http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog news and views from the Matador brain trust (and the brains we trust) Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:28:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-low-price-vinyl-reissues-are-here/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-low-price-vinyl-reissues-are-here/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:04:23 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8258 (Click on the image for a closer view.) You guys say we never listen to you… well we listened. All 5 Pavement LPs plus Watery, Domestic are now available as special low-price vinyl reissues. (Premium-price audiophile versions of the first three LPs also remain in print.) (Click on the image for a closer view.) List prices are 11.98 [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-low-price-vinyl-reissues-are-here/feed/ 3 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-video-catalogue-featured-on-pitchfork/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-video-catalogue-featured-on-pitchfork/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:04 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8250 They‘re showing all the clips you love. Except “Plantman” (and this one’s better). Purchase Pavement’s incomparable Quarantine The Past: Greatest Hits 1989-1999 here. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/pavement-video-catalogue-featured-on-pitchfork/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/harlem-2nd-mp3-from-hippies-gay-human-bones/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/harlem-2nd-mp3-from-hippies-gay-human-bones/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:06 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8246 (polaroid by Pooneh Ghana) Harlem are headed back to Austin for a slew of SXSW-related activities before they hit the road yet again in April, taking just a little bit of time off to set themselves on fire in the name of promotion and marketing. We’re thrilled to be associated with persons willing to put their [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/10/harlem-2nd-mp3-from-hippies-gay-human-bones/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/patting-ourselves-on-the-back-is-our-business-and-business-is-good/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/patting-ourselves-on-the-back-is-our-business-and-business-is-good/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:29:20 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8241 Matador’s ever cynical Patrick Amory describes the above honor as “a scam” but I prefer to accept the award in a gracious manner. You think someone’s calling up Mexican Summer trying to sell them a plexiglass plaque with a faux-presidential seal?  What’s Downtown’s trophy case looking like?   EAT OUR DUST, entertainment business, if some aspiring [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/patting-ourselves-on-the-back-is-our-business-and-business-is-good/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/for-our-friends-who-go-to-sleep-early-or-boycott-television-ted-leo-the-pharmacists-on-mondays-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/for-our-friends-who-go-to-sleep-early-or-boycott-television-ted-leo-the-pharmacists-on-mondays-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:21:24 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8239 Above : TL & RX doing “The Mighty Sparrow” from the just-released ‘The Brutalist Bricks’. Not shown : bumped guest Mark Linn-Baker being restrained by NBC security. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/for-our-friends-who-go-to-sleep-early-or-boycott-television-ted-leo-the-pharmacists-on-mondays-late-night-with-jimmy-fallon/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/the-new-pornographers-announce-the-sxsw-together-shuttle/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/the-new-pornographers-announce-the-sxsw-together-shuttle/#comments Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:00:46 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8201 The New Pornographers and Matador Records are pleased announce the very first opportunity to hear the band’s brand-new fifth album Together (out May 4th) – the South By Southwest “Together Shuttle“: On Wednesday March 17th in Austin, TX – to mark the start of SXSW (or, our arrival, anyway) – the Together Shuttle will be making [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/09/the-new-pornographers-announce-the-sxsw-together-shuttle/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/08/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-jimmy-fallon-tonight-and-spinner-interface/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/08/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-jimmy-fallon-tonight-and-spinner-interface/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:26 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8171 Just a reminder, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists will perform tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. By the time they hit the screen we’ll be celebrating the release of the excellent new album The Brutalist Bricks, available to buy here. The band also recently taped an Interface for Spinner, and with all due respect to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/08/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-jimmy-fallon-tonight-and-spinner-interface/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/07/fried-chicken/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/07/fried-chicken/#comments Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:26:51 +0000 Patrick http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8188   All my life I’ve wanted to make fried chicken, and I have been accumulating recipes and tools for it for years. Finally I ran into a recipe that made me want to take the plunge. It is from Laurie Colwin’s Home Cooking, a book very much in the style of John Thorne’s discursive essays on [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/07/fried-chicken/feed/ 2 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/2010/03/05/dead-meadow-new-us-dates-3-kings-screening/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/dead-meadow-new-us-dates-3-kings-screening/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:48:05 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8157 Thur. March 25th, 3 Kings premiere party at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery FREE Fri. March 26th, Brookdale Lodge, Brookdale, CA Sat. March 27th, Great American Concert Hall, San Francisco, CA Wed. March 21, Wow Hall, Eugene, OR Thur. April 1st, Doug Fir, Portland, OR Fri. April 2nd, Biltmore Cabaret, Vancouver, BC Sat. April 3rd, Studio Seven, Seattle, WA Mon. April [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/dead-meadow-new-us-dates-3-kings-screening/feed/ 0 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-the-brutalist-bricks-myspace-album-stream/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-the-brutalist-bricks-myspace-album-stream/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:12:57 +0000 Gabe http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8141 In advance of this coming Tuesday’s release of The Brutalist Bricks (pre-order it here), MySpace is streaming the album in its entirety! If you’re going to be in New York City this Tuesday, you can catch Ted and his Pharmacists in Brooklyn at The Brutalist Bricks record release party (that is if you’re going to [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/05/ted-leo-and-the-pharmacists-the-brutalist-bricks-myspace-album-stream/feed/ 1 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/2010/03/04/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/2010/03/04/early-frontrunner-for-most-elaborate-demo-package-received-in-2010/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/04/early-frontrunner-for-most-elaborate-demo-package-received-in-2010/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:57:35 +0000 Gerard http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8135 Vol. II? Please tell me this will advance to some KBD-type status where someone else can do the future editions (and thus contend with the bitching and moaning from pals & relatives of the generic bands who didn’t make the cut). Love the cassettes, though. ]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/04/early-frontrunner-for-most-elaborate-demo-package-received-in-2010/feed/ 1 http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/03/true-panther-sxsw-showdown/ http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/03/true-panther-sxsw-showdown/#comments Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:12:04 +0000 Dean http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/?p=8129 We here are True Panther are pretty damn excited and honored to announce this year’s True Panther showcase for SXSW. No official stuff or badges or RSVP’s, just good music free and open to the public for more hours than one would think is humanly possible. There are two stages so break times will be [...]]]> http://www.matadorrecords.com/matablog/2010/03/03/true-panther-sxsw-showdown/feed/ 0