http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:23:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/26/pavement-rehearsal-update/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/26/pavement-rehearsal-update/#comments Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:25:35 +0000 Spiral Stairs http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8057 spiral here from the pavement. we are about to embark on our very ambitious world tour in a couple days. march 1 is the first date and it’s in a place very special to our hearts… new zealand. we’ve got the great 3d’s opening so it’s gonna be a legendary night. we then travel across [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/26/pavement-rehearsal-update/feed/ 7 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/02/spiral-stairs-cold-change-video-premiere/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/02/spiral-stairs-cold-change-video-premiere/#comments Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:18:08 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6667 AOL Spinner brings us the second video (here is the first) from Spiral Stairs and director Jess Carfield. Spiral’s awesome new album, The Real Feel, is available for purchase here. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/02/spiral-stairs-cold-change-video-premiere/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 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/16/spiral-stairs-stolen-pills-video/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/16/spiral-stairs-stolen-pills-video/#comments Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:23:46 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6432 Today we have the privilege of unveiling the first video from Spiral Stairs’ The Real Feel, out October 20 and available for pre-order here. The song is “Stolen Pills,” and the video was directed by Jess Carfield. Don’t forget, you can stream the entire record at Think Indie right now, and it’s GREAT, no JK maybe the [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/16/spiral-stairs-stolen-pills-video/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/15/spiral-stairs-live-on-kexp-at-12noon-pdt3pm-edt/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/15/spiral-stairs-live-on-kexp-at-12noon-pdt3pm-edt/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:28:31 +0000 Jeremy P. Goldstein http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6375 Yep, in just over 90 short minutes, Spiral Stairs will be performing live on the illustrious KEXP in Seattle. Scott Kannberg and band will be sure to highlight jams from the new album, The Real Feel, out next week. Also, if you’re in the 206, and you missed their in-store last night at Sonic Boom [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/15/spiral-stairs-live-on-kexp-at-12noon-pdt3pm-edt/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/spiral-stairs-seattle-instore-tonight/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/spiral-stairs-seattle-instore-tonight/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:51:48 +0000 Michael http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6361 Don’t forget now, hear? Spiral Stairs live instore TONIGHT at Sonic Boom Ballard. Dig. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/spiral-stairs-seattle-instore-tonight/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/cop-a-feel/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/cop-a-feel/#comments Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:38:34 +0000 Dean http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6356 While we’re still about a week away from the October 20th release date of the new Spiral Stairs album “The Real Feel” you can hop over to the ThinkIndie site and stream the album in its entirety right now. For those who don’t know ThinkIndie is a digital music store run by a bunch of real [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/10/14/cop-a-feel/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-live-seattle-instore/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-live-seattle-instore/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:34:38 +0000 Michael http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6198 A little while back, Gerard may or may not have mentioned something about Spiral Stairs playing an instore in Seattle (by a while back I mean this morning and by “may or may not have mentioned” I mean he mapped it out in great detail… I just like suspense). Well, dear friends, here it is… In [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-live-seattle-instore/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-2nd-mp3-from-the-real-feel/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-2nd-mp3-from-the-real-feel/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:09:03 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6195 (photograph by Peter Ellenby) Y’know, in the midst of all the hoopla surrounding Pavement’s return to the concert stage , there’s probably a tendency to overlook the forthcoming release of the first album to formally bear the Spiral Stairs nom de plume. Which is a lowdown, dirty shame, as Scott Kannberg has crafted the most [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/09/30/spiral-stairs-2nd-mp3-from-the-real-feel/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/06/24/coming-october-20-spiral-stairs-the-real-feel/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/06/24/coming-october-20-spiral-stairs-the-real-feel/#comments Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:20:23 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=4968 After a pair of albums under the group nom de plume Preston School Of Industry, Pavement co-founder Scott Kannberg, aka Spiral Stairs, makes his bona fide solo debut with an October 20 LP/CD/digital album release of ‘The Real Feel’ (OLE 858).  Following an extended sojourn in Melbourne, Spiral returned to Seattle rejuvenated at the end [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/06/24/coming-october-20-spiral-stairs-the-real-feel/feed/ 30