Remember that Bon Iver show we shared with you last week? Well you can hear part of Justin Vernon's performance with his twelve-piece band now that his cover of Bob Dylan's "With God On Our Side" is circulating the ether. Our very own Alex Lewis had this to say about the Portland performance, with reference to the cover you hear at TwentyFourBit:
They played every song from the new album, half of the first record, and squeezed in a cover of Bob Dylan’s “With God On Our Side” (Vernon: “This is for the Americans out there”). Even if Bon Iver’s past tours were physically closer and warmer than this one, this show achieved a musical intimacy that I’ve rarely felt in a space this large. Perhaps this is because I find the new record to be particularly spiritual, and the musicians on stage took special care in tending to its negative spaces and dynamic currents. It’s also Vernon’s powerful voice that reaches out and into you. Sometimes you don’t know exactly what he’s saying, but that rich timbre makes it all feel elemental and meaningful.
(via 24Bit)