What is it that makes us want to deconstruct art by units of time? Lists. We love making them. We love arguing over them. And here, on the verge of a new decade, we’re in a position to do the same again. What were the best albums of the past ten years? Here at AD, [...]

Saturday, April 18th, marked the second annual Record Store Day which by all accounts was a great success. Iron & Wine were among the various artists and labels who were offering up limited edition vinyl LPs, split 7 inches, live sets, and EPs to help raise awareness and attract buyers. To commemorate the occasion Sam [...]

Upon their release, Iron & Wine’s debut, The Creek Drank The Cradle, and its subsequent EP, The Sea & The Rhythm, at first listen, felt like home. Sam Beam’s eclectic, seemingly, backwoods musical vision appealed to me in the same way Will Oldham’s best work has — only with an immediately more inviting (read: sweeter) [...]

Sub Pop has just recently made the title track off the new Iron & Wine single, Boy With A Coin, available for download. As a certified Iron & Wine freak, I have been talking this thing up to anyone who will listen the past couple of weeks, so I’m glad I can (legally) post it [...]