Entertainment - Wednesday, December 10, 2008 8:13 - 13 Comments

Bon “B-Pain” Iver Uses Auto-Tune, White People to Find a New Excuse to Hate T-Pain

In case you are one of the literally billions of people who haven’t heard, indie-folk favorite and all-around white dude Justin Vernon—aka Bon Iver—has opted to use something that sounds suspiciously like auto-tune on his new song “Woods” from the upcoming Blood Bank EP.

Bon Iver first garnered attention (from white people) late last year/early this year for the cripplingly emotional sounds of For Emma, Forever Ago, which was allegedly recorded by Vernon in a cabin or some shit. Though he hasn’t totally ditched the au naturale sound for Blood Bank, there are some amps being used, as well as hip-hop’s favorite plug-in. Continue…