Imaginary roadtrip, Austin edition: up close & personal with Glen Hansard
As stated last week, purchasing a plane ticket to spend two nights with the Wrens at Schubas may very well have been the best decision…
No Depression Festival
No Depression Festival - Short Version: It was hot. We ate barbecue. I drank a lot of beer and cider. Most of us had dirty,…
Win tix to the No Depression Festival
No Depression has long been the place to get the inside scoop on the best Americana, roots and alt-country folks to watch - and we're…
Lumberjack Rock
Chris B's Schmindie News Roundup and it's ensuing comments lit a fire under me to write this little blurb I've been meaning to get out…
Iron & Wine at Sonic Boom on 15th
Ok, so I must have been working extra hard today because I stopped checking Facebook around 1pm, when normally I'm on it every 5 minutes.…
Schmindie News Roundup
Judging by how fast tickets for The Shins' and Iron and Wine's (separate) two-night stands sold out, everyone loves their schmindie. So, as a public…
Sub Pop 20: Iron & Wine
Ok y'all, everyone knows how much heather b. loves Iron & Wine, so needless to say this was my most anticipated performance of the day.…
Best of 2007: Erik G's favorite albums
Sometimes I think it takes me waaay too long to come up with my Top 20 albums of a given year. There are a lot…
The Shepherd's Dog
Without a doubt, The Shepherd’s Dog is the most accessible album ever recorded by Iron & Wine. The arrangements for the songs are suddenly lush…
New releases for the week, from Easy Street Records
LOTS of new releases this Tuesday!The Cave Singers' release on Matador is finally out! I LOVE this record to bits. They are hands down my…