Bon Iver

There's something about him that's different.  Besides the fact that he doesn't sound like anything we've heard before.

It's something that Kanye noticed, and that's why he commissioned Bon Iver to appear in Lost In the World and Monster on the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.  It's something that everyone else noticed when he was nominated for the Grammy for Best New Artist, and won.  He's created a fusion that appeals to a lot of people for multiple reasons.

For me, its just good music to listen to on road trips and when I'm just chilling.  I love the soft sounds that he uses in a lot of his songs, and the subtle autotune that he throws in every now and again.  The fact that he recorded the entire For Emma, Forever Ago album by himself in a cabin in the woods is amazing to me.  He's obviously an extremely talented individual and has worked for a long time to be the musical genius that he is today, and now he is gracing our ears with his talents.

The uniqueness of his voice is something that should be touched on as well.  It's very distintive.  You can listen to any number of songs and pick his voice out of them all because of the strange tone that it is.  It's original, which makes it even more interesting.

That's my take on Bon Iver.

Some of my favorite songs: Woods, Skinny Love, The Wolves (Act 1 & 2), Flume, For Emma, Creature Fear, Re: Stacks, and Perth.