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Hear Bon Iver's massive Rock the Garden set

Bon Iver nears the end of their set.
Bon Iver nears the end of their set.Emmet Kowler for The Current.
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August 11, 2017

33 "God"
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___45___
by MPR
666ʇ
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715 - CRÆ©Æ©KS
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Beth/Rest
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Holocene
by MPR
Minnesota, WI
by MPR

Bon Iver have the ability to leave audience members slack-jawed, lost in a quiet wonder. It's a warm kind of immobility, a stock-still inertia; after surging during a shred-heavy "Creature Fear," the effect lets up during sing-along tune "Skinny Love." But once encore "Beth/Rest" starts chiming across the field, sounding not unlike the famous theme from Chariots of Fire, people stand entranced everywhere. What started as a blazing afternoon dips into placid night.

Highlighted performances


22 (OVER S∞∞N)
715 - CRΣΣKS
33 "GOD"
666 ↓
____45_____
Minnesota, WI
Holocene
Beth/Rest