Sam Beam & Jesca Hoop – ‘Love Letter For Fire’

Jason Tate Apr 9, 2016

Sam Beam (Iron & Wine) and Jesca Hoop will be releasing Love Letter for Fire on April 15th. You can stream the album on NPR.

It’s been 15 years since Sam Beam released his first collection of whispery, low-definition solo recordings, recorded at home under the name Iron & Wine. Back then, it would have been difficult to imagine how many directions Beam’s music would travel: Iron & Wine’s records have evolved into lavish exercises in horn-laden Technicolor sprawl, while Beam has most recently set aside time for album-length collaborations with Band Of Horses’ Ben Bridwell and now singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop.

Tancred – ‘Out Of The Garden’ (Album Stream)

Jason Tate Mar 30, 2016

Tancred’s new album, Out Of The Garden, can be streamed on Fader or by hitting read more.

Say Anything Stream New Album, ‘I Don’t Think It Is’

Jason Tate Feb 3, 2016

Say Anything have released a surprise stream of their new album I Don’t Think It Is. You can find the stream, and a message from Max Bemis, on their website or by hitting read more. There’s already a thread for the album in our forums to talk about your first listen.

NOW.HERE Stream ‘New Perspective’ EP

Jason Tate Jul 1, 2015

I recently came across this Italian pop-punk band called NOW.HERE. Usually when I hit play on a band labeled “pop-punk” cynicism gets the best of me. My history with the genre is as old as my history online and most of the time I just sort of feel like I’ve heard it all before and that nothing can excite me in this space anymore. Then I stumbled onto the new EP by NOW.HERE. These four songs, crafted by 5 kids from Italy, hit me in a way that very little in the genre has in years. There’s an urgency and energy that reads as authentic and fresh to me. I went from “man, this would be my favorite find if I was in high-school” to “I keep coming back to this more than I expected” to “fuck, this is really good” to “see, I still do like pop-punk” to “yeah, this is one of my favorite finds in a while.” If you’re looking for a great pop-punk EP or maybe just looking for something to relight that air-guitaring jump-kicking part of your soul — start with NOW.HERE.