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Bon Iver   09/09/2011

Uptown Theater, Kansas City, MO
Media FLAC
Notes Bon Iver
09-09-2011
Uptown Theater
Kansas City, MO

Source: Schoeps MK4 > Naiant Tinybox > Olympus LS-10 @ 48 kHz / 24-bit
Lineage: 48/24 WAV > Audacity 1.2.6 (normalize, split tracks, resample to 44.1 kHz, dither to 16-bit) > Traders Little Helper (convert to flac - level 7)


Setlist:

01 Perth
02 Minnesota, WI
03 Towers
04 Brackett, WI
05 Blood Bank
06 Holocene
07 Flume
08 Hinnom, TX
09 Wash
10 Creature Fear
11 Re: Stacks
12 Calgary
13 Beth/Rest
14 For Emma
15 ~ encore break ~
16 Skinny Love
17 Who Is It? #
18 The Wolves (Acts I and II)

# - Bjork cover



Review from Kansas City Star:


Bon Iver traded hushed intimacy for cathartic volume Friday at the Uptown Theater.

The extreme transformation came as a shock to anyone in the capacity audience of about 2,300 expecting to hear a faithful replication of the bands quiet folk-based recordings. The concert was an explosive rock show rather than a wistful acoustic recital.

Backed by eight musicians, the approach of singer-songwriter Justin Vernon confounded expectations. In defying conventional wisdom, he and his large touring band orchestrated an utterly transfixing concert experience.

The seeming serenity of Bon Ivers catalog just two albums and an EP is illusory. Barely concealed beneath the tasteful tranquility of most Bon Iver songs lies emotional anguish.

Vernons songs revel in melancholy. He examines disappointment and heartbreak in exquisitely perverse detail. The pain ordinarily hidden under a pretty veneer was unveiled and given musical form during Fridays concert. The result, while often fearsome, felt therapeutic.

Creature Fear began with a gorgeous chamber folk arrangement relatively true to the version on Bon Ivers 2007 debut album. It devolved into a long and noisy freak-out. Vernon genuflected during an unexpectedly soulful version of Blood Bank, as if seeking forgiveness and salvation. The entire concert had the fervent feel of a religious revival.

Holocene, a resigned meditation on the bands new self-titled album, was transformed into a defiant refusal to surrender.

French horn, bass saxophone, violin and bells gave Brackett, WI a symphonic undercurrent. Towers featured a four-piece horn section while Perth gave way to an exploratory dissonance associated with the Grateful Deads Dark Star.

Vernons stark solo version of Re: Stacks gave fans a taste of what might have been. While it showcased Vernons haunting near-falsetto vocal style and ethereal song craft, it was less satisfying than the punch provided by the full band.

The brief sampling of the sound most closely associated with Bon Iver validated the decision to present the remainder of the material in new settings.

Even in such quiet moments during Bon Ivers 90-minute set, the audience remained rapt.

Their attentiveness was noted by opening act Kathleen Edwards.

Well, arent you all on your best behavior? the Canadian singer-songwriter quipped.

Simultaneously rustic and refined, her 40-minute set resembled a pleasant drive down a dusty rural road in a luxury sedan. The exhilarating ride provided by Bon Iver, however, was unforgettable.
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