Rosie Thomas' New Album Will Feature Sam Beam, David Bazan
Singer-songwriter Rosie Thomas will release her first full-length album in four years. The album, titled With Love will be released on Feb. 14 on Sing-A-Long Records. read more
Found in: Music, NewsWatch Iron & Wine Perform on Leno
Sam Beam stopped by The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night to perform a track off of Kiss Each Other Clean.... read more
Found in: TV, NewsIron & Wine, Kanye West, Lykke Li To Play Flow Festival
A few of our favorite artists will be heading to Finland to perform at the eighth annual Flow Festival. Lykke Li, Iron & Wine and Kanye West have been confirmed to appear at the three-day music festival to be held in the capital city of Helsinki.... read more
Found in: Concerts, News11 Streaming Concerts Worth a Virtual Lighter
The internet is a vast, amazing place for a seemingly infinite number) of reasons, including the ability to be transported somewhere else, almost immediately, and watch a performance you otherwise never would have had the chance to see... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayIron & Wine to Perform New Album in its Entirety Tonight
Last-minute newsflash, Iron & Wine fans: Earlier today, Sam Beam and his new band announced they will be performing their forthcoming album, Kiss Each Other Clean, in its entirety tonight at New York City’s The Greene Space. While tickets are few and far between, those who are interested can visit the websites of either NPR or The Greene Space at 8 p.m. ET for a live webcast of the show. NPR will also make the audio recording available for on-demand listening sometime tomorrow.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsNew Iron and Wine Album "Sounds Like Mid-'70s FM, Radio-Friendly Music"
Sam Beam recently told Spin that Iron and Wine’s next full-length will move away from the subtle folk music established by the band’s catalogue.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsWilco Announces Free Show at 2010 Olympics
Although Ticketmaster launched the presale for Wilco’s winter Canadian tour yesterday, it will not handle the admission to the band’s upcoming Vancouver Olympics performance for one reason: It’s free, silly.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsIron & Wine, RJD2, Low, Wavves, Many More Head to Champaign, Ill. for Pygmalion Music Festival
The West Coast has Coachella. In the East, there's All Points West. In the South there's Bonnaroo, and the Northwest has Sasquatch. But in the world of big-time festivals, the heartland of central Illinois rarely gets love. That is, except when Pygmalion rolls around.... read more
Found in: Music, NewsBest Music of 2009 (So Far): Kate Kiefer, Associate Editor
To celebrate the half-way point of 2009, this week Paste staffers are counting down their favorite albums and songs of the year (so far). Check out all of our lists here, and share your own favorites in the comments. You might notice that Passion Pit’s Manners isn’t on my list, and that’s because I don’t like Passion Pit very much. (Apparently I’m in the minority.) I didn’t include Wild Light’s “California On My Mind” either, but that’s only because Josh plays it so many times a day that I feel like it’s his own personal song. As for the music I did include if... read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayClassic Paste: The Best of Issues 16-18 (June - November 2005)
(JUST A FEW MORE REASONS TO HELP SAVE PASTE)Next week, I'll celebrate my 6th anniversary at this magazine. When I started as Paste's second-ever intern on June 1, 2003, we were still a tiny operation. Only five of us were in the office full-time: publisher Nick Purdy, editor Josh Jackson, assistant editor Jason Killingsworth, myself (who would go on to become associate editor) and my intern cohort, Steven Bevilaqua. Other important folks—like senior/film editor and future Paste president Tim Porter, design director José Reyes, and future associate publisher Joe Kirk—were working part-time, since Paste couldn't yet support a full staff. Back then, we were in our... read more
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