Sam Beam, aka Iron and Wine is back with a new album, Ghost on Ghost, out April 16 on Nonesuch/4AD. “Lovers’ Revolution” is the first song taken from it and it’s jazzier than anything he has done before. Can’t say I saw this coming but on first listen it sounds fantastic. Just look at that bass. By the end of the song, I already changed my mind about what my most anticipated album of the year is.
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More Blessed Feathers goodness. Just can’t get enough.
Buke and Gase’s new record, General Dome, is out next week on Brassland and NPR is streaming it for our delight. I don’t think there’s a best way to spend your last hour at work today than listening to this. And working at the same time, of course. Make sure you respect your boss. Send her/him this link to preview the whole album and she/he’ll love you forever.
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The band to watch in 2013 + one of my favorite songwriters of the last five years, winner of the Bolachas Top Album of 2012 Award, together in one song. It delivers.
Pickwick’s long awaited debut LP, Can’t Talk Medicine is out next March 12th. May the Gods of the Internet make it so we can hear some more of it sooner than that.
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There’s not a single song nor a video to show you, but I had to take a pair of minutes just to let you know David Bazan (Pedro the Lion, Headphones), Will Johnson (Centro-matic, South San Gabriel), Matt and Bubba Kadane (Bedhead, The New Year) have formed a new band called OVERSEAS. There’s an album coming out later this year. Someone at Facebook took the time to say all I ever needed to say about this announcement: The mere idea of this makes me all warm and fuzzy. Word.
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