Volcano Choir live in concert.
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Volcano Choir

18
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

81
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Real Live Certified  

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Critic Consensus

Volcano Choir is 'Real Live Certified' and is in the top 10% of all live performers. Based on 18 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Volcano Choir is rated as a remarkable live performer, with impressive shows that are worth watching. Volcano Choir concert reviews describe live shows and performances as stunning, unforgettable, astonishing, and effortless.

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Latest Release

Comrade (September 1, 2013)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
Bio
Volcano Choir is an American indie band that started as a collaboration between Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) and Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their debut album is Unmap and was released on September 22, 2009.
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Critic Concert Reviews

Abort Magazine (Canada)

February 4, 2014
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Fans made sure to grab tickets nice and early as this event was sold out to the cheers of many happy fresh faces.

KEXP (USA)

January 29, 2014
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That’s what the girl next to me told her friends as she reached into her bag and started dishing out Kleenex.

Exclaim (Canada)

January 25, 2014
80
%
Volcano Choir's second-ever Canadian show started off a little slow, opening with only an organ drone, care of keyboardist Thomas Wincek. Eventually, the whole band appeared onstage to bring "Tiderays" to life, Vernon replicating the auto-tuned vocal effects in harmony with Wincek. Tattered fishnet acted as a

The Owl Mag (USA)

January 23, 2014
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Recreating sonic puzzles like Unmap and Repave in a live setting is no small feat, but effortlessly enhancing those soundscapes and creating a visual world for the sound to live and breathe is an astonishing accomplishment.

Showbams (USA)

January 23, 2014
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The Bon Iver creator and frontman may still be known for his cabin in the woods triumph turned ten-piece alt-rock behemoth, but not for much longer.

The Orange County Register (USA)

January 19, 2014
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Orange County, USA

Soundvenue (Denmark)

November 19, 2013
83
%
Amager Bio, Copenhagen, Denmark

Past critic reviews published in

The Orange County Register (USA), Drunken Werewolf (UK), Soundvenue (Denmark), Shout 4 Music (UK), The Line Of Best Fit (UK) and more

Image Credit

Simon Appelblad [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons