Tonight: Bon Iver In-Store At Electric Fetus

Download: Bon Iver - "Flume"
Download: Bon Iver - "For Emma"

The re-release of Eau Claire-based winter soulster Bon Iver's stunning debut For Emma, Forever Ago, is just around the corner (next Tuesday, the 19th, in fact). In order to celebrate such an occasion, the man still known to loved ones and relatives as Justin Vernon is playing an in-store at Electric Fetus tonight at 8 p.m. What makes this in-store particularly special is the fact that it's a "private" in-store. Not that kind, pervert.

What private means is that those of you who participated in the special Electric Fetus promotion pre-order of For Emma, Forever Ago got a ticket to the in-store. That promotion was going on until yesterday, so if you got a golden ticket, consider yourself lucky. At any rate, Bon's going to be performing songs and signing records. What a perfect pre-Valentine's Day activity for you and your sweetie.

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(Jonathan Graef)

Pre-Order Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago

Download: Bon Iver - "Skinny Love"

The past few weekends have been so cold here in Chicago that weekend plans consist only of doing whatever the T.V. tells us. Whether or not somebody finds us is irrelevant. Bon Iver, AKA Justin Vernon, the Eau Claire, Wisconsin-based known for his sensitive soul-folk, probably knows a thing or two about those kind cold winters ("Bon Iver" is French for "good winter", though it's intentionally misspelled). The re-release (via Jagjaguwar) of last year's For Emma, Forever Ago should bring more widespread attention to the intimate beauty of Vernon's guitar playing, as well as his affecting croon. Though the album won't physically be in stores until February 19th, the album is available for pre-order through Jagjaguwar. If you do so now, you'll get what the label is calling "fancy, offset-printed poster". Well, if it's fancy...

For Emma, Forever Ago is out on February 19th.

Bon Iver MySpace Page

(Jonathan Graef)