Album Stream: Hiss Golden Messenger- Haw
The North Carolina-based band Hiss Golden Messenger, is premiering their upcoming album right here on Paste’s website. Written by M.C. Taylor, the album was named after a tributary of North Carolina’s Cape Fear. The album contains 11 tracks about “about family, faith, and an ill-prophesied future,” according to a recent press release. Haw is slated for an April 2 release via Paradise of Bachelors. You can listen to a selection of tracks from the album below. ... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: The Eastern Sea - First Christmas
Although The Eastern Sea has worked hard all year touring in support sophomore album Plague, the Austin-based band certainly isn’t winding down for the holiday season. First Christmas, the band’s third album, is set for release on Nov. 27 and will feature two original Christmas tunes as well as new renditions of old classics. Amidst a swarm of peppy Christmas releases this winter, First Christmas serves as a more relaxing soundtrack to the annual holiday bustle. You can listen to First Christmas, which was produced by Louie Lino (Nada Surf, Matt Pond PA) in the player below.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Calvin Love - New Radar
Lo-fi dance pop musician Calvin Love is slated to release his LP New Radar on Nov. 6. In the wake of some killer appearances at CMJ, this latest release from the Edmonton, Calif. native manages to infuse catchy tracks with enough emotional depth that they’ll resonate long after the dance party winds down.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Premiere: Sons of Bill - With Kerosene Instead
Virginia’s Sons of Bill are at it again. The rockers’ third album, Sirens, debuted earlier this year and hit the Billboard 200. With a successful album and a recording session at Daytrotter under their belts, the band is releasing a new live album, With Kerosene Instead, recorded during their last tour.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Tori Amos- Gold Dust
Amos's latest album Gold Dust, which will be released Oct. 2, re-imagines some of her greatest hits. read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Bettye LaVette- Thankful n' Thoughtful
Bettye LaVette has been busy. The R&B songstress is entering her 50th year in the music industry, and will release her new album, Thankful n’ Thoughtful, on Sept. 25 followed by her autobiography, A Woman Like Me, on Sept. 27.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Menomena - Moms
Early last year, Brent Knopf left Menomena, turning the veteran trio of Portland, Ore. rockers into a duo. Remaining members Justin Harris and Danny Seim never even considered disbanding, however, and after finishing a tour to promote 2010’s Mines they began working on Menomena’s next album.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Rickie Lee Jones - The Devil You Know
Acclaimed singer-songwriter Rickie Lee Jones reveals her interpretation of several well-known tracks on her upcoming album, The Devil You Know, due out September 18 from Concord.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: The Lighthouse and the Whaler-This is an Adventure
Indie-pop band the Lighthouse and the Whaler have come a long way from writing songs in a field in Cleveland, Ohio. After the release of their first self-titled album in 2009, the four-person group hit the road for a North American tour.... read more
Found in: Featured AudioAlbum Stream: Azure Ray - As Above So Below
Azure Ray’s new album As Above So Below marks a turning point for Orenda Fink and Maria Taylor. Two years after the release of Drawing Down the Moon, the band left behind dreamy folk-pop and acoustic guitars for a decidedly electronic sound for their fifth studio album. The result is a more minimal, contemporary sound, which comes off as, according to Taylor, “Azure Ray in an alternate universe.”... read more
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