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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18
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LAST 12 MONTHS RATING  
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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 an impressive live performer, with enjoyable shows overall. 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.

The Wild Honey Pie (USA)

January 29, 2014
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Openers The Cloak Ox started things off by delivering a knockout performance that provided the perfect intro to the night’s show.

Exclaim (Canada)

January 25, 2014
80
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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

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 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.

LA Record (USA)

January 20, 2014
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The seven piece, led by a very relaxed witty Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver fame), successfully blended contrasting musical elements for an unforgettable concert at the Fonda Theatre.

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