Harlem (above, left) are playing the Palms Ballroom Friday after Fucked Up vs. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists ; Dead Meadow (right) are playing the same room late Saturday after Esben and the Witch and Cold Cave. We’re NO LONGER featuring a Saturday afternoon Harlem/Dead Meadow matinee.
It’s a long story but we came to the conclusion a 1:30pm start time on Saturday was a bad bad bad deal for the participants and everyone who’d been rocking Friday night combined. Our apologies for any inconvenience. Also, the event is now officially totally sold sold.
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First off, if these changes have left anyone disappointed or inconvenienced, we’re truly sorry. I’ve been watching videos of the guys in the BP commercials all week trying to strike the right tone for this post, and wouldn’t you know it, MY VIDEO CAMERA IS BROKEN. Bullet dodged.
On the bright side, hey, DEAD MEADOW are playing. The opening VIP gala is still happening at 4pm Friday in the Hardwood Suite with dj sets by Ted Leo and myself. Same room becomes a VIP lounge Friday and Saturday nights, plus late night dj action on Friday (James McNew, Dean Bein) and Saturday (Dave Martin, Robby Morris). Here’s the live entertainment schedule of events. Much like real life, everything is subject to change.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1st
THE PEARL
Pavement: 12:00am – 1:00am
Sonic Youth: 10:40pm – 11:30am
Fucked Up: 9:35pm – 10:15pm
Chavez: 8:30pm – 9:10pm
Guitar Wolf: 7:30pm – 8:10pm
Doors: 7:00pm
MC : Jeff Jensen
LATE NIGHT PARTY IN PALMS BALLROOM (LIMITED CAPACITY)
Fucked Up Vs. Ted Leo and The Pharmacists: 1:30am – 2:30am
(One stage. Two bands. At once. They’re supposed to take turns, song by song…but who knows?)
Doors: 1:00am
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2nd
THE PEARL
Belle & Sebastian: 11:45pm – 1:00am
Spoon: 10:25pm – 11:15pm
Superchunk: 9:20pm – 10:00pm
Cat Power: 8:15pm – 8:55pm
Perfume Genius: 7:55pm – 8:15pm
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion: 6:50pm – 7:30pm
Come: 5:45pm – 6:25pm
Girls: 4:40pm – 5:20pm
Doors 4:00pm
MC : Bob Nastanovich
MATINEE IN THE PALMS BALLROOM (LIMITED CAPACITY)
Dead Meadow: 2:30pm – 3:15pm
Harlem: 1:30pm – 2:05pm
Doors: 1:00pm
LATE NIGHT PARTY IN PALMS BALLROOM (LIMITED CAPACITY)
Cold Cave: 2:25am – 3:15am
Esben and The Witch: 1:30am – 2:00am
Doors: 1:00am
THE PEARL
Guided By Voices: 11:30pm – 1:00am
Yo La Tengo: 10:10pm – 11:05pm
Liz Phair: 9:50pm – 10:10pm
The New Pornographers: 8:40pm – 9:25pm
Ted Leo and The Pharmacists: 7:35pm – 8:15pm
Shearwater: 6:30pm – 7:10pm
Doors: 6:00pm
MC’s : Tom Scharpling & Jon Wurster
MATINEE IN THE PALMS BALLROOM
The Clean: 4:30pm – 5:15pm
Times New Viking: 3:30pm – 4:05pm
Kurt Vile: 2:30pm – 3:05pm
Doors: 2:00pm
Even though we’d been convinced that all that slaving away at the myriad marketing gimmicks, “promo opportunities” and general suffering we put bands through would leave us with some very exhausted talent, it turns out that these guys just can’t stop doing thangs… read on to see what some of our beloved have been up to.
Though she’s on tour with the New Pornographers, as we speak, Kathryn Calder just put the finishing touches on her new solo record. On August 11 the world’ll be treated to ‘Are You My Mother?’ which features an all-star band featuring Neko, Kurt and Todd from The New Pornographers and a handful of other Canadian musical luminaries. Check File Under: Music for more info.
Mogwaiwill be releasing the pretty stunning looking live LP entitled, ‘Special Moves’to coincide with the release of their first live film ‘Burning’, which was filmed in Brooklyn during the band’s tour in support of ‘The Hawk Is Howling’ in April of 2009. Check Mogwai’s site for info on ordering the record and where you can catch screenings of ‘Burning’.
Following the release of their live-film, Dead Meadow released their second live album ‘Three Kings’ and soundtrack to aforementioned film, on the Xemu label in April.
Matmos‘ Drew Daniel and Martin Schmitt have teamed up with So Percussion on a collaboration entitled ‘Treasure State‘ — expect to have your mind twisted on July 8. Cantaloupe Records sez: “The record had a complex gestation period: at the invitation of Brett Allen, the members of Matmos and So Percussion went to the SnowGhost Studios in Whitefish, Montana– the Treasure State which gives the album its title– and collaboratively generated the bulk of the songs. San Francisco plunderphonicist Wobbly then chopped and edited the results on several tracks, and finally, with frequent interventions from Matmos’ M. C. Schmidt, “fifth” So Percussion member and producer Lawson White overdubbed extra elements, processed, and mixed the results.” There’s a handful of live dates, to boot!
Sat. May 1st, Camden Crawl, London (UK)
Sun. May 2nd, La Maroquinerie, Paris (France)
Mon. May 3rd, L’Epicerie Moderne, Lyon (France)
Wed. May 5th, Tetris, Trieste (Italy)
Thur. May 6th, Spazio 211, Torino (Italy)
Fri. May 7th, Init, Rome (Italy)
Sat. May 8th, Vinile 45, Brescia (Italy)
Sun. May 9th, Le Romandie, Lausanne (Swiss)
Tues. May 11th, Fluc, Vienna (Austria)
Thur. May 13th, Aktovy Zal, Moscow (Russia)
Fri. May 14th, SKIF festival @ sergey kuryokhin modern art center, St. Petersburg (Russia)
Sat. May 15th, Debaser Slussen, (club Frit’z Corner), Stockholm (Sweden)
Tues. May 18th, Loppen, Copenhagen (Denmark)
Wed. May 19th, SO36, Berlin (Germany)
Thur. May 20th, Astrastube, Hamburg (Germany)
Fri. May 21st, Perron 55, Venlo (NL)
Sat. May 22nd, Patronaat, Haarlem (NL)
Sun. May 23rd, Rotown, Rotterdam (NL)
Mon. May 24th, The Freebutt, Brighton (UK)
Tues. May 25th, Barfly, Cardiff (UK)
Wed. May 26th, Bush Hall, London (UK)
Thur. May 27th, Academy, Manchester (UK)
Fri. May 28th, Captains Rest, Glasgow (UK)
Sat. May 29th, Electric Circus, Edinburgh (UK)
Sun. May 30th, The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds (UK)
Mon. May 31st, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham (UK)
Tues. June 1st, Colchester Arts Centre, Colchester (UK)
Thur. March 25th, 3 Kings premiere party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery FREE
Fri. March 26th, Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale, CA
Sat. March 27th, Great American Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA
Wed. March 21, Wow Hall, Eugene, OR
Thur. April 1st, Doug Fir, Portland, OR
Fri. April 2nd, Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC
Sat. April 3rd, Studio Seven, Seattle, WA
Mon. April 5th, Urban Lounge, Salt Lake City, UT
Wed. April 7th, Larimer Lounge, Denver, CO
Thur. April 8th, Riot Room, Lawrence, KS
Fri. April 9th, Slowdown, Omaha, NE
Sat. April 10th, Nuttys North, Sioux Falls, SD
Mon. April 12th, Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
Tue. April 13th, Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Wed. April 14th, Annex, Madison, WI
Thur. April 15th, Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
Fri. April 16th, Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH
Sat. April 17th, The Union, Athens, OH
Mon. April 19th, The Basement, Columbus, OH
Tues. April 20th, Walnut Street Schoolhouse, Ridgeway, PA
Wed. April 21st, Mohawk, Buffalo, NY
Thur. April 22nd, Lees Palace, Toronto, ON
Fri. April 23rd, Club Lampi, Montreal, QUE
Sat. April 24th Cafe Nine New Haven, CT
Sun. April 25th, Bowery Ballroom, NYC, NY
Tomorrow will see the start of this year’s Primavera Sound festival, in Barcelona Spain. Set on the sea front on the edge of Barcelona, the festival has stages curated by Pitchfork, ATP and Vice amongst others.
This year Matador has a total of 6 bands in attendance at the festival. Surely a record? If you’re attending, be sure to Sharpie these times on your hand now:
(in alphabetical order)
Dead Meadow – ATP Stage – Thursday 28th May 00:15
Fucked Up – Ray Ban-Vice Stage – Friday 29th May 00:30
Jay Reatard – Ray Ban-Vice Stage – Thursday 28th May 00:30
Shearwater – Pitchfork Stage – Saturday 30th May 18:15
Sonic Youth – Estrella Damm Stage – Saturday 30th May 01:00
Yo La Tengo – Estrella Damm Stage – Thursday 28th May 21:45
A prize will be awarded to anyone that manages to get a photo of all of the above in the same place at the same time.
There’s some prominent Dead Meadow and Bardo Pond participation amongst other faves in John Srebalus and Jessica Hundle’s documentary “Such Hawks, Such Hounds”, playing tonight at 10:15 as part of the Alamo’s Music Mondays series. And hopefully hitting your town before long.
indeed, “cheaper than a movie” (in Hollywood, anyway), unless you’re heading for the dollar theatre to see Quinton “Rampage” Jackson’s star turn in “The Midnight Meat Train“.
May 23 2008 8:00P – The Blank Club, San Jose, California
May 24 2008 8:00P – Slim’s San Francisco, California
May 26 2008 8:00P – Historic Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale, California
May 27 2008 8:00P – Muddy Waters, Santa Barbara, California
May 30 2008 8:00P – Little Radio Warehouse, Los Angeles, California
I know for me, every day is Record Store Day, but now there is an official day to celebrate independently owned record stores and it is this Saturday, April 19th! RECORD STORE DAY!
The following bands/members will be participating by:
The New Pornographers – John – DJing at Vintage Vinyl (St. Louis, MO) @ 3:00
Times New Viking – Adam – DJing at Used Kids Records (Columbus, OH) throughout the day between bands
The Cave Singers- In-store performance at CD World (Eugene, OR) @ 3:00
Dead Meadow – Jason – DJing at Other Music (NYC) @ 3:00
Also, this is a list of the very special, very limited edition items we produced specifically for this day:
Matador Turntable Slipmats
Stephen Malkmus – Cold Son 10″
FREE Matador Sampler CD
For the first time, we’re making our annual ‘Intended Play’ label sampler available digitally. Click on the link to get a zipped file of all 12 tracks plus front and back artwork, and burn it yourself (or just listen to it digitally):
1. Jay Reatard Always Wanting More (from 7″ #3, due out June 17 June 24)
2. Times New Viking DROP-OUT (from Rip It Off, released January 22)
3. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks Cold Son (from Real Emotional Trash, released March 4)
4. Shearwater Leviathan, Bound (from Rook, due out June 3)
5. Cat Power Metal Heart (from Jukebox, released January 22)
6. Matmos Polychords (from Supreme Balloon, due out May 6)
7. Mission Of Burma That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate (from Vs.: The Definitive Edition, released today, March 18)
8. Jaguar Love Bats Over The Pacific Ocean (from Take Me To The Sea, due out this summer August 19)
9. The Cave Singers Helen (from Invitation Songs, released last September)
10. Dead Meadow I’m Gone (from Old Growth, released February 5)
11. The New Pornographers All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth (live) (from Live From Soho (iTunes Exclusive), released March 11)
12. Earles & Jensen Bleachy Is Back In Town, Look Out (from Just Farr A Laugh Vols. 1 & 2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever!, due out April 22 May 6)
The sharp-eyed among you will note that some of these tracks are not the ones released as promo MP3s to date.
4/15 Hoboken NJ Maxwell’s
4/16 Washington DC Black Cat
4/17 Philadelphia PA Johnny Brenda’s
4/18 Brooklyn NY Williamsburg Music Hall
4/19 Danbury CT Heirloom Arts Theatre
4/20 Boston MA Middle East Downstairs
4/21 Northampton MA Iron Horse
4/22 Winooski VT Higher Ground
4/23 Montreal QC Club Lambi
4/24 Toronto ON Lee’s Palace
4/25 Buffalo NY Sound Lab
4/26 Rochester NY Bug Jar
4/28 Newport KY Southgate House
4/29 Bloomington IN Bluebird Nightclub
4/30 Cleveland OH Beachland Ballroom
5/1 Columbus OH The Basement
5/2 Detroit MI Magic Stick
5/3 Chicago IL The Abbey with Indian Velcro Lewis
5/5 Madison WI High Noon Saloon
5/7 Minneapolis MN 7th Street Entry
5/8 Fargo ND Aquarium
5/9 Sioux City SD Nutty’s
5/10 Iowa City IA Picador
5/11 Omaha NE The Waiting Room
5/12 Lawrence KS Jackpot
5/13 Denver CO Larimer Lounge
5/15 Salt Lake City UT Kilby Court
5/16 Boise ID Neurolux
5/24 San Francisco CA Slim’s
Every Sunday at midnight, or at least first thing Monday morning, I On-Demand (my verb) the next Wire episode. So, this morning while I’ve been trudging through other concerns, the 2/3 episode has played twice in the background. I won’t give anything away, but let’s just say that McNulty offers his critical take on Dead Meadow. No, let’s just say that Marlo’s people make a buy at a Dead Meadow show. No, let’s just say that Dead Meadow play a secret show at the mission. No, let’s just say that Senator Clay Davis rocks some Dead Meadow in the car. No, let’s just say that I’m more than a little stressed about this Just Farr A Laugh legal problem. For real.
To herald the release of ‘Old Growth’, Dead Meadow will be playing some of their larger overseas shows on the continent to date — if the Scala gig isn’t their biggest London headlining event, somebody please correct me.
27/02/08 : Paradiso – Amsterdam (NL)
28/02/08 : VK – Brussel (B)
29/02/08 : Vera – Groningen (NL)
02/03/08 : Scala – London (UK)
03/03/08 : King Tuts – Glasgow (UK)
04/03/08 : The Cluny – Newcastle-upon-Tyne (UK)
05/03/08 : Night & Day – Manchester (UK)
06/03/08 : Fibbers – York (UK)
07/03/08 : Clwb Ifor Bach – Cardiff (UK)
08/03/08 : Leeds (UK)
09/03/08 : Cafe De La Danse – Paris (F)
18/03/08 : Bronson – Ravenna (I)
19/03/08 : Init – Roma (I)
(live at Little Radio’s Christmas bash, pic taken from Countess Of Maybe‘s Flickr page)
We’ll interrupt recipe corner for a minute to announce the following Dead Meadow dates, all designed to call attention to the pending release of their ‘Old Growth’ opus. CD + ticket bundles are still available for the January 16 show in NYC, but they’re going fast.
Jan 16 2008 9:00P Bowery Ballroom New York, New York
Feb 5 2008 8:00P Echoplex Los Angeles
Feb 6 2008 8:00P The Casbah San Diego
Feb 7 2008 8:00P Solar Culture Gallery Tucson
Feb 10 2008 8:00P Emo’s Jr., Austin, Texas
Feb 12 2008 8:00P The Opolis Norman, Oklahoma
Feb 13 2008 8:00P The Mink Houston, Texas
Feb 15 2008 8:00P One Eyed Jacks New Orleans, Louisiana
Feb 16 2008 8:00P Jack Rabbits Jacksonville, Florida
Feb 17 2008 8:00P The Social Orlando, Florida
Feb 18 2008 8:00P The Earl Atlanta, Georgia
Feb 19 2008 8:00P Tasty World Athens, Georgia
Feb 21 2008 8:00P The Grey Eagle Asheville, North Carolina
Feb 22 2008 8:00P The Pilot Light Knoxville, Tennessee
Feb 23 2008 8:00P The Soapbox Laundrolounge Wilmington, North Carolina
Feb 27 2008 8:00P Johnny Brenda’s Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(Dead Meadow live photo taken from Ajax Custom Photo’s Flickr page)
While we’re counting the days until the February release of ‘Old Growth’, Dead Meadow will be playing Saturday night (12/15) at Little Radio Warehouse (1218 Long Beach Ave, Los Angeles, CA)
The band formerly and well currently known as Dead Meadow may not have a fancy symbol. One that can be disturbingly transformed into a guitar and used with a simple silhouette effect to make people cringe nationwide. Well, we’d listen to arguments that an Orange Amp perfectly symbolizes Dead Meadow. Ahhh, such a robust, and psychedelic sound. What that has to do with the Super Bowl or Prince admittedly isn’t clear to even us. So with all due respect to the man from Minneapolis and football fans far and wide, we’ll get to the point. Think of this as a sort of touchdown + two point conversion, within a rock context of course.
Dead Meadow will be playing a special show at the Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Wed, Jan 16th, 2008 to celebrate the release of their new album ‘Old Growth’ (out 2/5/08). So excited to get it out, the band is willing to give anyone who attends the opportunity to pick it up a whole 3 weeks early. For $25 anyone looking to get their hands on Old Growth can purchase a ticket to Dead Meadow’s Jan 16th show + their new CD. One great price, 2 great Dead Meadow experiences. Sorry, those searching for vinyl you’ll have to wait for the proper street date — this offer applies to CDs only. Now you can purchase this package deal through Matador’s online store, the Bowery Ballroom or in person at Other Music (15 East 4th Street between Broadway and Lafayette, NYC). However, you’ll not receive the album at the time of purchase but instead, the night of the gig (1/16/08). You’ll just need to swing by the merch table at the Bowery, present your receipt to our sales person and they’ll hand over your Dead Meadow goods. Very important, no receipt, no CD, no exceptions.
Here’s a further selection from what we’re pretty confident will be one of 2008′s most exciting releases :
Jul 29 2007 Echoplex (under the Echo) Los Angeles, California Aug 7 2007 Paradiso Amsterdam Aug 8 2007 The Audio Brighton Aug 9 2007 Cargo London Aug 10 2007 Norwich Arts Centre Norwich Aug 11 2007 The Cluny Newcastle Aug 12 2007 The Faversham Leeds Aug 13 2007 The Maze Nottingham Aug 14 2007 Nice 'n' Sleazy Glasgow Aug 15 2007 Thekla Bristol Aug 16 2007 The Point Cardiff Aug 17 2007 The Green Man Festival, Glanusk Park, Brecon Beacons Aug 18 2007 The Cellar Oxford Aug 19 2007 Taylor John's House Coventry Aug 20 2007 Music Box, Manchester Aug 23 2007 Magnolia Milano Aug 24 2007 Rock and Rodes Sondrio Aug 25 2007 Hana-bi – Marina di Ravenna Ravenna
It's the rock biz' version of Spring Break, except Spring Break doesn't have enough cachet to lure Donnie Davies. And while Matador isn't doing a zillion dollar "showcase" (damn, we hate that word) this year, we are lucky enough to witness several of our brightest lights making multiple appearances in Austin next week…on their own dime!
OFFICIAL SXSW EVENTS (ie. those without badges, wristbands and/or having turned up way early might well be SOL)
Thursday, March 15 – Shearwater, Central Prebyterian Church, 200 E. 8th St., 7:30pm Thursday, March 15 – The Ponys, Emo's, 1am Friday, March 16 – Times New Viking, Exodus, 10pm Saturday, March 17 – Dead Meadow – Club Deville, 1am
in addition, the following parties / instores are happening and should be wide open to the public, space permitting :
Thursday, March 15 – The Ponys, KEXP taping (ACL studios), 1pm Thursday, March 15 – The Ponys, Waterloo Records, 4pm Friday, March 16 – The Ponys, Emo's (outside), 1:30pm Saturday, March 17 – The Ponys, Mohawk (outside patio), 2pm Saturday, March 17 – The Ponys, Red 7 (time TBA)
Friday, March 16 – Shearwater, Mohawk, 5pm
Friday, March 16 – Times New Viking, Long Branch Inn, 2pm
Thursday, March 15 – Dead Meadow, Instant Karma, 1pm Friday, March 16 – Dead Meadow, Red 7, time TBA (afternoon party) Friday, March 16 – Dead Meadow, Flamingo Cantina, time tba (afternoon party) Saturday, March 17 – Dead Meadow, Jamie's Spanish Village, 8pm
Thursday, March 15 – Stuart Braithwaite, appearing as part of the Roky Erickson Ice Cream Social at Threadgill's (time TBA, but it's in the afternoon)
for more info on the day parties, non-SXSW events, we suggest you check out http://www.showlistaustin.com
Dead Meadow shot by 
