS to play Sunday brunch practice session at Nick & Eddie on Sunday

We nearly spit out our iced white chocolate mocha when we spotted Nick and Eddie owner Doug Anderson's Facebook update a few minutes ago:

[GAYNGS painting by Michael Gaughan]

Hmm, let's think about this for a minute: Megafaun and Rosebuds (whose members are in the supergroup) are all in North Carolina right now, though Justin Vernon is technically on a break from touring with Bon Iver. Har Mar Superstar just went back to L.A. and P.O.S. is in Austin. So basically, that leaves Ryan Olson, Channey Moon Casselle, Adam Hurlburt and Zach Coulter from Solid Gold, and Mike Lewis, and Jake Luck of Leisure Birds, and just maybe Bon Iver's Justin Vernon and Mike Noyce if we're lucky. Could this be GAYNGS 2.0?

UPDATE: Ryan Olson confirms the posting to us via email, saying "We are doing a 3pm gayngs sunday brunch practice at nick n eddie. Also Habenero (sic)." We're so in.

Via Doug Anderson on Facebook
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Twitter speculation on Bon Iver + James Blake collab

Yesterday, wunderkind post-dubstep practitioner James Blake Tweeted about a mysterious new "Fall Creek Boys Choir" collaboration between himself and Bon Iver to be revealed next week, on August 24. Our pals at Gimme Noise swiftly picked up on the noise and made some choice, hilarious speculations.


Via Gimme Noise:

"So far, the only thing that exists on the internet related to the term "Fall Creek Boys Choir" is a MySpace page that mentions April Base, the recording compound owned by Bon Iver's Justin Vernon. A description on the site says Fall Creek Boys Choir is, "An amateur singing group from Fall Creek, WI that gets together twice a month and rehearses, drinks 7up and Cranberry juice mixers, and sometimes records at the Cricket Gym." April Base is located in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, just outside of Eau Claire, and back in 2007 Vernon used the Fall Creek Boys Choir moniker to dump atmospheric, pastoral vocal meanderings onto the web."

Brooklyn Vegan also did some digging:

"The choir once had a proper website. It's gone now, but the URL is still listed on MySpace. It's aprilbase.com ("Justin's website" according to DeYarmond Edison's breakup message)...One of the tracks, "New York (ball point)," contains the same vocal lines used in "Cool Knowledge" from Justin's Volcano Choir project. Remember that nobody had also logged into the myspace containing these four songs since 2008."

The site also gives confirmation that the date of August 24 does not in fact refer to a live show from the new/old project. Stay tuned!

Via @brooklynvegan, @gimme_noise & @jamesblake
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Music Video Thursday: New videos released by Low, Bon Iver, Mason Jennings

It's Music Video Thursday apparently, because there are not one, not two, but THREE new local music videos floating around the Twitterverse today. Yesterday, Pitchfork posted the new music video by Duluth slowcore band Low for "Especially Me," off their latest release C'Mon, in which singer/drummer Mimi Parker takes a ride on the NYC subway system in fast-forward:



(They also just announced a tour with international and national dates, as well as two sorta-local shows: September 3 at the Masonic Temple in Winona, and October 14 at Duluth's Marshall High School Auditorium.)

Also out today is Bon Iver's latest video from Bon Iver, Bon Iver, "Holocene." It's directed by Nabil Elderkin (who's worked with Kanye West, Frank Ocean, and Common) and was shot within Iceland's glacial landscapes. In a nod to nature, the video premiered on National Geographic's website:

And just a moment ago, Paste Magazine debuted a new music video by local folkie Mason Jennings, "Bitter Heart," directed by Andre Durand, who has also made videos for Bon Iver and Tapes ‘N’ Tapes. For the next several Thursdays, Paste will be premiering a new video from his forthcoming Minnesota LP. The video is nonembeddable, so you'll have to head over to the Paste Magazine site to check it out.

Via @jagjaguwar, @PasteMagazine & @pitchforkmedia
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Photo of the Day

Thank you for this, Sopheava.

Photo by Margaret Andrews on Flickr.

Submitted by @marrina.

Bon Iver performs Bonnie Raitt cover live in the studio

Earlier this week, The Daily Swarm posted video of Bon Iver's Justin Vernon performing his double cover of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" and "Nick of Time" live in the studio (which he performed last month on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon). The track is featured as the B-side to the single for Bon Iver's "Calgary." Watch it below.



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Bon Iver on Fallon, plus a new Bon Iver meme

It's Bon Iver fever at LOL/OMG this week. Last night, he performed a gorgeous rendition of "Holocene" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon:



Meanwhile, Twitter has been buzzing with the hilarious Adjective collected from six reviews of the new Bon Iver album by pop culture blog The Awl. Our favorites are the variations of "bearded": "beardo," "beardy."

In response, Minneapolis' own @solace seemed to have created a new meme, via a word cloud using nouns found in Bon Iver reviews.


While we're on the topic, NPR has a new interview with Vernon you can listen to or read on their website.

Via @solace, @MinneScene, & @BonIver
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Doomtree heading to cabin to record new album

Local hip hop collective Doomtree just announced via Twitter that they're heading to a cabin in the woods to record a new album.


Hmm, sounds like they're taking a cue from another sorta-local musician...


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Bon Iver backstage at The Colbert Report

A bevy of Minneapolis peeps were in New York for Bon Iver's interview and performance on The Colbert Report yesterday.

Here's @thebitchelor with Colbert backstage:


Local director/videographer Dan Huiting (who directed Bon Iver's "Calgary" video) snaps The Bitchelor hanging backstage with Jagjaguwar's Darius Van Arman, trombonist Reggie Pace, and Bon Iver mixer Brian Joseph.



Dan also snaps Bon Iver's S. Carey with Justin Vernon and his lady, musician Kathleen Edwards.

Dan Huiting (who is purportedly on the road with Bon Iver as part of the documentary he's shooting on them) snapped this shot of Justin Vernon & co. preparing for their gig.


We LOLd at this shot The Bitchelor took in Colbert's green room bathroom:

Video: Bon Iver on The Colbert Show

As part of its media blitz leading up to its just-released record, Bon Iver was on The Colbert Show last night. In other news, Bon Iver's first Twin Cities date in years was announced for September 7 at the Orpheum Theatre.

Here's Colbert interviewing Justin Vernon:

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And Bon Iver performing "Calgary" on the Colbert Report:

And an online-only bonus video of the new nine-piece configuration of Bon Iver playing "Skinny Love":

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Bon Iver nabs a 9.5 rating from Pitchfork, performing on Colbert tonight

In case you haven't already heard, Pitchfork Media just gave Bon Iver's new album Bon Iver, Bon Iver (officially dropping tomorrow) a rare 9.5 rating. That's the best of the year - so far. The Twitter reaction:


Meanwhile, Rolling Stone is streaming the album free all day.

Tonight, our own Electric Fetus hosts an album listening party, selling the new album a day early along with a limited number of posters given away with purchase as well as a bonus, 3-track CD single featuring "Wisconsin," "Come Talk To Me," and the Bonnie Raitt cover medley "I Can't Make You Love Me / Nick of Time." The bonus CD will be raffled off during the listening party (no purchase necessary, must be present to win). They will also have the group's new "Calgary" 12" single (also featuring the Bonnie Raitt medley) available for purchase two weeks before its official release on July 5th.

You can catch Bon Iver performing on The Colbert Report tonight and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Tuesday night; our embedded reporter @thebitchelor promises some behind-the-scenes updates.



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New Bon Iver video released

Scream! Eau Claire native/Minneapolis pal/Gayngs cohort/general genius Justin Vernon and his band Bon Iver just released the new video for "Calgary" and it's simply beautiful. Would you expect anything less? Especially when you factor in all the local flavor that went into making the video: local directors Dan Huiting and Andre Durand make visual magic with the addition of a local cast, including model Raina Hein (the Minneapolis model who you may remember from her stint on America's Next Top Model a couple of years ago) and many more.

In addition, Vernon scored the cover of Spin this month. So cool!

GAYNGS Tweet their West Coast mini-tour, compare pool size

Local supergroup GAYNGS has hit the road for a mini, weeklong West Coast tour, hitting Portland, San Francisco, L.A., and the Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy, Washington. And what could be more important while on tour than the hotel swimming pool?

First, the view from Justin and Nate Vernon's hotel room:


Fellow GAYNGS members Zach Coulter and Adam Hurlburt of Solid Gold respond with their decidedly less posh view:



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