LargeHeartedBoy — The highly anticipated Alabama Shakes' debut album Boys and Girls officially hits stores tomorrow. Amadou and Mariam's Folila, Choir of Young Believers' Rhine Gold, Emily Wells' Mama, and M. Ward's A Wasteland Companion are all albums I can strongly.... more info

Guardian Music — (Bella Union)The riddle asks: if you replace the head of your broom, then replace the handle, have you still got the broom you started with? So it is with M Ward and his relationship to American music in that period between Elvis leaving the army and... more info

DrownedInSound — Like all M Ward’s best records, his eighth solo album plays like an intimate knees up. You’ll swoon. You’ll smile. You’ll give it a spin over and over again. Read the full story on DrownedinSound.com more info

Chorus.fm — Stream *M. Ward* (http://mwardmusic.com)'s new album, A Wasteland Companion, in full here (http://www.deezer.com/en/music/m-ward-3/a-wasteland-companion-1637008). more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Good idea for a cover...... more info

Chorus.fm — *M. Ward* (http://www.absolutepunk.net/mward)'s A Wasteland Companion can be heard here (http://www.npr.org/2012/03/25/148922178/first-listen-m-ward-a-wasteland-companion). more info

LargeHeartedBoy — NPR is streaming the new M. Ward album, A Wasteland Companion (out April 10th). BLTv previews two documentaries (soon to be forthcoming PBS American Masters episodes) that profile American authors, Hey Boo: Harper Lee and To Kill a Mockingbird and... more info

Totally Fuzzy — M. Ward writes for beat-up transistor radios, as if he were sending his songs hurtling backward through time and space. His sixth solo album, out April 10, mostly marks the singer's welcome return to the dusty shadows. M. Ward's sixth album... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - M Ward's forthcoming album A Wasteland Companion will be releasing on Merge Records on April 10. The first single, “Primitive Girl” has been posted for streaming on his site, and listen below. “Primitive Girl” features M Ward... more info

Chorus.fm — Listen to another new track from *M. Ward* (http://mwardmusic.com)'s upcoming album, A Wasteland Companion, here (http://soundcloud.com/mergerecords/m-ward-primitive-girl-single). The song is titled "Primitive Girl". more info