It’s not often that a musical artist is able to stray from the sound that made them famous only to return to it years later, as though they had never left. Iron & Wine, the musical moniker used by Sam Beam, proves though, that it is possible with his latest album Beast Epic, his sixth full-length […]
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- 9/13/2017
- by Jacob Kaye
- Uinterview
For over a decade, the prolific Sam Beam has been releasing albums to great acclaim under the moniker Iron & Wine. Carving out a distinct niche, his music falls between indie and folk, but is not contained by the boxes of either genre. And fans of the musician have a lot to look forward to in 2015. In July, he'll release his next full length, Sing Into Your Mouth, but on store shelves now is Archive Series Volume No. 1. As the title suggests, it's a crate-digging affair by Beam, who has gone through unreleased home recordings and demos and made them available for the first time. And today we have the exclusive video premiere for "Everyone's Summer Of '95". Featuring David Dastmalchian, and directed by Erin Elders and Jeff Tomcho, the video is a moody piece set across one night, with a wrestling match at the centre. It pairs nicely with the...
- 4/23/2015
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Both Iron and Wine are one guy, Sam Beam, who has been making music under the moniker since 2002, when he released his first album, The Creek Drank the Cradle. Since then, there's no way you haven't heard Beam's music playing softly in cafés or, more recently, in the series finale of Parenthood (his cover of "Forever Young" was appropriately tear-worthy). To celebrate the release of Archive Series Vol. 1, a collection of unreleased songs written during the Creek Drank the Cradle era, we asked Beam to name a few of his favorite Iron & Wine songs. Very humbly, he obliged: The Creek Drank the Cradle (2002): "Bird Stealing Bread" I put that one on the list because, in my memory, as far as all those batches of songs, it seemed like it just popped out of the environment [where] I was living — Miami, maybe two blocks from the beach, writing...
- 2/24/2015
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
And so we've come to the end of "Parenthood." I published some thoughts on the series' legacy this morning, and I have a review of the series finale coming up just as soon as we put on our onion goggles... "Boy, we did good, didn't we, Camille?" -Zeek In this morning's piece, I alluded to a moment in this episode that worked me over emotionally as hard as anything a Jason Katims show ever has. Now that we're over the spoiler wall, I can say that it's the moment in the concluding montage(*) when we see Max graduate from Chambers Academy, smile wide and thrust his arms up in the air in triumph. As finale developments go — whether in the body of the episode, or in that long epilogue, which covers the next few years after Zeek's death — it wasn't particularly surprising. But Max's story had always been the "Parenthood...
- 1/30/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Nashville, Tenn. — Sam Beam of Iron & Wine makes music for people who listen with headphones.
Sure, you could check out his music on a computer or pop his CD into your car stereo. But you'd be missing so much.
"I like as a listener to find some little percussive elements or some little throwaway melodies in there that you only really catch if you're listening on the headphones," Beam said. "It's also fun in the mixing stage to do stuff like that. It creates an extra level of interest hopefully."
Beam has achieved an extra level of interest in his music by creating dense sound collages that dance and move like fabric in the wind, yet remain true to the wandering spirit he unveiled while using an acoustic guitar and a four-track recorder to learn the craft.
"Ghost on Ghost," the 38-year-old's fifth album as Iron & Wine, is his most complex yet,...
Sure, you could check out his music on a computer or pop his CD into your car stereo. But you'd be missing so much.
"I like as a listener to find some little percussive elements or some little throwaway melodies in there that you only really catch if you're listening on the headphones," Beam said. "It's also fun in the mixing stage to do stuff like that. It creates an extra level of interest hopefully."
Beam has achieved an extra level of interest in his music by creating dense sound collages that dance and move like fabric in the wind, yet remain true to the wandering spirit he unveiled while using an acoustic guitar and a four-track recorder to learn the craft.
"Ghost on Ghost," the 38-year-old's fifth album as Iron & Wine, is his most complex yet,...
- 4/16/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
"You guys have the back catalog," said an amused Sam Beam to the audience at The Sayer’s Club in Hollywood on Friday night. The Iron & Wine frontman was without a prepared set list, so he fielded calls for tracks like "Woman King" and "Jesus the Mexican Boy" from his pre-Shepherd’s Dog albums. Story: Iron & Wine's Sam Beam Talks New Album 'Ghost on Ghost': 'I Felt Like Sinatra' The event -- organized by SoCal public radio affiliate Kcrw as an invite-only show -- paired Beam with Glen Hansard, the Oscar-winning Once songwriter. The artists, who share a manager in
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- 4/6/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Iron & Wine's new album Ghost On Ghost drops April 16, but in the meantime, Sam Beam has lent a period-appropriate cover of American standard "Hard Times Come Again No More" to the new BBC America show Copper, set in New York's Five Points circa- Gangs Of New York.
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Not only is Sam Beam's brand of lavishly orchestral indie folk perfectly suited for the period, he himself portrays wily police detective Bartleby T. Juniper. Yes, I made that last part up, but I think we can all agree that he looks like he just sauntered away from a whiskey-fueled all-night poker game with Daniel Day-Lewis.
Take a listen to Iron & Wine's "Hard Times Come Again No More" and let me know what you think in the comments below.
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Not only is Sam Beam's brand of lavishly orchestral indie folk perfectly suited for the period, he himself portrays wily police detective Bartleby T. Juniper. Yes, I made that last part up, but I think we can all agree that he looks like he just sauntered away from a whiskey-fueled all-night poker game with Daniel Day-Lewis.
Take a listen to Iron & Wine's "Hard Times Come Again No More" and let me know what you think in the comments below.
- 3/29/2013
- by Brett Warner
- TVology
Anger isn't an emotion one would typically associate with Iron & Wine's whispery folk melodies. But that was how singer-songwriter Sam Beam described his last album, 2011's Kiss Each Other Clean. "The last record was a fairly angry record," he says, noting that there were some "surreal, violent images" and "jagged, synthetic sounds" throughout the album. For his forthcoming release, Ghost on Ghost (out April 16), his more relaxed new material builds on the fuller sound palette of recent recordings. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter, Beam elaborates on how he writes his lyrics and explains that, aside from some guitar, he
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- 3/25/2013
- by Erik Hayden
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Iron & Wine has now unleashed two new songs from forthcoming album "Ghost on Ghost," due April 16 via Nonesuch. Today's "Grace for Saints and Ramblers" is one of Sam Beam's wordy-word tracks, chugging along an easy snare beat and sunnily beaming on its Tom Waitsian cousin "Lovers' Revolution." That track is an obvious example of how Iron & Wine's collaboration with Calexico has rubbed off, in a slinky, dreamer-lidded rumble of horns and bass-centric sound. Both are part of the style evolution of Iron & Wine, which has become increasingly visible among the Aaa crowd since moving over to a...
- 2/26/2013
- Hitfix
Iron And Wine’s latest record, Ghost On Ghost, will be released April 16 on Nonesuch. The LP, Sam Beam’s second for the label, is apparently the singer’s attempt to release the “anxious tension” he’d built up recording his last few records, including 2011’s Kiss Each Other Clean. Recorded with longtime producer Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Califone, Fruit Bats), Ghost On Ghost features album art by photographer Barbara Crane and instrumental help from members of Tin Hat Trio, Sex Mob, Jazz Passengers, and Antony And The Johnsons. The jazzy first single from the record, “Lovers’ Revolution ...
- 1/31/2013
- avclub.com
The crowds have amassed in San Diego for the largest annual gathering of comic and film fans known as Comic-Con. I envy our pals who make the trek where once-in-a-lifetime magic happens, including musical performances from The Guild cast members or the appearance of the filmmakers and the entire cast of Firefly and Serenity -- more precisely, Ut graduate Felicia Day (The Guild, Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog), Joss Whedon, and Nathan Fillion. Reports have already come out of San Diego of Whedon and Day dancing with fans.
Fellow fans can experience Comic-Con 2012 through the coverage from Spill.com and Film School Rejects. I'm loving the weekly videos from Ain't It Cool News Harry Knowles's basement, and this week Harry shares his Comic-Com film panel preview.
Meanwhile in Austin, I'm really looking forward to a guilty pleasure of Blue Starlite's double feature on Saturday at 9 pm, of my all-time favorite Richard Linklater movie,...
Fellow fans can experience Comic-Con 2012 through the coverage from Spill.com and Film School Rejects. I'm loving the weekly videos from Ain't It Cool News Harry Knowles's basement, and this week Harry shares his Comic-Com film panel preview.
Meanwhile in Austin, I'm really looking forward to a guilty pleasure of Blue Starlite's double feature on Saturday at 9 pm, of my all-time favorite Richard Linklater movie,...
- 7/13/2012
- by Debbie Cerda
- Slackerwood
The more snarktastic among us have made a near-industry over the years of goofing on the adventures of Edward and Bella, but there's one thing that even the most jaded hipster can't deny: The "Twilight" movies have always had kick-ass soundtracks.
Past installments have included contributions from indie stars like Death Cab For Cutie, Iron & Wine, Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Grizzly Bear and Stephanie Meyer's favorite band, Muse. Now, with only two flicks left, music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (who pioneered this sort of thing with "The O.C.") is pulling out all the stops with the excellent soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." And excellent it is, if your heart isn't hardened to the more emotional end of the moody-rock spectrum.
The first single released was "It Will Rain," a plaintive ballad from pop maestro Bruno Mars. It's a decidedly downbeat turn from the guy who would jump on...
Past installments have included contributions from indie stars like Death Cab For Cutie, Iron & Wine, Radiohead's Thom Yorke, Grizzly Bear and Stephanie Meyer's favorite band, Muse. Now, with only two flicks left, music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas (who pioneered this sort of thing with "The O.C.") is pulling out all the stops with the excellent soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1." And excellent it is, if your heart isn't hardened to the more emotional end of the moody-rock spectrum.
The first single released was "It Will Rain," a plaintive ballad from pop maestro Bruno Mars. It's a decidedly downbeat turn from the guy who would jump on...
- 11/7/2011
- by Adam Swiderski
- NextMovie
Getty Ben Sollee
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, one of the world’s great rock events, kicks off its 10th annual gala on today in Manchester, Tn. By the time it ends in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, some 170 artists will have performed including Arcade Fire, the Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield, Eminem, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lil Wayne, Loretta Lynn, My Morning Jacket, Robert Plant and Band of Joy, and the Strokes. Vevo will stream video of many sets...
The Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival, one of the world’s great rock events, kicks off its 10th annual gala on today in Manchester, Tn. By the time it ends in the pre-dawn hours of Monday morning, some 170 artists will have performed including Arcade Fire, the Black Keys, Buffalo Springfield, Eminem, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Lil Wayne, Loretta Lynn, My Morning Jacket, Robert Plant and Band of Joy, and the Strokes. Vevo will stream video of many sets...
- 6/8/2011
- by Jim Fusilli
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
One more reason to be super jealous of our friends in Austin, the announcement of the Paramount’s Summer Classic Film Series 2011 would make any classic film lover think they had died and gone to heaven. Celebrating 36 years and going strong, the place to be during the summer is Austin (as usual). And of course, when there’s classic films being announced at a repertory theater, there’s always a few Criterion connections.
Peter Bogdanovich, who recently entered the Criterion collection himself with his magnificent film The Last Picture Show (which will be screening July 27th – 28th, hosted by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine), will be there at the kick off, on May 20th, where he will be discussing Hollywood history which then is followed by a screening of Casablanca and a film of his choosing. That alone is worth your anticipation, because if anyone has great stories about film,...
Peter Bogdanovich, who recently entered the Criterion collection himself with his magnificent film The Last Picture Show (which will be screening July 27th – 28th, hosted by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine), will be there at the kick off, on May 20th, where he will be discussing Hollywood history which then is followed by a screening of Casablanca and a film of his choosing. That alone is worth your anticipation, because if anyone has great stories about film,...
- 5/13/2011
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
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Last week's 'Doctor Who' series 6 premiere left us with a million questions, and this week's conclusion left us with a million more! Brain...melting! Confusion...winning! What. Is. Happening!?
Steven Moffat and crew hurled us straight into the deep end after leaving our heads spinning with the first half of this thrilling two-part adventure. We landed right in the middle of the story, three months after we witnessed Amy shooting the little girl in the space suit and revealing her pregnancy to The Doctor.
Amy, Rory and River Song were desperate and running from both The Silence and from Canton Delaware and his gun-toting G-men. Their bodies were covered with 'Memento'-ish marks and, of yeah, they all died in the first act. Died! Shocking, right? Sure, but not as shocking as the image of The Doctor sporting a wild Sam Beam beard.
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['Doctor Who' - 'Day of the Moon']
Last week's 'Doctor Who' series 6 premiere left us with a million questions, and this week's conclusion left us with a million more! Brain...melting! Confusion...winning! What. Is. Happening!?
Steven Moffat and crew hurled us straight into the deep end after leaving our heads spinning with the first half of this thrilling two-part adventure. We landed right in the middle of the story, three months after we witnessed Amy shooting the little girl in the space suit and revealing her pregnancy to The Doctor.
Amy, Rory and River Song were desperate and running from both The Silence and from Canton Delaware and his gun-toting G-men. Their bodies were covered with 'Memento'-ish marks and, of yeah, they all died in the first act. Died! Shocking, right? Sure, but not as shocking as the image of The Doctor sporting a wild Sam Beam beard.
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- 5/1/2011
- by Mike Moody
- Aol TV.
It’s been seven years since Iron & Wine released “Our Endless Numbered Days,” an artistic eternity since Sam Beam last crafted an album of whispered bedroom tones and four-tracked simplicity. His latest “Kiss Each Other Clean” is no surprise at this point, having two albums and Ep to expand that sound to horn and strings sections, vocal modulation and a honing of his heart-halting lyrics of divinity in the mundane. Like Sufjan Stevens and his “Age of Adz,” I wouldn’t want Beam one-noting his whole career, even if just because he’d become bored as an artist. But I think “Kiss Each...
- 2/1/2011
- Hitfix
It’s no secret that Iron & Wine has been on repeat around Paste HQ lately. Yesterday, we gave the newest release from Sam Beam, Kiss Each Other Clean, our full-fledged approval. And last night, Iron & Wine brought a sample of the new album to Conan O’ Brien’s late-night stage. You can watch Beam and his seven-piece band performing “Tree By The River” below....
- 1/25/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
On first glance, Sam Beam (the man behind Iron & Wine) doesn't look all that much like a rock star. Pasty-skinned and profoundly bearded, Beam looks more like a mysterious mountain man than a prolific, transcendent songwriter. Clearly, looks can be deceiving, as Beam has taken his project from humble roots to incredible heights over the past decade or so. Through three studio albums, a handful of EPs and a number of singles and compilations, Iron & Wine has pushed its base sound (a sleepy-eyed, psychedelic take on singer-songwriter tropes) into the ether, welcoming in all sorts of new sounds and more melody.
Beam's new album Kiss Each Other Clean (which hits the streets today) is his most ambitious yet, dragging in pieces of soul music, experimental rock and classic '70s Am singalongs with nary a folk strum in sight. It seems to be ushering in a new era for Iron & Wine,...
Beam's new album Kiss Each Other Clean (which hits the streets today) is his most ambitious yet, dragging in pieces of soul music, experimental rock and classic '70s Am singalongs with nary a folk strum in sight. It seems to be ushering in a new era for Iron & Wine,...
- 1/25/2011
- by Kyle Anderson
- MTV Newsroom
Even when Sam Beam was recording Iron & Wine songs on a four-track at home, with just his voice and a stringed instrument or two, he had the core of a ’70s-style folk-rock troubadour. It just took a few years before he developed the chops to move past the stripped-down, sketchy style that first won him fans. With 2007’s The Shepherd’s Dog, Beam fleshed out the Iron & Wine sound with elements of atmospheric country-rock and sinewy worldbeat, and now he fleshes out that sound further on Kiss Each Other Clean, which adds offbeat percussion, spirited guitar solos, bleating saxophone ...
- 1/25/2011
- avclub.com
Signed by Blue Note in 2004, Amos Lee looked like a sure bet: With his flawlessly soulful vocals scratching through a melting pot of easygoing roots music, a little publicity and marketing seemed certain to make him a radio favorite. But after three albums failed to deliver that success, Blue Note has pulled out all the stops for Mission Bell. Backed by Calexico with its frontman as his producer, Lee is also joined by a parade of high-profile guest stars to widen his appeal: Willie Nelson and Lucinda Williams help establish the Philadelphia native’s country bona fides, Sam Beam ...
- 1/25/2011
- avclub.com
Iron & Wine gave fans a sneak peak of their entire new album, "Kiss Each Other Clean," Wednesday night (Jan. 5) by performing the new set from start to finish for Wnyc's NPR Music's First Listen series. You can watch the whole thing here. "Kiss Each Other Clean," out Jan. 25, is the act's first for Warner Bros. after leaving Sub Pop. My colleague Katie Hasty reviewed first single, "Walking Far From Home," here in November. Even though she says Sam Beam sounds like he's singing through a Progresso soup can, we think she liked it...a little. Beam performs the album with...
- 1/7/2011
- Hitfix
Last-minute newsflash, Iron & Wine fans: Earlier today, Sam Beam and his new band announced they will be performing their forthcoming album, Kiss Each Other Clean, in its entirety tonight at New York City’s The Greene Space. While tickets are few and far between, those who are interested can visit the websites of either NPR or The Greene Space at 8 p.m. Et for a live webcast of the show. NPR will also make the audio recording available for on-demand listening sometime tomorrow....
- 1/5/2011
- Pastemagazine.com
Iron & Wine's first big leap from indie to major label will be completed on Jan. 25, as "Kiss Each Other Clean" drops on Warner Bros. It will be Sam Beam and Co.'s first album since leaving Sub Pop, though judging from the tracklist and song titles, the music may not be that much of a departure. There seems to still be a general mix of nature, love and the sacred, with song titles like "Me and Lazarus," "Tree by the River' and "Your Fake Name Is Good Enough for Me." As previously reported, I&W will be on the road in...
- 11/9/2010
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
After more than three years without new music, Iron and Wine is prepping the release of its next album. “Kiss Each Other Clean” will be out in January via Warner Bros., though no exact date has been set. The group – headed by Sam Beam – will likely be previewing new material on tour this fall. No word yet on other vitals, including lineup and if producer Brian Deck is back on, well, deck to engineer. He helmed “The Shepherd’s Dog,” Iron & Wine’s last album, out in September 2007. I&W only has gigs in November thus...
- 10/11/2010
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
The Iron & Wine camp has been pretty quiet -- more quiet than its usual, sonically quiet self -- since the release of "Shepherd's Dog" in 2007. Mastermind Sam Beam released a double-disc of B-sides/rarities last year ("Around the Well") and has performed sporadically, this year included. However, he took the stage solo and acoustic on Tuesday (May 4) in Charlottesville for a rare set, and out popped two previously unreleased songs. According to Pitchfork, "Half Moon" seems to be a brand spankin' new tune, a uplifting, easy-swim tune that sounds vocally challenging in parts for Beam, which is a good...
- 5/6/2010
- Hitfix
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