Popcast: Finding the Joy (and Humor) in Bon Iver’s Pain

Popcast

The New York Times

Music Interviews, Music Commentary, Music

3.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 30 September 2016

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

The new Bon Iver album abandons many of the musical choices that informed much of his earlier music.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your It's a Knife of Music News and Criticism.
0:08.0	I'm your host, John can't go.
0:15.0	How to know who the rain.
0:18.0	How to know who the rain.
0:22.0	How to know who can call up all the questions.
0:29.0	We know that I'm ready to clean our mind. I'm ready to clean out. Do you guys feel soothe that's man?
0:38.0	Do you guys feel soothed?
0:39.1	That's man, that's the soothing sounds of Bonnever, 666, depending on where you're reading at 666, downward-facing arrow,
0:47.0	666, upside-down cross.
0:51.1	If you have emoji, it's probably easier for you to render the titles on this new Bonnevire album, which is called 22 a million.
0:57.0	Let's get in the numerology. I've got two guests with me today. I have John Perales, Chief Music Critic in the New York Times.
1:03.3	Hey there. I've got Brandon Stosoy who is here for a couple of reasons, but first of all
1:09.1	is the founder of the Creative Independent, which is a new website that focuses on arts and
1:13.4	music and culture interviews and also I would say known tweeter on the Bonnevere
1:18.7	phenomenon like if we're just going to be honest but let's start with this album's the
1:22.0	third Bonnevere album and it took five years I think J.P.
1:26.6	Five years since a month. Three and a half years at work. Five years between albums.
1:30.0	That's usually how long it takes me to write an article. Three and a half years of work.
1:33.4	Well, yours aren't upside down.
1:34.8	No, that's true.
1:35.9	Why did this take so long?
1:37.2	JP, you also did like a very big bony bear interview out at Pioneer Works in Red Hook.
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