What are you listening to these days?

Dude, I can't stop listening to this one Lucinda Williams album.

The new one, you mean?

Yeah, I've totally listened to [Little Honey] like 40 times for some reason, and then World Without Tears I listen to constantly as well.

That's a great record to return to after a few years.

That's exactly what's happening to me right now. All I can do is hear that album--and I barely ever do that, where I just fixate on an album. [But recently] it came back super strong. -- Nick Anderman

Bon Iver's Justin Vernon, who we spoke with earlier in the week, plays Town Hall tonight and the Music Hall of Williamsburg on Friday, December 12. All dates are with the Tallest Man on Earth. Tickets for these shows are sold out.

Bon Iver plays Town Hall this Wednesday, December 10 and Thursday, December 11 and then the Music Hall of Williamsburg on December 12. All dates are with the Tallest Man on Earth. Tickets are still available here.

Bon Iver, "Skinny Love" (MP3)

"My next record might be super fucking happy, and I don't want to shy away from that if that's what's happening, you know?"

Jesus references aside, you would think that since the highly praised release of For Emma, Forever Ago last February, Justin Vernon's life has changed dramatically--after all, just a year ago he was band-less, girlfriend-less and broke, whereas today he's beloved by folk-loving kids the world over. Although the bearded troubadour admits to "living his dream," not much has changed on a day-to-day basis, apparently. He just bought a house in small-town Wisconsin, right down the street from his childhood home, and when he's not touring, he's been playing music with Collections of Colonies of Bees, a Milwaukee-based experimental band, gearing up to write and record the next Bon Iver album in February, and awaiting the release of a four-song EP Blood Bank out next January 20th on Jagjaguwar.

I recently spoke with Vernon over the phone about life on the road, making sad-guy music, and how Bruce Springsteen is sort of bollocks these days. - Nick Anderman