I had only heard three of Bon Iver’s songs before this show, but “Skinny Love” is such a beautiful lovely piece of music that I would’ve bought tickets based on that one alone. He’s a bit rougher in concert (as many people are), but also a bit more atmospheric, his voice and the music swirling around above you. Getting great harmony support from two backing dudes. Haven’t heard falsetto used this much or this well since probably Jeff Buckley, and I never really fell for Buckley the way my other friends did.

Small intimate show at Schuba’s, really great place to have seen him. Everything sounded just beautiful. Often quite sad and heartrending, but beautiful.