Bon Iver: Victoria Apollo, London
Andy Gill, The Independent, 9 December 2008
"THIS IS AN extremely big deal for us," says Justin Vernon, standing beneath a giant pterodactyl. Vernon is the songwriter, lead singer and creative mainspring of Bon Iver – indeed, to all intents and purposes he is Bon Iver, whose melancholy masterpiece For Emma, Forever Ago was one of the year's happiest surprises.
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