Bon Iver wins best new artist and Justin Vernon gives a speech basically denouncing the Grammys.

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The music of Midlake has set a tone heard on records from Bon Iver, Blitzen Trapper and Fleet Foxes, among others.

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He describes his sound as "acoustic with a folk tinge and a bit rootsy" and cites influences ranging from Bob Dylan to Wilco to Bon Iver.

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Vincent, and Bon Iver represent different facets of the genre, but they share a tendency to foreground melody and to present an accessible version of musical beauty.

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The 13-event festival, which runs from 13 to 24 February, is organised by Super, a Parisian creative agency that represents more than 150 artists (including international music stars Bon Iver and the XX), organises more than 800 concerts a year around France and co-organises the annual Paris outpost of the three-day indie Pitchfork Music festival, which originated in Chicago and takes place at concert venue La Villette in the north of Paris.

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