Post by Matador on Apr 30, 2005 17:46:06 GMT -5
April 28, 2005
Brightblack
Matador Records is pleased to herald the signing of one of America's most unique new bands, Northern California (via Alabama)'s Brightblack, the duo of Nabob (aka Nathan Shineywater) and Rachel Hughes (Rabob).
First emerging in 2002 with a Palace Records split 7" with Bonnie Prince Billy under the name Rainywood, Brightblack's 2004 LP 'Ala.Cali.Tucky' was recorded with Paul Oldham in Kentucky.
Stephen Malkmus
As we count down the days until the release of SM's ridiculously great 3rd album, 'Face The Truth', we call your attention to the following free instore performance:
Seattle
May 24th at 7PM
Sonic Boom Ballard
2209 NW Market St.
June 4 - Washington, DC at Black Cat
June 5 - Philadelphia, PA at Theatre of Living Arts
June 7 - New York City, NY at Irving Plaza
June 9 - Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
June 10 - Detroit, MI at St. Andrew's Hall
June 12 - Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue
June 14 - Los Angeles, CA at El Rey Theater
June 15 - San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
June 17 - Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom
July 4 - New York City (Battery Park) at The Lawn
(supporting Yo La Tengo)
You can hear Stephen performing live on KEXP (http://www.kexp.org) at noon (PDT) on May 24.
Download the new Stephen Malkmus e-card and do with it as you will:
http:/www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/face_e_card/index.html
Finally, we'd like to offer a shout-out (ie. "fuck you") to the cowards and thought-cops at the Ad Dept at Paste Magazine who have deemed our proposed advertisement for 'Face The Truth' to be beyond the bounds of "good taste." God forbid that anything might challenge the sensibilities of Paste's Yep Roc-loving, Starbucks-guzzling, Wes Anderson-worshipping readership. Seriously, if there's anything we or SM have done that is a poor fit with Paste's Ad Dept's narrow worldview, that is the highest compliment we've been paid since the last time Spin refused to run one of our ads.
The ad in question can be viewed here:
www.matadorrecords.com/images/news/sm_paste_ad.jpg
Interpol
On the heels of their biggest UK and European headlining tour thus far, Interpol are back in the US playing the following radio festivals next month.
May 14: HFStival, Baltimore. M&T Stadium.
May 15: Y100rocks.com, Philadelphia (ex-Y100). Y100Rocks FEZtival Pier
June 3: Q101 Block Party, Chicago. New City YMCA.
June 4: Endfest14, Seattle. White River Amphitheatre.
June 5: KNRK Festival, Portland OR. Crystal Ballroom.
June 10: 99X Music Midtown, Atlanta. Main Stage.
with more to be announced.
The band will be making their 2nd appearance on NBC's 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' since the release of 'Antics', performing "Evil" on the May 20 broadcast.
"C'mere," the 3rd UK single from 'Antics', entered the British charts at No. 19 last week. 'Antics' has since been certified Gold in the UK (100,000 sold) and is both Interpol's and Matador's first Gold record in that territory.
Interpol wil be making a one-off appearance on May 8 in Sunderland as part a live broadcast for the BBC's Radio One, then they'll return to the UK in June for stadium dates supporting U2 and Coldplay (check the tour dates section).
The New Pornographers - new album, tour dates, possible Michael Pare reference
'Twin Cinema,' the New Pornographers' third album, finds all seven-plus members pushing themselves in dizzying ways. The album features leader A.C. Newman's most heartfelt songs yet, such as "The Bleeding Heart Show" and the Neko showCase "These Are The Fables". "The Jessica Numbers" and "Three or Four" approach "Jesus Christ Superstar" levels of theater and nerve, "Use It" and the title track are amongst the band's best. Dan Bejar (Destroyer) three remarkable contributions include "Jackie, Dressed In Cobras," a wild-eyed glam sequel to Mass Romantic's "Jackie". Guests include singer Nora O'Connor and Carl's long-lost teenage niece (really) Kathryn Calder on vocals and piano (soon to be a touring member of the group).
While 'Twin Cinema' is no less catchy (and the arrangements no less intricate) than your fave moments from Mass Romantic and Electric Version, there's a sense of economy and cutting wit which stand in slight contrast to the party-out-of-bounds vibe of those records. The New Pornographers have blown us away, again. Dig it deep. 'Twin Cinema' will be in stores August 23.
tracklisting:
Twin Cinema (listen to the MP3: www.matadorrecords.com/the_new_pornographers)
The Bones Of An Idol
Use It
The Bleeding Heart Show
Jackie Dressed In Cobras
The Jessica Numbers
These Are The Fables
Sing Me Spanish Techno
Falling Through Your Clothes
Broken Beads
Three Or Four
Star Bodies
Streets Of Fire
Stacked Crooked
In addition, the NP's Todd Fancey has a four song solo EP, 'Fancey' out on March Records next month.
Yo La Tengo
Though we are quite concerned about the effects the video game boom are having on the music industry (wouldn't you rather buy a new album by Juice Newton?) not to mention the nasty correlation between first-person shooter/corridor games and blowing up High Schools, we have (with some second thoughts) launched a primitive Yo La Tengo video game.
www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/game/index.html
As more and more of you continue to be enthralled by the 'Prisoners Of Love' double & triple CD compilations (the collection about which Coolfer raved "....couldn't make it all the way through."), Yo La Tengo prepare to take their show on the road (please note the new batch of European dates):
May 15: River Fusion/Sand Island, Bethlehem PA
May 18: Rose Theater, Lincoln Center, New York:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
May 27: Shibuya Club Quattro, Tokyo Japan
May 28: Laforet Museum, Tokyo Japan:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
May 29: Club Quattro, Osaka Japan
July 4: The Lawn, Battery Park, NYC (with Stephen Malkmus and Laura Cantrell)
July 9: Mass MOCA, North Adams MA:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
Spoon
After a whirlwind 3 weeks supporting Interpol across Europe, Spoon are back in the USA, finishing work on the video for "I Turn My Camera On", and preparing for their appearance at this weekend's Coachella festival. A full scale North American tour (with the Clientele supporting) runs through late June, and we're hopeful that Spoon will be returning to Europe at the end of the Summer. In the meantime, 'Gimme Fiction' is out May 9 in the UK, Europe and Australia (a bit later in Japan), and May 10 in North America through our friends at Merge. It is no understatement when we proclaim said album to be one of the more challenging, packed-with-ideas, life affirming rock'n'roll recordings you can allow into your skull. Every couple of years this fantastic band emerges with yet another masterpiece that tops their previous efforts, and this time is no exception.
Cat Power
following a bunch of recently completed Eastern US shows with Sonic Youth and her own Scandinavian jaunt, not to mention a show at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and a few in Scotland and Ireland, our friends in Australia can catch Chan Marshall occasionally supporting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
M. Ward
Your correspondent had the privilege of catching M. Ward accompanied by the deft hands of Norfolk & Western recently, and I am not ashamed to say that the performance brought tears to my eyes. Or perhaps that was the tear gas. Y'know, I might have gotten the gig mixed up with a protest against the local police's overuse of stun guns & choke holds. But I am pretty sure one of these events was spectacular while the other was merely "really good". You can catch M. Ward at the following bigass outdoor events.
Jun 11, 2005 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
Jul 21, 2005 - New York, NY - Castle Clinton (w/ band)
Aug 7, 2005 - Newport, RI (Newport Folk Festival) w/ Emmylou Harris
Pretty Girls Make Graves -
Just back from some UK dates supporting Bloc Party, Derek writes:
"We are going in to record on July 1st, the record is not going to be called "The Shivering Duck" after all... We also just set up a 2 week midwest tour for Aug. Other than that, there will be a lot of swimming and Barbeque this summer."
Matador Alumni Corner
One of the creative forces behind NYC's Arsonists, Q-Unique, has a new solo album, 'Vengence Is Mine', available now on Uncle Howie Records. Q will be the special guest on WFMU's "Coffee Break For Heroes & Villians" on Wednesday May 4 from 2am-6am. (http://www.wfmu.org)
Listening Piles and Miscellany:
Roger Miller, Mission Of Burma
On the road in the midwest w/Alloy Orchestra:
Bell's Amber is quite a good beer.
WiFi is charming.
The white flowers which fall in Illinois are charming as all get out.
Plotting new material for that rcck group I'm in. Is there a reason to do so?
The Summer for Condensation.
While selling '60's Detroit area posters on-line, someone wrote me explaining the '60's band, The Pigfuckers. He said his cousin was in the group, and they were a free-improv. outift "that played the Cass Corridor". They were on a poster I sold featuring the MC5, The Psychedelic Stooges and the Up. When they played in Ann Arbor, they were called the "PFs" to avoid police harrassment.
The past is made of glass. Look at it too hard and it breaks.
Gerard Cosloy, Matador Records
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer (Relapse)
Jennifer O'Connor - The Color & The Light (Red Panda)
Kylesa - To Walk A Middle Course (Prosthetic)
Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence (Secretly Canadian)
Richard Pryor - Evolution Revolution (Rhino/Laff)
Backowski, Corsano, Flaherty - The Dim Bulb (Wet Paint)
Brightblack
Matador Records is pleased to herald the signing of one of America's most unique new bands, Northern California (via Alabama)'s Brightblack, the duo of Nabob (aka Nathan Shineywater) and Rachel Hughes (Rabob).
First emerging in 2002 with a Palace Records split 7" with Bonnie Prince Billy under the name Rainywood, Brightblack's 2004 LP 'Ala.Cali.Tucky' was recorded with Paul Oldham in Kentucky.
Stephen Malkmus
As we count down the days until the release of SM's ridiculously great 3rd album, 'Face The Truth', we call your attention to the following free instore performance:
Seattle
May 24th at 7PM
Sonic Boom Ballard
2209 NW Market St.
June 4 - Washington, DC at Black Cat
June 5 - Philadelphia, PA at Theatre of Living Arts
June 7 - New York City, NY at Irving Plaza
June 9 - Cleveland, OH at Beachland Ballroom
June 10 - Detroit, MI at St. Andrew's Hall
June 12 - Minneapolis, MN at First Avenue
June 14 - Los Angeles, CA at El Rey Theater
June 15 - San Francisco, CA at The Fillmore
June 17 - Portland, OR at Crystal Ballroom
July 4 - New York City (Battery Park) at The Lawn
(supporting Yo La Tengo)
You can hear Stephen performing live on KEXP (http://www.kexp.org) at noon (PDT) on May 24.
Download the new Stephen Malkmus e-card and do with it as you will:
http:/www.matadorrecords.com/stephen_malkmus/face_e_card/index.html
Finally, we'd like to offer a shout-out (ie. "fuck you") to the cowards and thought-cops at the Ad Dept at Paste Magazine who have deemed our proposed advertisement for 'Face The Truth' to be beyond the bounds of "good taste." God forbid that anything might challenge the sensibilities of Paste's Yep Roc-loving, Starbucks-guzzling, Wes Anderson-worshipping readership. Seriously, if there's anything we or SM have done that is a poor fit with Paste's Ad Dept's narrow worldview, that is the highest compliment we've been paid since the last time Spin refused to run one of our ads.
The ad in question can be viewed here:
www.matadorrecords.com/images/news/sm_paste_ad.jpg
Interpol
On the heels of their biggest UK and European headlining tour thus far, Interpol are back in the US playing the following radio festivals next month.
May 14: HFStival, Baltimore. M&T Stadium.
May 15: Y100rocks.com, Philadelphia (ex-Y100). Y100Rocks FEZtival Pier
June 3: Q101 Block Party, Chicago. New City YMCA.
June 4: Endfest14, Seattle. White River Amphitheatre.
June 5: KNRK Festival, Portland OR. Crystal Ballroom.
June 10: 99X Music Midtown, Atlanta. Main Stage.
with more to be announced.
The band will be making their 2nd appearance on NBC's 'Tonight Show With Jay Leno' since the release of 'Antics', performing "Evil" on the May 20 broadcast.
"C'mere," the 3rd UK single from 'Antics', entered the British charts at No. 19 last week. 'Antics' has since been certified Gold in the UK (100,000 sold) and is both Interpol's and Matador's first Gold record in that territory.
Interpol wil be making a one-off appearance on May 8 in Sunderland as part a live broadcast for the BBC's Radio One, then they'll return to the UK in June for stadium dates supporting U2 and Coldplay (check the tour dates section).
The New Pornographers - new album, tour dates, possible Michael Pare reference
'Twin Cinema,' the New Pornographers' third album, finds all seven-plus members pushing themselves in dizzying ways. The album features leader A.C. Newman's most heartfelt songs yet, such as "The Bleeding Heart Show" and the Neko showCase "These Are The Fables". "The Jessica Numbers" and "Three or Four" approach "Jesus Christ Superstar" levels of theater and nerve, "Use It" and the title track are amongst the band's best. Dan Bejar (Destroyer) three remarkable contributions include "Jackie, Dressed In Cobras," a wild-eyed glam sequel to Mass Romantic's "Jackie". Guests include singer Nora O'Connor and Carl's long-lost teenage niece (really) Kathryn Calder on vocals and piano (soon to be a touring member of the group).
While 'Twin Cinema' is no less catchy (and the arrangements no less intricate) than your fave moments from Mass Romantic and Electric Version, there's a sense of economy and cutting wit which stand in slight contrast to the party-out-of-bounds vibe of those records. The New Pornographers have blown us away, again. Dig it deep. 'Twin Cinema' will be in stores August 23.
tracklisting:
Twin Cinema (listen to the MP3: www.matadorrecords.com/the_new_pornographers)
The Bones Of An Idol
Use It
The Bleeding Heart Show
Jackie Dressed In Cobras
The Jessica Numbers
These Are The Fables
Sing Me Spanish Techno
Falling Through Your Clothes
Broken Beads
Three Or Four
Star Bodies
Streets Of Fire
Stacked Crooked
In addition, the NP's Todd Fancey has a four song solo EP, 'Fancey' out on March Records next month.
Yo La Tengo
Though we are quite concerned about the effects the video game boom are having on the music industry (wouldn't you rather buy a new album by Juice Newton?) not to mention the nasty correlation between first-person shooter/corridor games and blowing up High Schools, we have (with some second thoughts) launched a primitive Yo La Tengo video game.
www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo/game/index.html
As more and more of you continue to be enthralled by the 'Prisoners Of Love' double & triple CD compilations (the collection about which Coolfer raved "....couldn't make it all the way through."), Yo La Tengo prepare to take their show on the road (please note the new batch of European dates):
May 15: River Fusion/Sand Island, Bethlehem PA
May 18: Rose Theater, Lincoln Center, New York:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
May 27: Shibuya Club Quattro, Tokyo Japan
May 28: Laforet Museum, Tokyo Japan:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
May 29: Club Quattro, Osaka Japan
July 4: The Lawn, Battery Park, NYC (with Stephen Malkmus and Laura Cantrell)
July 9: Mass MOCA, North Adams MA:The Sounds of Science (live accompaniment with the films of Jean Painlev�)
Spoon
After a whirlwind 3 weeks supporting Interpol across Europe, Spoon are back in the USA, finishing work on the video for "I Turn My Camera On", and preparing for their appearance at this weekend's Coachella festival. A full scale North American tour (with the Clientele supporting) runs through late June, and we're hopeful that Spoon will be returning to Europe at the end of the Summer. In the meantime, 'Gimme Fiction' is out May 9 in the UK, Europe and Australia (a bit later in Japan), and May 10 in North America through our friends at Merge. It is no understatement when we proclaim said album to be one of the more challenging, packed-with-ideas, life affirming rock'n'roll recordings you can allow into your skull. Every couple of years this fantastic band emerges with yet another masterpiece that tops their previous efforts, and this time is no exception.
Cat Power
following a bunch of recently completed Eastern US shows with Sonic Youth and her own Scandinavian jaunt, not to mention a show at Queen Elizabeth Hall in London and a few in Scotland and Ireland, our friends in Australia can catch Chan Marshall occasionally supporting Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds.
M. Ward
Your correspondent had the privilege of catching M. Ward accompanied by the deft hands of Norfolk & Western recently, and I am not ashamed to say that the performance brought tears to my eyes. Or perhaps that was the tear gas. Y'know, I might have gotten the gig mixed up with a protest against the local police's overuse of stun guns & choke holds. But I am pretty sure one of these events was spectacular while the other was merely "really good". You can catch M. Ward at the following bigass outdoor events.
Jun 11, 2005 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Festival
Jul 21, 2005 - New York, NY - Castle Clinton (w/ band)
Aug 7, 2005 - Newport, RI (Newport Folk Festival) w/ Emmylou Harris
Pretty Girls Make Graves -
Just back from some UK dates supporting Bloc Party, Derek writes:
"We are going in to record on July 1st, the record is not going to be called "The Shivering Duck" after all... We also just set up a 2 week midwest tour for Aug. Other than that, there will be a lot of swimming and Barbeque this summer."
Matador Alumni Corner
One of the creative forces behind NYC's Arsonists, Q-Unique, has a new solo album, 'Vengence Is Mine', available now on Uncle Howie Records. Q will be the special guest on WFMU's "Coffee Break For Heroes & Villians" on Wednesday May 4 from 2am-6am. (http://www.wfmu.org)
Listening Piles and Miscellany:
Roger Miller, Mission Of Burma
On the road in the midwest w/Alloy Orchestra:
Bell's Amber is quite a good beer.
WiFi is charming.
The white flowers which fall in Illinois are charming as all get out.
Plotting new material for that rcck group I'm in. Is there a reason to do so?
The Summer for Condensation.
While selling '60's Detroit area posters on-line, someone wrote me explaining the '60's band, The Pigfuckers. He said his cousin was in the group, and they were a free-improv. outift "that played the Cass Corridor". They were on a poster I sold featuring the MC5, The Psychedelic Stooges and the Up. When they played in Ann Arbor, they were called the "PFs" to avoid police harrassment.
The past is made of glass. Look at it too hard and it breaks.
Gerard Cosloy, Matador Records
Pig Destroyer - Terrifyer (Relapse)
Jennifer O'Connor - The Color & The Light (Red Panda)
Kylesa - To Walk A Middle Course (Prosthetic)
Damien Jurado - On My Way To Absence (Secretly Canadian)
Richard Pryor - Evolution Revolution (Rhino/Laff)
Backowski, Corsano, Flaherty - The Dim Bulb (Wet Paint)