http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:33:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/08/10/jay-reatard-shattered-records-tour-fall-2009/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/08/10/jay-reatard-shattered-records-tour-fall-2009/#comments Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:04:46 +0000 Todd Netter http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=5351 So what has already shaped up as the Summer of Jay Reatard (a documentary, a new album, and a free + all ages in-store tour to name a few major things) is quickly becoming the Autumn of Reatard as well. Perhaps we should simply declare 2009, the year of Jay Reatard? What can’t be debated [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/08/10/jay-reatard-shattered-records-tour-fall-2009/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/28/manufacturing-error-or-major-improvement-mark-e-smiths-latest-crossover-move/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/28/manufacturing-error-or-major-improvement-mark-e-smiths-latest-crossover-move/#comments Sun, 01 Mar 2009 01:30:05 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3966 Brian Turner supplied the link to the story below, which is as good an excuse as any to mention that WFMU’s annual fundraiser starts this Monday, March 2 and runs until March 15.   From the Sun :  THEY may share the same surname but that’s it for similarities between angelic Britain’s Got Talent teen FARYL [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/28/manufacturing-error-or-major-improvement-mark-e-smiths-latest-crossover-move/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/16/suddenly-tony-victory-seems-like-an-a-ok-label-dude/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/16/suddenly-tony-victory-seems-like-an-a-ok-label-dude/#comments Tue, 17 Feb 2009 03:45:14 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3896 From last Wednesday’s Guardian, here’s a SFW excerpt from Alex Hoban’s profile of Japanese boy band factory Johnny’s Jimusho, and the company’s scary founder, “the 77-year-old Don Of Dubiousness, Johnny Kitagawa.” If graduating from a Junior Johnny to a mere Johnny sounds about as glamorous as pulling slippery condoms on to cucumbers in biology class, then [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/02/16/suddenly-tony-victory-seems-like-an-a-ok-label-dude/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/27/wear-the-good-cause-hat-anna-ives-vs-cancer/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/27/wear-the-good-cause-hat-anna-ives-vs-cancer/#comments Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:39:11 +0000 Andrew Earles http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3745 Anna Ives is the very young, very adorable daughter of Zac and Amy Ives. Zac is co-owner of Goner Records, the singer for Final Solutions, and a flat-out great guy. The Goner Records BBS is currently holding an auction while Zac, Amy, and Anna are in Boston, where the latter is receiving specialized radiation treatment. The auction [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/01/27/wear-the-good-cause-hat-anna-ives-vs-cancer/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/28/dont-feel-too-bad-tom-zutaut/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/28/dont-feel-too-bad-tom-zutaut/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 00:10:12 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3338 (above : world famous perfectionist/ingrate) …Chris and I still get chucked out of Dee-Lite listening parties.   What’s all this about?  According to a post at the endlessly entertaining Metal Sludge.com, former Geffen A&R exec Tom Zutaut was physically removed from a listening party for the new Guns ‘n’ Roses opus, ‘Chinese Democracy’. “Yeah, sadly it is true [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/28/dont-feel-too-bad-tom-zutaut/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/17/congrats-to-third-eye-blind-on-discovering-their-own-paradigm/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/17/congrats-to-third-eye-blind-on-discovering-their-own-paradigm/#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 20:06:44 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3220 In announcing their upcoming indie / digital-only EP, the auteurs behind such hits as “Semi-Charmed Life” and uh….whatever their other hit was, have penned the most confusing, self-congratulatory press release this side of my early draft for the Condo Fucks’ ‘Fuckbook’. Becoming superstars took its toll on the band members’ psyches, and as 3EB ground through [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/17/congrats-to-third-eye-blind-on-discovering-their-own-paradigm/feed/ 8 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/11/matador-alumni-corner-update/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/11/matador-alumni-corner-update/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:03:14 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=3172 We really oughta do these more often. Don’t call it a comeback, these folks have been here for years. Or somewhere else for months.    1) Early Man.  Touring like crazy and there’s a new EP on the Jarboe-tastic The End. 2) Jacob Morris, formerly one of the key characters beyond the dearly missed Double.  New EP on Rcrd [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/11/11/matador-alumni-corner-update/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/22/kevin-shields-lee-mavers-fuck-off/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/22/kevin-shields-lee-mavers-fuck-off/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:24:13 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=2960 “Art and commerce have always made strange bedfellows,” Gould told EW.com. “When they asked Michelangelo to paint the Sistine Chapel, they didn’t say, ‘Can you do it in the fourth quarter?’ so they can make their numbers. Great art sometimes takes time.” ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/22/kevin-shields-lee-mavers-fuck-off/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/17/paging-davide-tiso/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/17/paging-davide-tiso/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2008 20:07:37 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=2924 …would you be interested in writing bios, one-sheets or sticker blurbs for a NY-based independent label?  If so, please get in touch.  From The Gauntlet.com : EPHEL DUATH has never been one to take the traditional approach to creating music and their latest effort takes this outlook even further. THROUGH MY DOG’S EYES is based on [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/10/17/paging-davide-tiso/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/shred-yr-face-the-skinny/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/shred-yr-face-the-skinny/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:46:28 +0000 Judge http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=2647 So we already brought you a teaser of info about the forthcoming triple-fun-shot-fest that is SHREDYRFACE. Now here’s the full lowdown : WEBSITE: SHREDYRFACE.COM This will be regularly updated on the road by all bands, showing you exactly what goes on on tour. So keep heading back there for updates and exclusives. LOGO: INFO: Times New Viking, No Age [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/shred-yr-face-the-skinny/feed/ 4 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/lars-the-customer-is-always-wrong/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/lars-the-customer-is-always-wrong/#comments Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:15:21 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=2646 (above  :  not Lars Ulrich) “Like DethKlok,” writes Wired’s Elliot Van Bushrick, “Metallica has its every action scrutinized to an extent other bands can only dream of, as if one misstep by the group were capable of causing a worldwide economic meltdown.” Or perhaps, they’re even worse at coping with public criticism than a certain [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/09/30/lars-the-customer-is-always-wrong/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/18/some-of-your-friends-might-already-be-fucked-jordan-catalano/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/18/some-of-your-friends-might-already-be-fucked-jordan-catalano/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:48:48 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=2237 (thespian/rocker while playing the part of John Lennon’s assassin a typical independent label executive, and on the right, after hunger strike to protest non-payment of royalties) If you think the fact that we have sold in excess of 2 million records and have never been paid a penny is pretty unbelievable, well, so do we. And [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/08/18/some-of-your-friends-might-already-be-fucked-jordan-catalano/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/07/08/to-everyone-who-thought-the-challengers-executive-box-was-kinda-complicated/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/07/08/to-everyone-who-thought-the-challengers-executive-box-was-kinda-complicated/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:06:20 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1868 ….please go hassle Lars Ulrich. Thank you. If you’re amongst those uninterested in Metallica’s upcoming attempt to recapture something-or-other, you might wanna check out REAL DEATH MAGNETS. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/07/08/to-everyone-who-thought-the-challengers-executive-box-was-kinda-complicated/feed/ 2 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/18/while-were-sitting-around-waiting-for-the-new-jaguar-love-video/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/18/while-were-sitting-around-waiting-for-the-new-jaguar-love-video/#comments Wed, 18 Jun 2008 19:45:06 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1791 …it occurs to me there’s little point in purchasing the entire Soul Train library if it doesn’t include Don Cornelius’ finest performance. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/18/while-were-sitting-around-waiting-for-the-new-jaguar-love-video/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/09/angus-young-to-indie-retail-drop-dead/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/09/angus-young-to-indie-retail-drop-dead/#comments Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:33:04 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=1749 From the Wall Street Journal’s Ethan Smith : Veteran rockers AC/DC are set to become the next major band to sell a new album only through Wal-Mart Stores Inc., according to people familiar with the matter, a move that highlights the growing music-industry clout of Wal-Mart. The AC/DC deal, however, comes at a time when the retail [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2008/06/09/angus-young-to-indie-retail-drop-dead/feed/ 3