http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:08:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/hey-check-out-a-ton-of-new-cold-cave-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/hey-check-out-a-ton-of-new-cold-cave-dates/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:35:26 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8159 L-to-R – Dominick Fernow, Guy Licata, Wesley Eisold, Jennifer Clavin photo by Andrew Youssef Cold Cave, with new line up in tow, will be hitting a number of international markets in the coming months. They kick off a tour supporting the Editors in Lincoln, England tomorrow night and hit QUITE A FEW markets following. Mar Saturday 06 London, [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/hey-check-out-a-ton-of-new-cold-cave-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/04/the-ponys-hit-nyc/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/04/the-ponys-hit-nyc/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:46:02 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8137 New Yorkers, your chance to to catch The Ponys comes in June. In addition to the previously announced dates, the band will perform at the Mercury Lounge on Friday June 18  and Union Pool on Saturday June 19 with Disappears and Woven Bones. All dates below: April Saturday 27        Seattle, WA       The Tractor Tavern [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/04/the-ponys-hit-nyc/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/01/new-pavement-dates-announced-and-the-final-contest-winners/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/01/new-pavement-dates-announced-and-the-final-contest-winners/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 20:05:44 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8098 Hours ago, Pavement played their first show since 1999 in Auckland, New Zealand… and just like that, further dates for Pavement’s reunion tour have been announced! Stay tuned for more Pavement news, and the winners of the guess-the-tracklisting contest. 09-09 Broomfield, CO – First Bank Center 09-11 Kansas City, MO – Uptown Theater 09-12 St. Paul, MN – [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/01/new-pavement-dates-announced-and-the-final-contest-winners/feed/ 8 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/18/cold-cave-dates-posponed/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/18/cold-cave-dates-posponed/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:30:02 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7972 Photo from Kathryn Yu’s flickr Cold Cave have canceled the remainder of their Midwest dates as they reconfigure their live setup.  Over the past two nights, Cold Cave’s performances in Las Vegas and Pomona featured founder Wesley Eisold and Dominick Fernow with an extended lineup comprised of Guy Licata (formerly of Hercules and [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/18/cold-cave-dates-posponed/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/02/girls-are-back-on-the-road-april-and-may/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/02/girls-are-back-on-the-road-april-and-may/#comments Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:00:57 +0000 truepanthersounds http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7765 photo by Bao Nguyen Despite currently soldiering across the country Girls are announcing yet another batch of tour dates.  This time, they’re going back to some of our favorite cities, all over the US and Canada, with a stop through Coachella. All American dates are with the excellent Dum Dum Girls. Make all the girl-bandname jokes [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/02/girls-are-back-on-the-road-april-and-may/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/01/cold-cave-life-magazine-video-premier-spring-tour-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/01/cold-cave-life-magazine-video-premier-spring-tour-dates/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 13:55:36 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7748 We’re excited to unveil the new music video from Cold Cave for the track “Life Magazine”. Directed by Ben Chappell and Aaron Brown (Focus Creeps), the video stars Marti Domination whom you might recognize from the cover of Cold Cave’s ‘Love Comes Close’ LP and earlier, as Goodyear in Matthew Barney’s ‘Cremaster I‘. Learn more [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/02/01/cold-cave-life-magazine-video-premier-spring-tour-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/19/shearwater-a-new-song-from-the-golden-archipelago-plus-tour-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/19/shearwater-a-new-song-from-the-golden-archipelago-plus-tour-dates/#comments Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:00:56 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7492 Here’s a new song from Shearwater’s The Golden Archipelago (out Feb 15 UK / Feb 23 US). A haunting call to arms, it is entitled “Black Eyes:” Black Eyes (192k mp3) Photo by Kathryn Yu Preorder the album with 15% discount plus limited-edition perfect-bound book. At the same time we can announce the Shearwater Spring US [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/19/shearwater-a-new-song-from-the-golden-archipelago-plus-tour-dates/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/11/live-footage-of-cold-cave-now-on-pitchfork-tv/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/11/live-footage-of-cold-cave-now-on-pitchfork-tv/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:46:37 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7487 Pitchfork.tv and Yours Truly taped Cold Cave at Bottom Of The Hill last month. You can check the clips out here. “Love Comes Close” “Life Magazine” Also, just announced: Cold Cave will perform at NYC’s Mercury Lounge on 2/4 with Nite Jewel. Here’s a reminder of their entire February tour: 2/4 New York, NY – Mercury Lounge (w/ [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/11/live-footage-of-cold-cave-now-on-pitchfork-tv/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/07/kurt-vile-to-open-for-dinosaur-jr/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/07/kurt-vile-to-open-for-dinosaur-jr/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:13:04 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7473 Though you’d be inclined to say we’re biased, we certainly cannot argue with J. Mascis’ listing Kurt Vile’s Childish Prodigy in his top picks for 2009. Following the kind plug, Dinosaur Jr. will be taking Kurt Vile & The Violators on tour this month: Fri-Jan-15 Milford, CT Daniel Street Sat-Jan-16 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom Sun-Jan-17 Brooklyn, NY [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/01/07/kurt-vile-to-open-for-dinosaur-jr/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/#comments Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:40:27 +0000 Todd Netter http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7353 As the year comes to an end and the spirit of revisiting things takes us over, we’ve come across the following comment that Jared Phillips (Times New Viking) made to Pitchfork back in January 2008 when discussing life on the road: I don’t know where the best place we’ve played would be. Probably one of those [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/16/yo-la-tengo-times-new-viking-tour-revisited/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/04/cold-cave-in-la-this-weekend-get-a-limited-edition-mixtape/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/04/cold-cave-in-la-this-weekend-get-a-limited-edition-mixtape/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:04:28 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7078 image poached from Johnny Hanel’s flickr Los Angelans, make note: At this weekend’s Cold Cave shows, the first 100 lucky attendees will receive a limited edition cassette tape with a mix curated by Cold Cave’s Wes Eisold and manufactured in conjunction with the folks at FYF Fest. Rumor has it that these cassettes contain a very special [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/04/cold-cave-in-la-this-weekend-get-a-limited-edition-mixtape/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/mission-of-burma-air-their-not-so-dirty-laundry/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/mission-of-burma-air-their-not-so-dirty-laundry/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:26:28 +0000 Todd Netter http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7061 While in Los Angeles during their November tour, Mission of Burma, or at least 3/4s of Burma, were able to air their dirty laundry from the comfort of the Echo’s artist green room. Admittedly Burma’s dirty laundry is lacking of any major dirt as the band opted to praise Matador honchos Gerard Cosloy [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/mission-of-burma-air-their-not-so-dirty-laundry/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/shearwater-first-mp3-from-the-golden-archipelago-preorder-dossier-tour-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/shearwater-first-mp3-from-the-golden-archipelago-preorder-dossier-tour-dates/#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:00:40 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=7020 “The Golden Archipelago” is the third album in a triptych of mindblowingly beautiful, dense and ambitious excursions about man’s impact on the natural world from Austin’s SHEARWATER. This time singer-songwriter Jonathan Meiburg turns his attention to life on islands – a world of lushness and austerity, silence and sudden cataclysms. From rising sea levels to displaced populations, [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/12/02/shearwater-first-mp3-from-the-golden-archipelago-preorder-dossier-tour-dates/feed/ 19 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/24/fu-couple-tracks-first-mp3-neat-parts/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/24/fu-couple-tracks-first-mp3-neat-parts/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:00:40 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6925 Here is the first MP3 from Fucked Up’s 25-song COUPLE TRACKS singles compilation, coming out January 26. Neat Parts (192k mp3) originally released as the B-side to the “Triumph Of Life” 7″ (Vice/Jade Tree, 2006) Here is what the band has to say about the song in the extensive liner notes: “Neat Parts contains an acoustic guitar. The [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/24/fu-couple-tracks-first-mp3-neat-parts/feed/ 2 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/cold-cave-announce-february-dates/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/cold-cave-announce-february-dates/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:02:22 +0000 Robby http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=6911 Photo by Kathryn Yu used without permission For those of you in the middle and southeastern quadrants of these United States, wondering when Cold Cave was going to be in your town – today is your lucky day. In February, Cold Cave will hit the following cities. **NEW DATES IN BOLD** 11/23 Boston, MA – Wilbur Theater (w/ [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2009/11/23/cold-cave-announce-february-dates/feed/ 0