Residents of the north, why go to one Matador-related show on Wednesday 19th November when you can go to two?

For one night only, you can see both Fucked Up and Jay Reatard playing in completely separate venues in the beautiful city of Manchester. But never fear dear Northerners, you don’t have to choose one show over the other (which would be as cruel as making you choose between Man City and Man United, I’m sure).

Fucked Up play the Roadhouse at 8pm (there’s a 9pm curfew; it’s an all-ages show) whilst Jay Reatard and company head up the Deaf Institute (oh, the irony) at midnight. There’s even enough time to fit in a Reggae Reggae Chicken Subway between shows. Anyone would have thought we’d planned it.

So in a nutshell, your Wednesday night should look something like this:
8pm-9pm - watch Fucked Up @ The Roadhouse
9.05pm - High-five/back-slap/shake hands with Fucked Up
10pm (approximately) - eat Reggae Reggae Chicken Subway
10.30pm - watch Lovvers @ Deaf Institute
12 midnight - watch Jay Reatard @ Deaf Institute

If you missed out getting your hands on these little 7″ beauties in their entirety, here is a rare opportunity to win all six PLUS a signed copy of the Beck’s Gamma Ray 7″ (featuring Jay on the flipside covering the aforementioned title track) via NME.

Go here to enter the draw. The competition closes on December 1st, so hurry!

Watch out UK (and Ireland), Jay Reatard is finally heading back to our shores for a string of dates stretching across this area of the world starting on Sunday.

16 Nov : Green Synergy Festival, Dublin
18 Nov : Barrowlands 2, Glasgow
19 Nov : Deaf Institute, Manchester
20 Nov : The Faversham, Leeds
21 Nov : Korova, Liverpool
22 Nov : Bodega, Nottingham
23 Nov : The Cooler, Bristol
24 Nov : Old Blue Last, London
26 Nov : The Lexington, London
27 Nov : Banquet Records, Kingston (in-store performance)
27 Nov : New Slang, Kingston
28 Nov : Engine Rooms, Brighton

Keep note of that in-store appearance as it’s at 6pm - and an under 18’s show in advance of the evening show that night.

Tune into Viva Radio today to listen to Ted Shumaker interview Jay Reatard. ENJOY!

Monday November 10th
Me Plus You Pt. 31
w/Special Guest
Jay Reatard
hosted by Ted Shumaker
www.viva-radio.com/meplusyou

Our spring Intended Play label download sampler was a huge hit, so we’re doing it again. Just like before, you get a track from one of each of our current and upcoming releases. Seven of the tracks have not been released on MP3 yet, and four of those are from albums that haven’t been released yet. The sampler this time is a bit more varied musically, from A.C. Newman’s jewel-like pop songscapes to the majestic neo-punk of Fucked Up to the gorgeous female vocals of Jennifer O’Connor to a track from Lou Reed’s painstaking, thoughtful, first-ever performance of his controversial classic album ‘Berlin.’ We also introduce an unreleased song from Pavement’s ‘Brighten The Corner’ sessions, due out on the deluxe edition of that album in November.

Click on the link to get a zipped file of all 13 tracks plus front and back artwork, and burn it yourself (or just listen to it digitally). And support the bands and the label… if you like the track, click on the album title link below to buy (or preorder) the album (or more individual tracks) directly from us.

Intended Play Fall 2008 (zip file)

Track listing:

1. A.C. Newman There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve (from Get Guilty, due out January 20)
2. Belle and Sebastian The State I Am In (BBC Version) (from The BBC Sessions, due out November 18)
3. Jennifer O’Connor Here With Me (from Here With Me, released August 19)
4. Shearwater The Snow Leopard (Remastered) from Rook, released June 3)
5. Lou Reed Caroline Says, Pt. II (Live) (from Berlin: Live At St. Ann’s Warehouse, due out November 4)
6. Mogwai The Sun Smells Too Loud (from The Hawk Is Howling, released September 23)
7. Fucked Up No Epiphany (from The Chemistry Of Common Life, released October 7)
8. Jay Reatard An Ugly Death (from Matador Singles ‘08, released October 7)
9. Jaguar Love Humans Evolve Into Skyscrapers (from Take Me To The Sea, released August 19)
10. Pavement Cataracts (from Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed., due out December 9)
11. Brightblack Morning Light Oppressions Each (from Motion To Rejoin, released September 23)
12. Times New Viking Call & Respond (from the Stay Awake EP, released October 14)
13. Condo Fucks What’cha Gonna Do About It? (from Fuckbook, due out March 2009)

..nor do we have any qualms about brutally exploiting the fine people willing to help us out. Photograph by Miwa Okumura.

2008’s CMJ Music Marathon in New York City begins tomorrow (10/21), but for us, the festivities start tonight with Shearwater’s performance at Le Poisson Rouge (LPR).

Find below, your guide to the official and unofficial CMJ Marathon showcases featuring a trio of Matador acts: Shearwater, Jay Reatard and Mission of Burma.

With quite the live-act triumvirate and manning of the 1’s and 2’s by Billy Hayes and Times New Viking at the Beggars/Matador After Party, this’ll be a week to remember.

We’ll see you out!

In ‘celebration’ of Columbus Day, Jay Reatard is playing a free in-store at Atomic Records in Milwaukee, WI!

Jay Reatard
Free In-Store Performance
Monday, Oct. 13th
7:00 PM
Atomic Records
1813 E. Locust St.
Milwaukee, WI

(photo taken from BullyRook’s Flickr)

So Tuesday was the special day. The day everyone was finally able to get their hands on Jay Reatard’s Matador Singles ‘08. As expected many of you are looking for this on vinyl. Unfortunately we are experiencing some production problems but are expecting to have more LPs in stores shortly. Jay, being a man of and for the people, asked that we post a short note from him about this issue:

Hey guys so the Matador Singles 08 comp is finally out and available on Cd/Lp in stores world wide this week ! Only problem is that since everyone and their mom are buying lp’s nowadays the pressing plant is running a bit behind with the majority of the Lp’s but should have them done soon. Just wanted to clarify that this is NOT a limited edtion Lp and should be ready for one or all to buy really soon. thanks for everyone’s patience.

Love,
Jay Reatard

And don’t forget that Jay’s extensive Fall tour starts up this weekend too, with the Riot Fest in Chicago and a FREE in-store at Atomic Records in Milwaukee!

Sat 10/11 - Columbia MO - Mojo’

Sun 10/12 - Chicago IL - Riot Fest

Sun 10/12 - Chicago IL - Double Door (Riot Fest After Party)

Mon 10/13 - Milwaukee WI - Atomic Records (FREE in-store at 7pm)

Tue 10/14 - Fort Wayne IN - Brass Rail

Wed 10/15 - Detroit MI - Magic Stick

Thur 10/16 - Toronto ON - Sneaky Dee’s

Fri 10/17 - Ottawa ON - Babylon

Sat 10/18 - Montreal QC - Cabaret Music Hall

Sun 10/19 - Quebec City QC - Le Cercle

Tue 10/21 - Halifax NS - Halifax Pop Explosion

Wed 10/22 - Boston MA - Middle East

Thur 10/23 - Brooklyn NY - Music Hall of W’burg (CMJ - early show)

Thur 10/23 - Hoboken NJ - Maxwell’s (late show)

Fri 10/24 - New York NY - Bowery Ballroom (CMJ - late show)

Sat 10/25 - Brooklyn NY - Glasslands (CMJ)

Sun 10/26 - New York NY - Santos Party House

Mon 10/27 - Philadelphia PA - Johnny Brenda’s

Tues 10/28 - Washington DC - Black Cat

Wed 10/29 - Charlottesville VA - Outback Lodge

Thur 10/30 - Chapel Hill NC - Local 506

Fri 10/31 - Atlanta GA - Variety Playhouse (Halloween show w/ Deerhunter & Times New Viking)

Sat 11/1 - Atlanta GA - Lenny’s

Sun 11/16 - Dublin Ireland - Green Synergy Festival

Tue 11/18 - Glasgow UK - ABC 2

Wed 11/19 - Manchester UK - Deaf Institute

Thur 11/20 - Leeds UK - The Faversham

Fri 11/21 - Liverpool UK - Korova

Sat 11/22 - Nottingham UK - Bodega

Sun 11/23 - Bristol UK - The Cooler

Mon 11/24 - London UK - Old Blue Last

Wed 11/26 - London UK - The Lexington

Thur 11/27 - London UK - New Slang

Fri 11/28 - Brighton UK - Engine Room