http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:12:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/bob-welch-in-store-performance-at-eat-records-tomorrow/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/bob-welch-in-store-performance-at-eat-records-tomorrow/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:32:07 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3130 Brooklyn’s Eat Records will host former Fleetwood Mac guitarist/songwriter and chart-topping solo artist Bob Welch tomorrow afternoon (Nov. 1st) as he reads from his recently-published autobiography Blood on the Wicker: Bob Welch on Bob Welch. He will also perform covers of the rerecordings of “Sentimental Lady” and “Ebony Eyes.” Things will kick off promptly at [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/bob-welch-in-store-performance-at-eat-records-tomorrow/feed/ 2 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/enids-to-host-last-minute-wham-city-party-saturday-night/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/enids-to-host-last-minute-wham-city-party-saturday-night/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 19:18:24 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3127                   That’s right!!! Fueled by their enigmatic and totally unpredictable nature, Bodymore’s own Wham City collective will crash Enid’s (do you really need directions??) tomorrow night (Nov. 1st) for a celebration of F. Murray Abraham’s birthday. What?!?! Memphis Meateater let Wham City daddy Dan Deacon explain the event: “The guy was the talking leaf in those Fruit of the [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/enids-to-host-last-minute-wham-city-party-saturday-night/feed/ 2 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/blackbook-media%e2%80%99s-inspiration-today-festival-a-rundown/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/blackbook-media%e2%80%99s-inspiration-today-festival-a-rundown/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:45:34 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3121 Though a tad befuddled when our free passes failed to materialize, Jeff and I nonetheless woke at the crack of dawn Saturday morning and made our way to Cooper Union. We have no problem financially supporting what must be the preeminent assault on innocuity [yes, that is a word…or ‘mediocrity’ but I use that word [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/blackbook-media%e2%80%99s-inspiration-today-festival-a-rundown/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-note-from-earles-and-jensen/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-note-from-earles-and-jensen/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:20:39 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3118 A note from Earles And Jensen: Due to a horrendous workload, we (Earles and Jensen) had to farm out an entry to Jeffrey’s mom, who generally cares more about word jumbles, grocery lists/clipping coupons, and the current price of hanging ferns than the comedy landscape, but the help was greatly needed. Hello internetters, Barbara Jensen here…Jeffrey’s mom. [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-note-from-earles-and-jensen/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/judy-tenuta-joins-thurston-moore-sunn-o-rhys-chatham-and-moby-on-stage-for-improv-blowout/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/judy-tenuta-joins-thurston-moore-sunn-o-rhys-chatham-and-moby-on-stage-for-improv-blowout/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:33:30 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3113 To celebrate her new solo album of accordion improvisations on Ecstatic Peace, Judy Tenuta will be joined onstage by Rhys Chatham, Thurston Moore, Moby, and Sunn o))). With this release, titled Impaled Lesbetarian Inquisition, Tenuta uses only vocals, the venerable accordion, and a table of effects to give the listener a brutal tour through her [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/judy-tenuta-joins-thurston-moore-sunn-o-rhys-chatham-and-moby-on-stage-for-improv-blowout/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/clips-of-john-fox-at-pianos-october-28-and-ubc-nyc-october-27/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/clips-of-john-fox-at-pianos-october-28-and-ubc-nyc-october-27/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:53:15 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3111 PIANOS UCB THEATER ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/clips-of-john-fox-at-pianos-october-28-and-ubc-nyc-october-27/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/greg-travis-reemerges-after-19-year-hiatus-to-practice-four-hour-comedy-central-presents%e2%80%a6-special-at-rififi-which-has-agreed-to-actually-close-after-this-event/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/greg-travis-reemerges-after-19-year-hiatus-to-practice-four-hour-comedy-central-presents%e2%80%a6-special-at-rififi-which-has-agreed-to-actually-close-after-this-event/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:01:24 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3093 Following this hot performance 19 years ago, audiences have been clamoring for more of Greg Travis’ “David Sleaze” routine. Seems it’s struck a chord with the 80’s revivalist movement. Such is the impact that his distinctive “Fuck Yoooooooooou!!” can be heard every five seconds in certain Williamsburg haunts, and Travis has agreed to bring Sleaze [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/greg-travis-reemerges-after-19-year-hiatus-to-practice-four-hour-comedy-central-presents%e2%80%a6-special-at-rififi-which-has-agreed-to-actually-close-after-this-event/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/more-flight-of-the-conchords-news-the-joyfully-fish-out-of-water-duo-finally-find-a-likeminded-fashionaesthetic-soulmate/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/more-flight-of-the-conchords-news-the-joyfully-fish-out-of-water-duo-finally-find-a-likeminded-fashionaesthetic-soulmate/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:09:57 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3084 In very rare instances, a fashion statement or creative angle is so far ahead of the curve that the creators are rendered lone wolves, forging on in a vacuum of alienation, waiting for the rest of the world to catch up. Our beloved Brett and Jermaine have been searching far and wide for, well, someone, [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/more-flight-of-the-conchords-news-the-joyfully-fish-out-of-water-duo-finally-find-a-likeminded-fashionaesthetic-soulmate/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-tribute-to-the-innovators-beck-har-mar-superstar-ian-sevonious-greg-dulli-wtwilight-singers-reunited-afghan-whigs-perform-flight-of-the-conchords-covers-monday-night-at-town-hall/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-tribute-to-the-innovators-beck-har-mar-superstar-ian-sevonious-greg-dulli-wtwilight-singers-reunited-afghan-whigs-perform-flight-of-the-conchords-covers-monday-night-at-town-hall/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:06:09 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3078 “The Conchord boys were breaking ground with the hyper-ironic, taste-making white guy Quiet Storm/R&B angle back in 2007. We didn’t get around to it until 1995. Then Beck came along in ’99 with ‘Debra,’” says A. Whigs/Twilight Singers/Gutter Twins main man Dulli, “I know Har Mar is a huge fan and basically owes his career [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/a-tribute-to-the-innovators-beck-har-mar-superstar-ian-sevonious-greg-dulli-wtwilight-singers-reunited-afghan-whigs-perform-flight-of-the-conchords-covers-monday-night-at-town-hall/feed/ 3 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/earles-and-jensen-manhattan-meateater-are-proud-to-announce-the-return-of-rock-and-btw/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/earles-and-jensen-manhattan-meateater-are-proud-to-announce-the-return-of-rock-and-btw/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:06:43 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3075 If there’s one thing that my friends won’t shut up about, it’s Bob Zany’s recent string of music video cameos. Seems each time I find a new underground favorite, they find Zany or Zany finds them. I don’t care about logistics; I just want it to happen forever. It’s funny stuff – I spit my [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/earles-and-jensen-manhattan-meateater-are-proud-to-announce-the-return-of-rock-and-btw/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/pianos%e2%80%99-ban-on-larry-reeb-lifted-return-performance-this-monday/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/pianos%e2%80%99-ban-on-larry-reeb-lifted-return-performance-this-monday/#comments Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:01:39 +0000 Memphis Meateater http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3070 Not ones to hold a grudge, Pianos lifted the once-indefinite ban on Larry Reeb. To refresh your memory, Reeb trashed the club’s comedy condo after his last performance. Typical stuff; alarm clock melted in the microwave oven, hidden food rotting under the couch, etc. The club owners were willing to let it slide until they [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/31/pianos%e2%80%99-ban-on-larry-reeb-lifted-return-performance-this-monday/feed/ 0