On Friday, Oct. 19th, NPR's World Cafe will be airing a previously recorded interview and performance by Sam Beam of Iron & Wine.

Submitted by Praetor

Iron an!d Wine have added a handful of new tour dates. Check them out in the replies.

Iron and Wine are heading out on a tour in April.

Tour Dates

9 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues
10 Tallahassee, FL - The Moon
11 Orlando, FL - The Plaza Theatre
12 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - Revolution Live
13 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
14 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
15 Chapel Hill, NC - Memorial Hall
16 Richmond, VA - The National
18 Kalamazoo, MI - State...[read more]

Iron and Wine's video for "Boy with a Coin" can be seen in the replies.

Iron and Wine recently played "The Devil Never Sleeps" on Letterman. If you're interested, the video of the performance is in the replies.

Submitted by SJms1026

Iron and Wine will going out on tour to support their upcoming release, The Shepard's Dog, out on September 25th.

Iron and Wine Tour Dates

09/23 - Chicago, IL - Metro*
09/24 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom*
09/25 - Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall*
09/26 - Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis*
09/27 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre*
09/28 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower...[read more]

Iron & Wine's new album, The Shepherd's Dog, can be heard in its entirety here.

Iron & Wine will be touring the UK.

Tour Dates

October
23 Leeds City Varieties
24 Gateshead Sage Gateshead
25 Manchester Academy 2
26 Belfast Spiegel Tent
28 Bristol St Georges
29 Edinburgh Queens Hall
31 London Shepherds Bush Empire
November
1 Cardiff Point
2 Brighton St Georges Church
3 Nottingham Rescue Rooms
4 Reading Concert...[read more]

Iron and Wine can be seen performing a cover of Radiohead's "No Surprises" in the replies.

Submitted by simpsonsfan

Iron & Wine will be playing a couple east coast shows in September. The dates can be seen in the replies, and tickets can be bought here.

In the August 2007 issue of SPIN (Interpol is on the cover), there is an article on album leaks. In that article ("Days of the Leak"), Sub Pop A&R rep Stuart Meyer says (on page 88), "I was reading a thread about Iron & Wine on AbsolutePunk.net and was surprised that a lot of people on there want to wait for the album until September - they don't want to be sick of it by the time the onslaught starts. I was kind of heartened by that."

Submitted by garlicgirl1210

Billboard have posted an article on the new Iron & Wine album.

From the Article

With the exception of "Carousel," every song had its basis in a backlog of material that Beam has been gradually chipping away at for years. "It's still pretty sizable," he said. "I'm already working on the next one. A...[read more]

Iron & Wine's Shepard's Dog will be released on September 25th.

Iron and Wine will release "Boy With a Coin," the first single from his new album, on July 10th via Sub Pop Records. The release will include the single edit of "Boy," along with two other tracks. The new album, The Shepard's Dog, will see a release in September.

Track Listing
01) Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
02) White...[read more]

Iron & Wine's new album, The Shepherd's Dog, is set to hit stores in late September via Sub Pop. Click here to read a recent article detailing the record.

Track Listing

1) Pagan Angel and a Borrowed Car
2) White Tooth Man
3) Lovesong of the Buzzard
4)...[read more]

Iron and Wine will be touring Japan and a few US cities in early 2007.

Tour Dates

19th - Fukuoka, Japan - Soul Bird
20th - Okayama, Japan - John Bull Hall
23rd - Kanazawa, Japan - Art Village
24th - Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro
25th - Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro
26th - Tokyo, Japan - TBA
27th - Tokyo, Japan - Club Quattro
8th - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
10th -...[read more]