This story originally appeared in the November 2004 issue of Spin. In honor of the 15-year anniversary of Joanna Newsom's The Milk-Eyed Mender on March 23, we’re republishing it here.
Calexico and Iron & Wine have reunited again for a new collaborative full-length album to be released this summer. The forthcoming project Years to Burn…
Happy 42nd birthday to Sam Beam of Iron & Wine—have a mug of camomile tea or something for him, will you? He's also just released "Thomas County Law," the second single from…
What slow season? This summer, Arcade Fire, Phoenix, Lorde, Haim, and Broken Social Scene are just a few of the acts with hotly anticipated new releases. Find a preview of the season's…
Long-running indie-folk outfit Iron & Wine have announced a sixth studio album, Beast Epic, and shared a peaceful first single, "Call It Dreaming." The song's new video features Iron…
Tucson folk-rock outfit Calexico has developed a longstanding reputation for organizing remarkable collaborations (recall their 2005 joint EP with Iron & Wine, In the Reins).
Folk soothsayer Iron & Wine is reaching deep, deep into his archives to release a series of albums compiling oddities, hard-to-find covers, and home-recorded songs from early…
The Madrid-based graphic design firm Tata&Friends recognizes that most band names are pretty dumb. Even your favorite band's name, if you step back and think…
Sam Beam's evolution from a solitary lo-fi whisperer to a full-on bandleader is unmistakable throughout Iron & Wine's breezily sophisticated, if somewhat hollow fifth album, Ghost…
