Bon Iver & Jenny Lewis July 9

Those of us fortunate enough to have seen some of the summers twilight will remember this summer as one of the best to date. Many of the summer's show's, were outstanding. Among the most memorable was the July 9th show. Bon Iver with Jenny Lewis. Before the show even started people had packed in so tight that there must have been close to 50 people on top of the parking garage across the way. It was the kind of show were if you could see the bands then you had a good spot. The nights opener, Jenny Lewis gave Salt Lake a huge surprise. Her new band complete with boyfriend Jonathan Rice at the helm, we like a throwback of what it must be like to have lived in the 60's. They were running around on stage, dancing, and then boom, they'd come together and just nail a 4 part harmony. The highlight of their performance was most definitely a their slower numbers, where Jenny Lewis was backed by 4 singers that all sang into one mic, in a semi-circle behind her. Its safe to say that Jenny Lewis put on the best show of the summer at Twilight. To follow her was the infamous and most beloved Bon Iver. As Justin Vernon walked out on stage, the crowd was in hysterics. He's a bon-a-fied god-like figure to many indie music lovers and there are many of them in the city. Bon Iver played a lot of the songs that make people want to go see them, but they also left out a lot. Maybe it was the fact that he played back to back with Jenny Lewis, who had much more energy and excitement on stage then the likes of Bon Iver. The Vernon crew left us hanging in a way, we wanted more from them. Most of their set was quite and then slowly theirs songs would escalate into something epic. For the most part however, the huge shoes that Vernon has made for himself have seemingly become hard to fill, and though he played his songs just like you would expect, there was not enough of it. People were talking during his set and you could see avid lovers of Vernon get up and leave. It was a sad moment. Seeing Bon Iver for free however, truly was priceless and if it could be done all over again, I would be there, but this time prehaps cheering him on a little more, getting him a little more excited.