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/2010/03/19/shearwater-sxsw-session-on-radio-k-today-at-12-noon-cdt/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/19/shearwater-sxsw-session-on-radio-k-today-at-12-noon-cdt/#comments Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:00:12 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8333 Chances are you’re either tired of hearing about SXSW, or you’re too drunk to be reading this. What I have here, though, is worth pushing through your SXSW fatigue and putting down that margarita (it’s 9 in the morning, for chrissake). The fine folks at Radio K made the trip to SXSW again this year, [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/19/shearwater-sxsw-session-on-radio-k-today-at-12-noon-cdt/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/16/listen-to-harlem-on-kut-tonight-900pm-cdt/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/16/listen-to-harlem-on-kut-tonight-900pm-cdt/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:58:25 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8317 It may not be possible for readers of this blog not to be aware of the annual Bobby Soxx Memorial Festival that’s taking place in Austin this week (known to insiders as SOXXXSW), and it is likely just as impossible that you’re unaware of the many shows that Austin’s Harlem will be playing during said [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/16/listen-to-harlem-on-kut-tonight-900pm-cdt/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:31 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8122 If you’ve been paying attention, you know that WFMU, the world’s most freewheeling freeform radio station, is currently in fundraising mode, and like swallows returning to Capistrano or murderers returning to the scene of the crime, Yo La Tengo will once again be taking to the airwaves and playing your cover requests in exchange for [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/yo-la-tengo-cover-songs-for-dollars-on-wfmu-tonight-800pm-to-1100pm/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/02/ted-leo-on-the-best-show-on-wfmu-tonight/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/02/ted-leo-on-the-best-show-on-wfmu-tonight/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:13:33 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8117 The planet’s best radio station, WFMU, is the middle of their annual fund-raising marathon. If you’re a regular listener to WFMU’s ridiculously diverse free-form lineup, you already know the station is 100% dependent on listener contributions to continue bringing you the most provocative music/humor/edutainment, and with their newly revised iPhone application, you have access to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/02/ted-leo-on-the-best-show-on-wfmu-tonight/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/17/fucked-up-kurt-vile-commandeer-wkdu-philadelphia-at-230-and-530pm-est-today/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/17/fucked-up-kurt-vile-commandeer-wkdu-philadelphia-at-230-and-530pm-est-today/#comments Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:57 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7901 The flyer above pretty much says it all, but if your browser’s not displaying images or you have trouble with military time (and are also unaware of how the subject line of a blog post relates to the content of said post), here are the pertinent details: Fucked Up of Toronto, ON and Kurt Vile [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/17/fucked-up-kurt-vile-commandeer-wkdu-philadelphia-at-230-and-530pm-est-today/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/11/harlem-live-on-wnyus-new-afternoon-show-today-at-600pm/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/11/harlem-live-on-wnyus-new-afternoon-show-today-at-600pm/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:22:40 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7852 Undaunted by the Great Blizzard of 2010, unafraid of New York’s exploding Radio Shacks, and dressed for Fashion Week success (as seen above), Austin’s own Harlem have made their way to our fair city to play a couple of shows for the townies. If you’re not lucky enough to have caught them last night at [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/11/harlem-live-on-wnyus-new-afternoon-show-today-at-600pm/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/29/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-free-at-noon-show-today-live-on-air/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/29/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-free-at-noon-show-today-live-on-air/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:30:00 +0000 Jeremy P. Goldstein http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7710 Photo by Rob Scheuerman In a mere 30 minutes, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists shall rock the house together at Philadelphia’s World Cafe Live for a Free At Noon extravaganza. If you weren’t lucky enough to get tickets ahead of time (you may still be able to weasel your way in, but I can’t promise anything), [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/29/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-free-at-noon-show-today-live-on-air/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/catch-cold-cave-live-on-wxpn-y-rock-tonight-at-9pm-est/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/catch-cold-cave-live-on-wxpn-y-rock-tonight-at-9pm-est/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 23:31:23 +0000 Jeremy P. Goldstein http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7640 Philly/New York City tagteam agitsynthers (say that five times fast) Cold Cave paid a visit recently to the hallowed halls of the WXPN studios and recorded a session for Y-Rock on XPN. Luckily for you, that session is due to air tonight at 9PM EST. In the greater 215, tune in at 88.5FM and for [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/22/catch-cold-cave-live-on-wxpn-y-rock-tonight-at-9pm-est/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/07/cold-cave-live-on-kcrw-morning-becomes-eclectic-today-at-1115am-pst-215pm-est/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/07/cold-cave-live-on-kcrw-morning-becomes-eclectic-today-at-1115am-pst-215pm-est/#comments Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:57:51 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7093 The gentlemen and lady of Cold Cave just capped off a great run of West Coast tour dates with two shows in Los Angeles. They’ll be back in more frigid northeastern climes soon, but before that they’ll be making an appearance on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic at 11:15AM PST / 2:15 EST. Angelenos should listen [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/07/cold-cave-live-on-kcrw-morning-becomes-eclectic-today-at-1115am-pst-215pm-est/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 12:45:29 +0000 Judge http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7045 Photo used without permission, taken from Christoph!’s photostream on Flickr There’s a whole host of Yo La action to update you with this week. Tonight, the band will be speaking to Gideon Coe live on BBC 6 Music, show starting at 9pm.  You can listen live via DAB digital radio, or log onto Gideon’s [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/yo-la-tengo-radio-show-instore-atp/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/25/mission-of-burma-woxy-session/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/25/mission-of-burma-woxy-session/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:38:35 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6976 (photo by WOXY’s Loren Kilpatrick) A couple of weeks ago, Mission Of Burma entertained several thousand rain-drenched Austin folk as part of the annual Fun Fun Fun Festival in Waterloo Park. The afternoon prior, the band visited WOXY’s new South Austin studios (located just a stone’s throw from my house — please, that’s just an [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/25/mission-of-burma-woxy-session/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/17/girls-live-on-kexp-today-at-12noon-pst-3pm-edt/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/17/girls-live-on-kexp-today-at-12noon-pst-3pm-edt/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:32:09 +0000 Jeremy P. Goldstein http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6836 Remember yesterday when Julian Plenti got his groove on for KEXP? Today it’s Girls’ turn. Tune in at 12Noon PST (3PM EST for those of you who are hard of understanding) at 90.3 FM in the Seattle area to hear the sonic loveliness of the San Francisco minstrels. Or, if you’re not lucky enough to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/17/girls-live-on-kexp-today-at-12noon-pst-3pm-edt/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/girls-live-on-kcmp-in-minneapolis/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/girls-live-on-kcmp-in-minneapolis/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:52:27 +0000 truepanthersounds http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6793 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/girls-live-on-kcmp-in-minneapolis/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/julian-plenti-rocks-the-kexp-house-today-at-3pm-pst/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/julian-plenti-rocks-the-kexp-house-today-at-3pm-pst/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:59:50 +0000 Jeremy P. Goldstein http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6787 The man, the myth, the legend, Julian Plenti, brings his live show extravaganza to the Seattle airwaves today with a performance for KEXP. You can catch the set live at 3PM PST (6PM EST) on the dial at 90.3FM and online at KEXP.org. Plenti and his bandmates then will thrill and amaze at Chop Suey later [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/16/julian-plenti-rocks-the-kexp-house-today-at-3pm-pst/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/22/spiral-stairs-live-on-kusf-today-7-pm-edt4-pm-pdt/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/22/spiral-stairs-live-on-kusf-today-7-pm-edt4-pm-pdt/#comments Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:18:36 +0000 Hector http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6558 Tune in to KUSF this afternoon for a special solo live performance by the one and only Spiral Stairs at 4 PM Pacific/7 PM Eastern. San Franciscans can listen at 90.3 FM, while those in the wider world web can point their internet machine to kusf.org. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/22/spiral-stairs-live-on-kusf-today-7-pm-edt4-pm-pdt/feed/ 0