Music Blog

Kiss Each Other Clean is the title for the new Iron & Wine record out January 25th-- that's either alliterative and romantic or alliterative and kind of gross, depending on the context. It will be the fourth full-length from Sam Beam's band and first in over three years, following The Shepherd's Dog. It also marks the band's major label debut, out in the U.S. on the little Warner start-up (home to R.E.M., Built to Spill, and also Jeff Foxworthy). No Portland dates announced yet, but there will be touring beginning with a spate of U.S. dates this month and in January. More...