The 75 Best Songs of 2011
Nostalgia Alert! Jump back a decade and enjoy the best songs of 2011. They are headlined by a synthpop classic, a massive hit from a hot diva, pristine harmonies of a young band headed for greatness.
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The 10 Best Indie Rock Albums of 2011
“Indie rock” is a huge catch-all term. 2011’s best indie rock albums list focuses on artists who are more rock-oriented, taking their cues from the genre’s styles and traditions.
The Top 10 Definitive Breakup Albums
When you feel bombarded with overpriced consumerism disguised as love, here are ten albums that look at love's hangover.
Bon Iver’s ‘i,i’ Hangs Between Surrealism and Meaning
Justin Vernon's (Bon Iver) lyricism is as cryptic as ever, but the firmness with which he sings his abstractions robs his fourth album of much of its mystery.
Newport Folk Festival 2017 Hit All the Right Notes
A great weekend at Newport includes watching talented, diverse performers, participating in a protest song sing-along and maybe a lobster roll.
Nicolas Jaar: Sirens
Sirens is a masterpiece. Melding pop and experimental music, it reflects the uneasiness of our difficult times.
Bon Iver: 22, A Million (take 2)
While tapping into textures you’d never expect from him, Justin Vernon continues to craft songs so effortlessly majestic and mesmerizing that only the most timid would be repulsed by them on the grounds that they go too far.
Bon Iver: 22, A Million
With a bold, experimental vision, Justin Vernon and company lose some of the nostalgia and start looking forward.
Fade Into the Machine: Bon Iver’s ’22, A Million’
Bon Iver's 22, A Million may be the first album that, truly, should be dedicated to Big Digital if not artificial intelligence.
Bon Iver – 33 “GOD” (Singles Going Steady)
33 "GOD" continues to make us believe that Bon Iver may be dropping one of the best albums of 2016.
Bon Iver – 10 d E A T h b R E a s T ⚄ ⚄ (Extended Version) (Singles Going Steady)
This is full-on dystopian folk music, with lyrical aphasia and a clone army of distorted vocal tracks.
Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers – “Over the Rise” (ft. Justin Vernon) (video) (premiere)
Bruce Hornsby's new song/video draws as much from the northern folk of Bon Iver as it does from the soul of deep Appalachia.
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