Paste Magazine — When I wrote my Five Movies to Get Excited About in 2009 list a couple weeks ago, ostensibly, I was providing a reader service. But really, I was getting as pumped up about those movies as anyone reading that post. In fact, I'm listening to Ready... more info

The Yellow Stereo — Starting to notice a large influx of new songs in my inbox as of late, not that i’m complaining or anything.  Joining this ever-growing list is the new single “Never had Nobody Like You,” from M. Ward’s forthcoming album Hold Time, due out... more info

The Yellow Stereo — The Decemberists have a new record coming out in March (that and February look to be pretty busy months, huh?) entitled The Hazards Of Love.  They’ve released the first single titled “The Rake Song,” which you can hear for yourself below. Fo... more info

My Old Kentucky — If there were more songs like this on last year's She & Him album, I probably would've actually liked it. Probably the most overrated album of all of last year, in my opinion. So, now that I've ruffled some feathers, I'm really looking forward to M... more info

Rock Sellout — The forthcoming album from M. Ward is availabe to pre-order from Merge Records. It will be offered on CD and 180-gram LP (with download coupon. Hold Time is M. Ward’s follow-up of the critically acclaimed collaboration with Zooey Deschanel (She & ... more info

Stereogum — If you're curious about why Matt Ward would pick this particular song (from an album that sounds like it's got a lot of great songs) as the first promo MP3, consider the fact that it features Zooey Deschanel. She's got all the great She & Him buzz. A... more info

Pitchfork — After Grandaddy broke up in 2005, the Cali psych-rock band's frontman Jason Lytle toured in support of final album Just Like the Fambly Cat all by his lonesome. Lytle (no relation to soca star Kevin Lyttle, unfortunately) has been relatively quiet ev... more info

Stereogum — That post-Post-War LP we're all waiting for? It's officially yours for the listening over at npr.org, where the Mike Mogis-produced Hold Time's linked up as a track-by-track stream. Therein you shall find Matt reprising his list-topping She & Him pa... more info

JamBase — Exclusive First Listen: M. Ward's Hold Time M. Ward NPR.org is offering an exclusive live stream of M. Ward's new album, Hold Time. Hold Time will be released on February 17, 2009, but the CD and LP are available for pre-order now in the Merge... more info

Silent Uproar — NPR is currently streaming the forthcoming M. Ward album, Hold Time, in its entirety. Said album is due on February 17th. more info