Algiers - 2023 North American Dates

December 16th, 2022 at 10:25 am by The Management

(photo :  Ebru Yildiz)

On February 24, Matador Records will release SHOOK, the fourth album by Algiers. This spring, the band will embark on a North American tour, which will kick off in Austin, TX at SXSW and conclude in Toronto.

Last night, Algiers performed a special one-off gig at Brooklyn’s National Sawdust. Over two sets, the band debuted material from SHOOK alongside many of the guest-artists who appear on the album, including Amani, Big Rube, billy woods, DeForrest Brown Jr., Desde, Dreamcrusher, Elucid, Fatboi Sharif, King Vision Ultra, Latoya Kent, Maassai, Mark Cisneros, Nakama, and Patrick Shiroishi.

Stacked with guests spanning icons through to future stars, SHOOK is a lightning rod for an elusive yet universal energy and feeling. A plurality of voices; a spiritual and geographical homecoming; a strategy of communion in a burning world; the story of an end of a relationship; an Atlanta front porch summer party. Ultimately, it's a 17-track set of the most mind-expanding and thrilling music that you are likely to hear anytime soon.

presave / preorder 'SHOOK'

Algiers on tour (new dates in bold) :
Thursday, February 9 Workman’s Dublin IE
Wednesday, February 15 Botanique, Brussels BE
Thursday, February 16 Salzhaus, Winterthur CH
Friday, February 17 Bronson, Ravenna IT
Saturday, February 18 Capitol, Pordenone IT
Monday, February 20 Kino Siska, Ljubjana SL
Tuesday, February 21 Flex, Vienna AT
Wednesday, February 22 Posthof, Linz AT
Friday, February 24 Lucerna, Prague CZ
Saturday, February 25 Niebo, Warsaw PL
Wednesday, March 1 Beatpol, Dresden DE
Thursday, March 2 Hole44, Berlin DE
Friday, March 3 Forum, Bielefeld DE
Saturday, March 4 Manufaktur, Schorndorf DE
Sunday, March 5 Club Volta, Cologne DE
Tuesday, March 7 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Wednesday, March 8 The Dome, London UK
Thursday January 26 Washington’s Foco, Fort Collins CO
March 15-17 SXSW, Austin TX
Sunday, March 19 Rebel Lounge, Phoenix AZ
Monday, March 20 Soda Bar, San Diego CA
Tuesday, March 21 Knitting Factory NOHO, Los Angeles CA
Thursday, March 23 Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco CA
Saturday, March 25 Show Bar at Revolution Hall, Portland OR
Sunday, March 26 Madame Lou’s, Seattle WA
Wednesday, March 29 7^th St Entry, Minneapolis MN
Thursday, March 30 Sleeping Village, Chicago IL
Friday, March 31 Whirling Tiger, Louisville KY
Sunday, April 2 Big Ears Festival, Knoxville TN
Monday, April 3 The Pinhook, Durham NC
Tuesday, April 4 DC9, Washington DC
Wednesday, April 5 PhilaMOCA, Philadelphia PA
Thursday, April 6 Racket, New York NY
Friday, April 7 Casa del Popolo, Montreal QC
Saturday, April 8 The Garrison, Toronto ON

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Our Annual Orgy of Self-Congratulation, Grandstanding & Overconsumption : Matador Artists & Staff Select Their 2022 Favorites

December 15th, 2022 at 2:11 pm by Gerard

(congrats to 2022 Matador Inventor Of The Year, Dr. Homei Miyashita of Meiji University's Frontier Media Science.  Dr. Miyashita's dogged attempts to create lickable TV screens have yet to revolutionize either watching TV or licking, but both have been more successful than our introduction of Accutron 3000 and Brobot 3000, so there's that).

(Around this time every December, your STRESSED-TO-THE-MAX  editor attempts to coax a list of favorite recordings, books, television programs, life events, etc. out of the label’s artist roster and our music industry cronies. In the past, this exercise has been a difficult process, fraught with nagging, CRYING  and no shortage of defiantly opposed participants, some of whom actually changed labels or places of employment to weasel out of it.

Keep in mind, we're about to close the books on the ANOTHER YEAR OF THE WORLD GOING TO SHIT and perhaps persons with some sense of perspective or sanity  have other things on their mind than trumpeting their own cultural cachet. Thankfully, we only know a few people like that.

For some historical perspective, here’s last year’s selections. Questions or comments about our terrible tastes and/or inexcuasable  omissions are welcome (but not so welcome that we’re inclined to acknowledge receipt).

On behalf of everyone at Matador, here's wishing you, your families and friends a safe & happy holiday and thank you, as always, thanks for putting up with us. 2023 is going to be our craziest year ever (EDITOR'S NOTE : please check this out with the legal department prior to publication, thx) And without further ado, let the coronoation of Van Morrison's 'What's It Gonna Take?'  commence. – Gerard Cosloy)

Hugo Burnham, Gang Of Four

Hugo's Rule-Defying Baker’s Dozen of 2022:
Steve Burhans, Beggars Group

Ten most listened to releases of 2022 (mostly re-issues, cause that’s my business but also my pleasure)

No particular order:



- V/A – Fell From The Sun (Downtempo And After Hours 1990-91) 2xLP (Ace) Never expected this to be my go to listen this year, but life is a mystery. Compiled by the boys from Saint Etienne and it sounds like it! Cooked a lot of dinners in 2022 to this one.

- The Retail Simps  - Reverberant Scratch: 9 Shots In Tha Dark LP (Total Punk) Someone sold me on this LP by saying it was like Ron House fronting the Bar Kays. That’s accurate and a guarantee of quality (maybe not the quality you expect).



- Thee Isolators – Crying Eyes b/w Close That Door 7” (Iso-Tope)
Killer debut single from a truly deranged crew. Rust belt hoodlums attached to the same live wire that John Terlesky held in his wildest days. There’s some real garage archeology happening here and hopefully it’s just the beginning.

- V/A – East Side 415 2xCS (12 Man Rambo/L-Wood Media)
An amazing and thorough survey of East Bay (Oakland, Richmond, Vallejo) rap that pre-dates the area code switch from 415 to 510 in 1991. A reverbed out booming album (like Master P used to say). Raw and essential.

- Biff Bang Pow – A Better Life: The Complete Creations 4xCD (Cherry Red)
It’s always rare to find another Biff Bang Pow enthusiast. The ones I’ve met are all still close friends. I’m not looking for any new friends… but determined applicants can start here. Everything (and more) released from a band that never seems to get the praise they deserve. Never realized how much this band needed a box set.



- V/A – A Chant About The Beauty Of The Moon At Night: Early Hawaiian Steel Guitar Masters LP (Magnificent Sounds)
Rare and beautiful Hawaiian 78’s collected with love. The influence of this stuff on American 20^th century music is laid bare in this rewarding collection. This LP really takes you on a journey to a different (head) space.

- Dredd Foole And The Din – Songs in Heat 1982 CD (Corbett vs. Dempsey)
First in a series of releases covering the worlds of Dan Ireton. This covers the Mission Of Burma encompassing Mark 1 Din and includes the complete session for the world beating debut 7”. Future installments are anxiously anticipated.

- Jacks – Vacant World LP (Mesh-Key)
One of my favorite LP’s ever, in what must be the ultimate version. Loud and crystal clear. The cover has never looked better. Obviously this record should be in every home.

- Richard Thompson – Music From Grizzly Man 2xLP (No Quarter)
Criminally rare on LP, I was happy to revisit this again. Probably the last great Richard Thompson LP and the most striking overall. Moody, atmospheric and intimate.



- Project Pat – Murderers & Robbers LP (Project)
Comp of raw street material from Pat’s Pre-Loud Records, Pre-prison sentence early 90’s mixtapes. Basically unavailable outside of Memphis and the dark corners of the internet, it’s a blessing that we finally got this one on LP for the heads.

BONUS BEATS:

The Cat’s Miaow – Songs ’94-’98 LP (World Of Echo)/Hydroplane – Hydroplane LP (Efficient Space) Both sides of this celebrated and yet overlooked group of Australian musicians. Two different styles from two different bands with all the same people. Worth finding these if you can. The hype sticker on the Hydroplane could never live up to the comparisons listed (Radiophonic Workshop, Endtroducing, etc) but was enough to make this cynic pull the trigger.

Gerard Cosloy, Matador Records



Rose Mercie - Kieres Aqua (Jelodanti/Celluloid Lunch)
Bad Breeding - Human Capital (Iron Lung/One Little Indian)



Daniel Bachman - Almanac Behind (Three Lobed)
Tha Retail $imps -Reverberant Scratch : 9 Shots In The Dark (Total Punk)
Cyrus Pireh - Visitor (Artist Pool)
Rome Streetz - Kiss The Ring (Griselda)
Horse Lords - Comradely Objects (Rvng)
Bill Orcutt - Music For Four Guitars (Palilalia)
Puppet Wipes - The Stones Are Watching & They Can Be A Handful (Siltbreeze)
Saint Abdullah & Eomac - Patience Of A Traitor (Other People)
Weak Signal - War & War (Colonel)
Holt Bodish - Build Yourself A Space (Petty Bunco)



Peace De Résistance - Bits & Pieces (Peace Dé Records)
The Lloyd Pack - I Bet You've Got Some Good Stories (Low Company)
Vomitatrix - s/t (ugEXPLODE)
Model Home - Saturn In The Basement (Disciples)
Chronophage - s/t (PPM/Bruit Direct Disques)



Blackhaine - And Salford Falls Apart / "Stained Materials" (Head II)
Rempis  / Reid / Abrams - Allium (Aerophonic)



Michael Beach - Michael Beach 2022 EP (Goner)
Kilynn Lunsford - Custodians Of Human Succession (ever/never)
Jeff Parker - Mondays At The Enfield Tennis Academy (eremite)
Konjur Collective - Blood In My Eye (A Soul Insurgent Guide) (Astral Spirits)
Syko Friend - The Code (PPM)

live :
Horse Lords, Moth Club, London, November
Michael Beach, Goner Fest, Memphis, September
Duma, Mohawk, Austin , November
Bill Orcutt, Hotel Vegas, Austin, October
Iron Maiden, Moody Center, Austin, September



Rosali, Mohawk, Austin, May
Vomitatrix, Sunny's Backyard, Austin April
Emily Robb, Union Pool, Brooklyn, April



Cherubs, Hotel Vegas, Austin, November

film :
"Murina" (Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic)
"Hit The Road" (Panah Panahi)
"The Innocents" (Eskil Vogt)

Television :



"South Side"

Malcolm Donaldson, Matador Records

Tamika’s Lodge by African-American Sound Recordings
Household Name by Momma
Sons Of by Sam Prekop & John McEntire
Eye Escapes by Kraus
EP #31 by This is Lorelei

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Paradais by Fernanda Melchor
Who Will Pay Reparations on My Soul? by Jesse McCarthy
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Either / Or by Elif Batuman

Movie of the Year: Tár
TV Program of the Year: Inside the NBA



Recipient of the Eating Dirt and Dragging Ass Award: Stanley (2nd consecutive year)

Sonya Kolowrat, Beggars Group

BEST 10 SHOWS I SAW IN 2022 (non-work) IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER (all in LA) WITH NOTES

LYDIA LUNCH RETROVIRUS, Zebulon – Weasel Walter is my new idol
BILLY STRINGS,  The Wiltern – this kid, damn!
mssv, Zebulon – can’t remember the last time I saw Watt play…killed it of course.
NICK CAVE, The Shrine – heartwarming
MINI-MEKONS – saw then in someone’s backyard in LA with about 30 other people.
WILLIAM BASINSKI playing Disintegration Loops at a church with a sick light show. Epic
DEVO at Cruel World Festival in Pasadena – this is how you put on a festival show!
GIRLS AGAINST BOYS, Echoplex – they sound just as amazing as they did in 1996
JONATHAN RICHMAN, Zebulon – this show is in 3 hours, but I know it’s going to be amazing.

Andy Larsen, Matador Direct



Naujawanan Baider -Khedmat BeKhalq (RadioKhiyaban)



Vivid Oblivion - The Graphic Cabinet (Downwards)Brannten Schnüre - Das Glück Vermeiden (Quirlschlängle)
Dale Cornish - Traditional Music of South London (The Death of Rave)
The Bug - Absent Riddim (Pressure)
Sarah Davachi - Two Sisters (Late Music)
Girlsperm - Return to Girlsperm (Thrilling Living)
Oren Ambarchi - Shebang (Drag City)
Kali Malone - Living Torch (Portraits GRM)



Valentina Magaletti - La Tempesta Colorata (A Colorful Storm)
V/A - Music From Saharan WhatsApp (Sahel Sounds)
Pan Daijing- Tissues (Pan)
Nový Sv?t - Desde Infiernos De Flores (Quirlschlängle)
Freundliche Kreisel - Freundliche Kreisel (Stroom.tv)

Reissues/Archival



V/A - The Buntingford Long Playing Album (Siltbreeze)



Ruby Johnson - Ruby Johnson (Mississippi)



Space Machine - Space Tuning Box (Urashima)
Valentina Goncharova - Ocean: Symphony For Electric Violin and Other Instruments in Ten Parts (Hidden Harmony)
Albert Ayler - Revelations - The Complete ORTF 1970 Fondation Maeght Recordings (INA, Elemental Music)
V/A - Studio One Music Lab (Soul Jazz)
Sidney Sager - Children of the Stones (Trunk Records)
Ornette Coleman - Genesis of Genius (Craft Recordings, Contemporary Records)
Patrick Cowley - Malebox (Dark Entries)
Alice Coltrane - Kirtan - Turiya Sings (Impulse)
Alice Coltrane - Ptah, the El Daoud (Verve)
Count Ossie And The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari - Grounation (Soul Jazz)
Drexciya - Neptune’s Lair (Tresor Records)Smelly Feet - Smelly Neu Pollution (Minimum Table Stacks)

 

Aaron Leitko, Matador Records

Flasher - Love is Yours (Domino)



Terrence Dixon + Jordan GCZ - Keep in Mind I’m Out of My Mind (Rush Hour)
rRoxymore - Perpetual Now (Smalltown Supersound)
Sam Prekop + John McIntyre- Sons Of (Thrill Jockey)
Norm Chambers - Mirage Colony
Nik Void - Bucked Up Space (Editions Mego)
Chris Forsyth - Evolution Here We Come (No Quarter)
Casual Dots - Sanguine Truth (Ixor Stix)
Jeff Parker ETA IVtet - Mondays at the Enfield Tennis Academy (Eremite Records)
 

Vinnie Martini, Matador Direct


 

Paulina Praphanchith, Matador Records

Favorite Albums/EPs of 2022:
Momma - Household Name
Automatic – Excess
Effy - Not What It Seems
Don Glori - Welcome
atmos bloom - Flora



Cola - Deep In View
Schwefelgelb - Whirlpool-Gedanken
Yasuaki Shimizu - Kiren
George Riley - Running In Waves
beabadoobee - Beatopia
Maha - Orkos
Dorothy Ashby - Afro-Harping
Horsegirl - Versions of Modern Performance
Stella Donnelly – Flood
Double Virgo - Eros in the Bunker
Charli XCX – Crash
Hyd - Clearing
Two Shell - Icons
yunè pinku – Bluff
Miya Folick - 2007
Wet Leg - s/t
The Paranoyds - Talk Talk Talk
Body Type - Everything is Dangerous But Nothing’s Surprising
Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupol- Topical Dancer
The Linda Lindas - Growing Up
Dehd - Blue Skies
Ian Sweet - Star Stuff
Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
Nilüfer Yanya - Painless
Julia Jacklin - Pre Pleasure
Coby Sey - Conduit

Gonzalo Schiffino, Everlasting

LISTEN. Songs In 2022 (one album, one song)
FAVOURITES (in no particular order)

ALBUMS

• JAKE XERXES FUSSELL - Good And Green Again

• ALDOUS HARDING - Warm Chris


• SPOON - Lucifer On The Sofa


• THE REDS, PINKS AND PURPLES - Summer At Land's End


• ANAIS MITCHELL - Anais Mitchell


• BINKER AND MOSES - Feeding The Machine


• KING HANNAH - I'm Not Sorry I Was Just Being Me


• SPIRITUALIZED - Everything Was Beautiful


• THE SMILE - A Ligth For Attracting Atention


• ARCADE FIRE - We


• SHARON VAN ETTEN - We've Been Going About This All Wrong


• AMAIA MIRANDA - Cuando Se Nos Mueren Los Amores


• SUNZOOM - Sunzoom


• THE SOCIETY OF ROCKETS - Unearthed


• CHRIS BRAIN - Bound To Rise


• ANGEL OLSEN - Big Time


• TY SEGALL - Hello, Hi


• OLIVER SIM - Hideous Bastard


• LOU REED - I'm So Free: 1971 The Demos Tapes


• 3RD SECRET - 3rd Secret


• BILL CALLAHAN - YTILAER


• MARINA ALLEN - Centrifics


• COLOR GREEN - Color Green


• KEIRON PHELAN, PEACE SIGNS - Bubblegum Boogie


• BRETT MCKENZIE - Songs Without Jokes


• AOIFE NESSA FRANCES - Protector

LIVE

• THE SMILE - Noches del Botánico (Madrid)


• BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE - (Madrid)


• TROPICAL FUCK STORM - (Madrid)


• CIRCUIT DES YEUX - (Café Berlin & Marilians Record Shop - Madrid)

BOOKS

• YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND YOU ARE ALONE. THE BIOGRAPHY OF NICO (Jennifer Otter Bickerdike


• BESSIE SMITH (Jackie Lay)


• LINGER ON (Ignacio Julia)

TV SERIES /DOCUMENTARIES / MOVIES

• BETTER CALL SAUL


• THE BOYS


• THE REHEARSAL


• THE BEAR


• 1899


• EL ENCARGADO

Emma Toney, Beggars Group

Albums:

Alvvays – Blue Rev
Julia Jacklin – Pre Pleasure
Big Thief – Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You
Jockstrap – I Love You Jennifer B
Momma – Household Name
Horsegirl – Versions of Modern Performance
Winter – What Kind of Blue Are You

 

Songs:

Freight Yard – The Garden
Belinda Says – Alvvays
Entropy – Beach Bunny
Miracles – Alex G
Weird Goodbyes – The National
You Will Never Work in Television Again – The Smile
I Was Neon – Julia Jacklin
Shotgun – Soccer Mommy

Josh Turner, Matador Records

Top 50 tracks (playlist 

Moin - Melon
Fred again - Turn On The Lights again.. (feat. Future)
Cities Aviv - EVERYTHANG WORKIN ON A NATURAL TIME
Yves Tumor - God Is a Circle
Jockstrap - Concrete Over Water
Dean Blunt - LONDON TONIGHT FREESTYLE
Denzel Curry - Zatoichi
L.O.T.I.O.N. Multinational Corporation - Cybernetic Super Lover
Lil Yachty - Poland
Voice Actor - Carefully
Burial - Strange Neighbourhood
Nisa - Exaggerate
bar italia - Banks
Chronophage - Burst The Shell
Alex G - Runner
Spoon - Wild
Lil Ugly Mane - split ends
Let's Eat Grandma - Happy New Year
DARKSIDE - Ecdysis!
Crack Cloud - Costly Engineered Illusion
Straw Man Army - Faces In The Dark
Vaguess - When it's Gone
No Cops For Miles - Stresser Depresser
Fuera de Sektor - En La Oscuridad
Conservative Military Image - For Club and Country
End It - B.C.H.C.
Abrasion - Dios No Te Va Salvar
Vein.fm - Fear In Non Fiction
Age of Apocalypse - Fury
A Mourning Star - A World Beyond
Excide - Flip
Life's Question - For You
Long Knife - Modern Fatigue
Weight - Kill until Killed
SIN - On The Run
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ - A Part of Me
IShowSpeed - F.U.C.
Low Tape - Escape From Road Valley
Rx Nephew - Inspired By Aunty Jemima
Red Axes, Cohen, Smagghe & Cross - Bump City - Smagghe & Cross Version
AG Club - Adam Sandler
serpentwithfeet - Bless The Telephone
Cactus Lee - PERFECT MIDDLE HALL
Drugdealer - Valentine
Dennis Taylor - Bicycle Town
Sign Libra - There Must Be An Angel (Playing With My Heart)
Amateur Hour - Bye Bye
The Cat's Miaow - LA International Airport
Wednesday - Bull Believer
Scarlet - Corner Lot
Horsegirl - Option 8
PLOSIVS - Broken Eyes
Pinegrove - Alaska
Harry Styles - As It Was
Jack Harlow - First Class



Top Records

Cities Aviv – Man Plays The Horn [Director’s Cut]
DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – Bewitched!
End It – Unpleasant Living
Straw Man Army - SOS
Voice Actor – Sent From My Telephone
Denzel Curry – Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Vaguess – Nothing’s Secret
Fred again… - Actual Life 3 (January 1^st – September 9^th)
The Cat’s Miaow – Songs ‘94 – ‘98
Chronophage - Chronophage

Top 50 Punk, Hardcore and Metal Tracks (playlist)

Candy Apple - I Don't Wanna Talk About It
End It - B.C.H.C.
Weight - Kill until Killed
Long Knife - Modern Fatigue
Doomsday - Attaining Heaven By Force
C4 - Me and the Boys
Age of Apocalypse - Fury
A Mourning Star - A World Beyond
Vein.fm - Fear In Non Fiction
Excide - Flip
Berthold City - Out of Darkness
Wormrot - When Talking Fails, It's Time for Violence!
200 Stab Wounds - Masters of Morbidity
Life's Question - For You
Abrasion - Dios No Te Va Salvar
Conservative Military Image - For Club and Country
GEL - Predominant Mask
Bloodclot - Souls
Speed - Not That Nice
Moral Law - The Looming End
Planet On A Chain - Boxed In
Pummel - Headcase
Extortion - Conquest
Pharmacist - Accelerating Suppuration
Ammo - Known Unknown
Cryptworm - Disgorged Chunks of Life
Undeath - Necrobionics
Falls of Rauros - Poverty Hymn
Belphegor - Virtus Asinaria - Prayer
Darkthrone - Impeccable Caverns of Satan
Behemoth - Ov My Herculean Exile
Autonoesis - Crypt of Thought
Negative Plane - A Work to Stand a Thousand Years
Dream Unending - Secret Grief
SIN - On The Run
MurakuMo - Snake Skin
SYNDROME 81 - Vivre et mourirFuera de Sektor - En La Oscurida
Poison Ruïn - Not Today, Not Tomorrow
No Cops For Miles - Stresser Depresser
G.I. Bill - Not in My Backyard
Tony Molina - The Last Time
Straw Man Army - Faces In The Dark
Final Gasp - The Girl Who Lives On Heaven Hill
MIDDLEMAN - Train Man
SPICE - Recovery
Why Bother? - Bent Spoon Blues
Scarlet - No Today
PLOSIVS - Broken Eyes

Top Noam Klar tweets of 2022

1. My weekly report be like “your screen time was down 5% last week, for an average 23 hours, 15 minutes a day” lmao


2. Someone was telling me tonight about their friend Amber and how she’d heard a rumor and I said “oh Amber Heard?” and continued to draw it out for about 10 minutes


3. Someone has asked me what weekdays September 15 & 16 2024 fall on as if it's possible to know that


4. Don’t like it when pets are named after artists or similar. A pet should be called something like Butter or Nugget not Alex Turner or “Dosto”


5. Funny how “pint sized” is used to describe something as dismissively small, when I’m sure not many here would enjoy coming across a “pint sized” cockroach or hornet [2018 retweet]


6. Understand the cultural fascination but the chef / restaurant fly-on-the-wall genre - Burnt, Boiling Point, Ratatouille, The Bear - is starting to feel a little one note


7. Remember getting an email from a wellness spa I was at for a “follow up appointment” as it’d been 2 months since I was “discharged”


8. My desert island disc? A loud looped mayday call in hopes of rescue


9. Spring is in full bloom yet the crypto winter marches on


10. Gong bath? I'll stick to a power chord shower, thanks
    
    Jake Whitener, Matador Records
    
    
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    1. MJ Lenderman- Boat Songs
    2. Infinity Knives & Brian Ennals- King Cobra
    3. Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul- Tropical Dancer
    4. Rachika Nayar- Heaven Come Crashing
    5. Elaine Howley- The Distance Between Heart and Mouth
    6. Eli Winter- S/T
    7. Maria BC- Hyaline
    8. Alex G- God Save the Animals
    
    
    
    9. Dawn Richard- Pigments
    10. Moin- Paste
    11. Naima Bock- Giant Palm
    
    
    
    12. Maria Reis- Benefício da Dúvida
    13. E L U C I D- I Told Bessie
    14. billy woods - Aethiopes
    15. Maral- Ground Groove
    
    
    
    16. Fugitive- Maniac
    17. Cola- Deep In View
    18. Peace De Resistance- Bits and Pieces
    19. Bad Breeding- Human Capital
    
    
    
    20. Ribbon Stage- Hit with the Most
    21. yeule- Glitch Princess
    22. Mabe Fratti- Se Ve Desde Aqui
    
    
    
    Honorable Mentions: Kids on a Killing Spree, Quelle Chris, Ex- Void, David West, Momma, Time Wharp, Alvvays, mophing people
    
    
    
    (Playlist)
    
    
    Emily Zaremba, Matador Records
    
    LPs/EPs:
    
    Momma - Household Name
    Double Virgo - Estranged & foolish narratives
    They Are Gutting a Body of Water - Lucky Styles
    They Are Gutting a Body of Water/A Country Western- An Insult to the Sport
    Gi Gi - Sunchoke
    
    
    
    Moin - Paste
    Alex G - God Save the Animals
    HAAi - Baby, We’re Ascending
    Tomu DJ - Half Moon Bay
    Whatever the Weather - s/t
    Glitterer - Fantasy Four
    Omar S - Can’t Change
    Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
    Recitals - Orbit I
    Theo Parrish - DJ-Kicks
    Mark William Lewis - God Complex
    Boris - W
    African-American Sound Recodings - Tamika’s Lodge
    The Garbage & the Flowers - Cinnamon Sea
    Rachika Nayar - Heaven Come Crashing
    Lifeguard - Crowd Can Talk
    MJ Lenderman - Boat Songs
    Raum - Daughter
    Hinako Omori - a journey…
    Sorry - Anywhere But Here
    Broadcast - Microtronics - Volumes 1 & 2
    Francesca Heart - Eurybia
    Croatian Amor - Remember Rainbow Bridge
    Bitter Babe, Nick Léon - Delirio
    Duster - Together
    Weyes Blood - And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow
    
    Singles:
    
    bar italia - Polly Armour
    Boy Harsher ft. Cooper B. Handy - Autonomy
    DJ Python - Club Sentimiental, Vol. 3
    Parris - Summer of South West Waves / Dreaming of Sunflowers
    Bill Callahan - Everyway
    Eiko Ishibashi - Ask me how I sleep at night
    caroline - peak chroma
    Babyfather, Tirzah - 1471
    James K - Eiv Mude
    Chanel Beads - Ef
    LUCY - Last Dance
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs ft. Perfume Genius - Spitting Off the Edge of the World
    Maral - lavender’s love
    Dean Blunt - pj harvey cover
    Huerco S. - Plonk IV
    Aldous Harding - Passion Babe
    Midwife - Sickworld
    Evanora Unlimited - Age of Information
    The Weeknd - Gasoline
    Daphni - Cherry
    Henry Solomon, Allie Kelly - Menthol
    Tirzah - Ribs
    Objekt - Bad Apples

Lucy Dacus - 'Historian' (5th Anniversary Edition)

December 12th, 2022 at 11:02 am by Malcolm

(Photo: Dustin Condren)

Five years ago today on December 12 2017, Lucy Dacus released "Night Shift" and announced her breakthrough sophomore album 'Historian.' Today Dacus has announced a new 5th anniversary edition of the album on limited red vinyl with never-before-seen original album artwork.

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Queens Of The Stone Age - '...Like Clockwork' & 'Villains' Independent Retail Editions

December 9th, 2022 at 10:26 am by The Management

Opaque Red LP at independent record stores.



Opaque white at independent record stores.


OUT TODAY :  reissues of Queens Of The Stone Age’s 2 more recent studio full-lengths ---  2013’s multiple-GRAMMY-nominated, Billboard 200 #1 charting magnum opus …Like Clockwork and 2017’s redefining Villains will both be reincarnated: …Like Clockwork returns newly recut from its original master tapes with alternate artwork and obi-strip from Boneface with a limited opaque aqua vinyl pressing available direct from Queens Of The Stone Age, Matador Records, and a limited opaque red vinyl pressing available at finer independent retailers. Villains is reissued in a special 5th Anniversary package featuring etching, obi-strip, and a brand new poster by Boneface, and as on limited edition leaf-green transparent vinyl available exclusively via Queens Of The Stone Age and/or Matador Records.

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Spoon - June '23 European Tour w/ The Black Keys

December 8th, 2022 at 10:08 am by Malcolm

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Following their performance of "Wild" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert earlier this week, Spoon have announced several European dates alongside The Black Keys in June 2023. Tickets are on sale next Friday, Dec 16 at 9am GMT.

Spoon on Tour
Thursday, December 8 ALT 104.5’s Friendsgiving, Bensalem PA
Sunday, June 18 Zenith Paris, Paris FR *
Wednesday, June 21 London 02, London UK *
Thursday, June 22 AO Arena, Manchester UK *
Saturday, June 24 OVO Hydro, Glasgow UK *
Tuesday, June 27 Palladium, Cologne DE *
Wednesday, June 28 Stadtpart Open Air, Hamburg DE *

* w/ The Black Keys

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Spoon - "Wild" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

December 6th, 2022 at 10:34 am by Malcolm

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Spoon brought "Wild" from their Grammy-nominated 'Lucifer on the Sofa' (Best Rock Album) to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night.



Spoon headlines The Beacon Theater in New York City tonight as part of WVUV's "Holiday Cheer for FUV." Remaining tickets are available HERE.

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Spoon on Tour
Tuesday, December 6 Beacon Theatre, New York NY
Wednesday, December 7 DC101-derland 2022, Washington DC
Thursday, December 8 ALT 104.5's Friendsgiving, Bensalem PA

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Slanted! Enchanted! A Pavement Musical

November 16th, 2022 at 1:12 pm by Malcolm

The majesty and mystery of Pavement brought to life on the stage for an abbreviated, unforgettable stand.

SLANTED! ENCHANTED!
a Pavement musical
Workshop Performances

Written and directed by Alex Ross Perry
Songs by Pavement
Arrangements by Keegan Dewitt & Dabney Morris
Choreography by Angela Trimbur
Assistant Choreographer: Tenaya Kelleher
Starring Michael Esper, Zoe Lister-Jones, Kathryn Gallagher

2 performances only
Thursday December 1 - 8pm
Friday December 2 - 2pm

Sheen Center

18 Bleecker St
New York City
$30

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black midi x Mdou Moctar: Morgan and Souleymane at Electrical Audio

November 15th, 2022 at 11:02 am by Malcolm

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Earlier this year, Mdou Moctar’s Souleymane Ibrahim and black midi’s Morgan Simpson  connected for the first time in Chicago at Electrical Audio on the heels of a recent North American tour. After some set-up and impromptu free-styling, Simpson and Ibrahim drummed to songs together from their respective latest albums: “Sugar/Tzu” from black midi’s Hellfire and “Chismiten” from Mdou Moctar’s Afrique Victime. The drummers found immediate musical affinity spending the afternoon sharing rhythms and playing off one another’s personal cadence and pulse. Today marks the premiere of a mini-documentary showcasing this special drum session on the Rough Trade YouTube Channel.



Mdou Moctar on Tour
Saturday, March 11 Golden Plains, Melbourne AU
March 12-13 Womadelaide, Adelaide AU
March 17-18 Womad Festival, New Plymouth NZ

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Out Today: Horsegirl - 'Rough Trade Super-Disc'

November 15th, 2022 at 10:02 am by Josh

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Horsegirl's 7 track collection of impressionistic demos and outtakes - 'Rough Trade Super-Disc' - is now available to stream and to purchase as limited edition 12" (with etched B-side) exclusively via Rough Trade.

Initially released as an exclusive CD that came with the Rough Trade 'Album of The Month' variant of 'Versions of Modern Performance', the 'Super-Disc' is a collection of demos and outtakes taken from early rehearsals, recorded entirely via phone voice memos. Rough, ready and unadorned, the demos provide a captivating fly-on-the-wall vantage point to the band's music making process.





'Versions of Modern Performance' has been announced as one of Rough Trade's 'Albums of The Year' for 2022. Full editorial list here



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Spoon - "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)" - Now Streaming

November 14th, 2022 at 10:14 am by Gerard

Spoon's version of "Christmas Time (Is Here Again)", previously available as a Spotify exclusive, is now available on all streaming services.

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stream / purchase 'Lucifer On The Sofa'
stream / purchase 'Lucifer On The Moon'
(both albums available for 25% now thru November 22 at the Matador Store with code AUTOMATON at check out)

Spoon on Tour
Saturday, November 19 Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City MX
Tuesday, December 6 Beacon Theatre, New York NY
Wednesday, December 7 DC101-derland 2022, Washington DC
Thursday, December 8 ALT 104.5's Friendsgiving, Bensalem PA

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Out Today : Perfume Genius Live at Electric Lady Spotify Session

November 10th, 2022 at 8:56 am by The Management

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Today, in conjunction with Spotify and Electric Lady Studios, Perfume Genius  releases 'Live at Electric Lady'. The four-track EP features “Whole Life,” “Photograph,” and “On the Floor” - re-imagined versions of tracks off his most recent albums 'Ugly Season' and 'Set My Heart On Fire Immediately', as well as a cover of Radiohead’s “4 Minute Warning.”



(photos by Noel McGrath)

As part of the Live at Electric Lady series, participating artists were invited to record their own compositions as well as cover songs by artists connected to the history of the legendary recording studio, resulting in truly unique recordings that showcase each artist’s creativity and musical style. The high-quality live audio recordings are distributed exclusively on Spotify.



“Touring over the last year has been really inspiring after so long away. I am happy to have a document of the new vibrancy and rousing spirit my band brings to the live versions of our most recent albums. "4 Minute Warning" became a favorite of mine during lockdown, something I would sit and sing over and over on the piano in my room. I'm happy to be out of that room now and sharing again." - Mike Hadreas

Tracklist

1. Whole Life


2. Photograph


3. On the Floor


4. 4 Minute Warning (Radiohead Cover)

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25% off at The Matador Store with code "AUTOMATON" thru November 22

Perfume Genius on Tour
Friday, December 9 Knockdown Center, Queens NY

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Snail Mail - Valentine Fest

November 9th, 2022 at 10:12 am by Malcolm

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For the first time in nearly 5 years, Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) will return to her hometown of Baltimore, MD to present Snail Mail’s Valentine Fest. The festival will take place at the famed Ottobar over the course of 5 nights from February 10th through February 14th, 2023. Each night will feature a major special surprise guest in addition to a set from Snail Mail. The festival was originally planned for February of 2022 but had to be postponed due to Jordan’s vocal cord surgery. More info about the festival is available in a new interview for Variety.

On the residency, Jordan shares “I am so excited to announce a special series of shows in Baltimore next year. It's been almost five years since I've played my hometown, so we're playing five nights of shows, leading up to Valentine's Day, with a surprise band (or two) every night, curated by me. We tried to do this last year, but had to cancel for surgery! Feels worth the wait :) I'll see you at the Ottobar :)”



(Photo: Grayson Vaughan)

There will be a limited edition double 10" heart shaped Snail Mail's Valentine Fest edition of her most recent album Valentine, complete with alternate artwork, for sale at the fest.  A limited number of ticket and signed poster bundles will be available for each night.

Snail Mail on Tour, New Dates in Bold On Sale Friday at 10am ET
Wednesday, November 9 191 Toole, Tucson AZ
Friday, November 11 The Aztec Theatre, San Antonio TX # *SOLD OUT*
Saturday, November 12 Bayou Music Center, Houston TX # *SOLD OUT*
Monday, November 14 Coca-Cola Roxy, Atlanta GA #
Wednesday, November 16 Stage AE, Pittsburgh PA #
Thursday, November 17 Town Ballroom, Buffalo NY # *SOLD OUT*
Saturday, November 19 Roadrunner, Boston MA # *SOLD OUT*
Sunday, November 20 Roadrunner, Boston MA #
Monday, November 21 XL Live, Harrisburg PA #
Friday, February 10 Ottobar, Baltimore MD
Saturday, February 11 Ottobar, Baltimore MD
Sunday, February 12 Ottobar, Baltimore MD
Monday, February 13 Ottobar, Baltimore MD
Tuesday, February 14 Ottobar, Baltimore MD

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Out Today : Spoon & Adrian Sherwood - 'Lucifer On The Moon'

November 4th, 2022 at 10:00 am by The Management

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Adrian Sherwood - photo by Harry Borden

Spoon & Adrian Sherwood's 'Lucifer On The Moon' is available today in record shops and via all streaming services.

'Lucifer on the Moon' is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’s 'Lucifer on the Sofa'. A top-to-bottom rework of the Austin band's tenth album, it was created by On-U Sound founder and UK dub icon, Adrian Sherwood..

'Moon' first took shape as a few heady remixes for the singles from 'Lucifer on the Sofa'. Frontman Britt Daniel offered Sherwood two suggestions: “Avoid things that would not be possible on tape” and “Add whatever you want to add, the less modern the better.” The collaboration shouldn't come as a surprise: dub-inspired production is wound through Spoon’s classic tracks, from "Finer Feelings" to "Inside Out."  The initial results pleased both parties and Sherwood was invited to work on additional songs. And then a few more. “I got into the melody and the thoughts it evoked in me,” the producer explains. “It just evolved and we eventually found ourselves with a whole album.”

'Moon' flips 'Lucifer on the Sofa'’s rhythm tracks inside-out, and often rebuilds them wholesale. Sherwood supplied extensive additional instrumentation via On-U’s extended family of session players, including bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc (both of whom performed in Sugarhill Records’ early ’80s in-house rhythm section). He dug deep into the album’s multi-tracks, surfacing forgotten details and elements not present in the final album mixes.

The result airlifts Spoon’s trademark melodies into lush alien terrain, replete with vibrant echo and rumbling low-end. “It wasn’t just a thing where you pick apart this and that and you stay on the grid and you add a delay,” explains Daniel. “He added so much more instrumentation to the tracks that they became completely different versions of the songs. Not just remixes, but companion pieces. A ‘Part II.’”

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'Lucifer On The Moon' Tracklist
01 My Babe
02 On The Radio
03 Held
04 The Devil & Mister Jones
05 Lucifer On The Sofa
06 Astral Jacket
07 Feels Alright
08 Wild
09 The Hardest Cut
10 Satellite

Spoon on Tour
Saturday, November 19 Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City MX
Tuesday, December 6 Beacon Theatre, New York NY
Wednesday, December 7 DC101-derland 2022, Washington DC
Thursday, December 8 ALT 104.5's Friendsgiving, Bensalem PA

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Matador 2022 Year-End Sale : 25% Off (Almost) Everything

November 3rd, 2022 at 10:08 am by Gerard

We realize there's likely to be some sore feelings about Matador's decision to fully automate our mail order operations, but when we factored in the amount of time label ownership spent dealing with email complaints about bent corners, warped records or USPS going AWOL, it was time to make some bold moves.  And what move could be bolder than opting for the suave services of ACCUTRON 3000 and his not-nearly-as-polished sibling BROBOT 3000?  This dynamic duo are absolutely KILLING IT on the warehouse floor (and by "killing it", I mean Brobot 3000 might've actually killed someone --- we're still investigating) and we're very confident that as this holiday season approaches, your orders will be fulfilled quickly and competently and there's almost no chance whatsoever Brobot 3000 will threaten me with a box cutter ever again.   Think of Accutron 3000 as Gallant to Brobot 3000's Goofus.  Or the Noam to his Liam.  Or maybe the other way around.  I can't tell, this has been very stressful with all the threats.



To celebrate these 2 new additions to our team, we're offering 25% off nearly everything at the Matador Store (preorders and Queens Of The Stone Age reissues excepted) when you use the code "AUTOMATON" at check out.
The sale ends November 22 (or whenever the SWAT team is called to deal with Brobot 3000, whichever comes first).

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Interpol - "Passenger" (Official Music Video)

November 3rd, 2022 at 8:59 am by Malcolm

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Interpol have shared a new video for ‘Passenger’, one of the highlights from this year's The Other Side of Make-Believe. The video came to be unexpectedly – longstanding Interpol fan Jamie McDonald had been experimenting with animation and produced the video on their own, feeling a special connection with the song. After uploading it to one of Interpol’s social pages, the video came to the attention of the band who loved it and asked if they could use it as an official video.



Director Jamie McDonald says: "Passenger spoke to me. As soon as I listened to it, I was inspired. The idea behind the music video visually, is that of a fever dream. We're exploring the subconscious, delving into dreams, and delving even deeper into nightmares. This is really a passion project for me."

Interpol on Tour
Friday, November 4 Jeunesse Arena, Rio de Janeiro BR $
Saturday, November 5 Primavera Sound, São Paulo BR $
Tuesday, November 8 Pedreira Paulo Leminski, Curitiba BR
Thursday, November 10 Kilkfest, Asunción PY
Saturday, November 12 Primavera Sound Santiago de Chile, Santiago CL
Sunday, November 13 Primavera Sound Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires AR
Tuesday, November 15 Arena 1, Lima PE $

$ w/ Arctic Monkeys

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Coming February 10 2023 : Yo La Tengo - 'This Stupid World'

November 2nd, 2022 at 10:00 am by The Management

 





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Today we bring you the indisputably excellent news that on February 10 Matador will release 'This Stupid World', the sixteenth album by Yo La Tengo.

In December, the band will return to Bowery Ballroom for their annual eight-night Hanukkah concert series. Early 2023, Yo La Tengo will hit the road on a wide-ranging tour of the US, UK, and Europe.

Time keeps moving and things keep changing, but that doesn’t mean we can't fight back. Yo La Tengo have raced time for nearly four decades and, to my ears, they just keep winning. The trio’s latest victory is called 'This Stupid World', a spellbinding set of reflective songs that resist the ticking clock. This music is not so much timeless as time- defiant. “I want to fall out of time,” Ira Kaplan sings in “Fallout.” “Reach back, unwind.”

Part of how Kaplan, Georgia Hubley, and James McNew escape time is by watching it pass, even accepting it when they must. “I see clearly how it ends / I see the moon rise as the sun descends,” they sing during opener “Sinatra Drive Breakdown.” In the séance-like "Until it Happens,” Kaplan plainly intones, “Prepare to die / Prepare yourself while there’s still time.” But 'This Stupid World' is also filled with calls to reject time – bide
it, ignore it, waste it. "Stay alive," he adds later in the same song. "Look away from the hands of time.”

Of course, times have changed for Yo La Tengo as much as they have for everyone else. In the past, the band has often worked with outside producers and mixers. They made 'This Stupid World' all by themselves. And their time-tested judgment is both sturdy enough to keep things to the band’s high standards, and nimble enough to make things new.

Another new thing about 'This Stupid World' : it’s the most live-sounding Yo La Tengo album in years. At the base of nearly every track is the trio playing all at once, giving everything a right-now feel. Take the signature combination of hypnotic rhythm and spontaneous guitar on “Sinatra Drive Breakdown,” or the steady chug of “Tonight’s Episode,” a blinkered tunnel of forward-moving sound. There’s an immediacy to the music, as if the distance between the first pass and the final product has become more
direct.

The songs on 'This Stupid World 'are still journeys, though. An example is the absorbing, three-dimensional “Brain Capers.” To construct this swirl, the band blends guitar chords, bass loops, drum punches, and various iterations of Hubley and Kaplan's voices intoshifting layers. Simpler but just as dense is closer “Miles Away"; A dubby rhythm lurks
below Hubley’s vocal, which brushes across the song like paint leaving bright blurs.

Throughout the album, these touches, accents, and surprises intensify each piece. It’s ararity – a raw-sounding record that gives you plenty of headphone-worthy detail to chew  on.

'This Stupid World' also gives your brain a lot to digest. All these battles with time drive toward heavy conclusions. In the gripping “Aselestine,” Hubley sings about what sounds like a friend on death's door : “The clock won’t tick / I can’t predict / I can’t sell your books, though you asked me to.” In “Apology Letter,” time turns simple communication into something fraught and confusing: "The words / Derail on the way from me to you.”

Not everything is so serious, though. The absurdist “Tonight’s Episode"  helps McNew learn to milk cows, steal faces, and treat guacamole as a verb. And somehow Alice Cooper, Ray Davies, and Rick Moranis show up in “Brain Capers” — all telling us that time isn’t finished yet.

So I guess everyone on This Stupid World grapples with how time keeps steamrolling and how we keep trying to do something about it. It is there in the title, a defiant but clear-eyed declaration that suggests a will to fight, against the odds. It’s there in the title track too: “This stupid world – it’s killing me / This stupid world – is all we have.” Such realism leads to the resolute optimism of 'This Stupid World's parting shot, “Miles Away,”
which sees time’s passage and life'ss impermanence as things to deal with rather than reasons to despair. “You feel alone / Friends are all gone", Hubley sings softly. "Keep wiping the dust from your eyes.” -
Marc Masters



 



 



 



 



Yo La Tengo on Tour, New Dates In Bold On Sale Friday

Sunday, December 18 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Monday, December 19 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Tuesday, December 20 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Wednesday, December 21 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Thursday, December 22 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Friday, December 23 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Saturday, December 24 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY
Sunday, December 25 Bowery Ballroom, New York NY

Wednesday, February 15 Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
Thursday, February 16 Neptune Theatre, Seattle WA
Friday, February 17 Wild Buffalo, Bellingham WA
Sunday, February 19 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
Monday, February 20 Wonder Ballroom, Portland OR
Wednesday, February 22 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Friday, February 24 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Saturday, February 25 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA
Sunday, February 26 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA
Monday, February 27 Teragram Ballroom, Los Angeles CA|
Thursday, March 9 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Friday, March 10 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Saturday, March 11 Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Monday, March 13 The Basement East, Nashville TN
Tuesday, March 14 The Basement East, Nashville TN
Thursday, March 16 Jefferson Theater, Charlottesville VA
Friday, March 17 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, March 18 Brooklyn Steel, Brooklyn NY
Sunday, March 19 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Tuesday, March 21 Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh PA
Wednesday, March 22 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
Friday, March 24 Metro, Chicago IL
Saturday, March 25 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI
Sunday, March 26 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN
Monday, April 10 3Olympia, Dublin IE
Wednesday, April 12 New Century Hall, Manchester UK
Thursday, April 13 SWX, Bristol UK
Friday, April 14 The London Palladium, London UK
Sunday, April 16 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels BE
Tuesday, April 18 Paradiso, Amsterdam NE
Wednesday, April 19 LantarenVenster, Rotterdam NE
Thursday, April 20 Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg DE
Friday, April 21 Bremen Teater, Copenhagen DK
Sunday, April 23 Gloria Theatre, Cologne DE
Monday, April 24 Meetfactory, Prague CZ
Tuesday, April 25 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Thursday, April 27 La Cigale, Paris FR
Saturday, April 29 Sala Apolo, Barcelona ES
Sunday, April 30 Warm Up Festival, Murcia ES
Tuesday, May 2 Warner Music The Music Station Pricipe Pio, Madrid ES
Wednesday, May 3 Santana 27 Bilbao ES

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Spoon - The Devil & Mister Jones (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)

November 2nd, 2022 at 9:54 am by Malcolm

Stream "The Devil & Mister Jones" (Adrian Sherwood Reconstruction)

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Out Friday, Lucifer on the Moon is the anti-gravity companion to Spoon’s Lucifer on the Sofa. It’s a full-on reimagination of the Austin band's tenth album created by On-U Sound founder and UK dub icon, Adrian Sherwood.

Today, listen to “The Devil and Mr. Jones” (Rework), which twists the original song down to a head-spinning, half-time groove.



Moon flips Lucifer on the Sofa’s rhythm tracks inside-out, and often rebuilds them wholesale. Sherwood supplied extensive additional instrumentation via On-U’s extended family of session players, including bassist Doug Wimbish and drummer Keith LeBlanc (both of whom performed in Sugarhill Records’ early ’80s in-house rhythm section). He dug deep into the album’s multi-tracks, surfacing forgotten details and elements not present in the final album mixes. The result airlifts Spoon’s trademark melodies into lush alien terrain, replete with vibrant echo and rumbling low-end.

Spoon on Tour
Saturday, November 19 Corona Capital Festival, Mexico City MX
Tuesday, December 6 Beacon Theatre, New York NY
Wednesday, December 7 DC101-derland 2022, Washington DC
Thursday, December 8 ALT 104.5's Friendsgiving, Bensalem PA

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Yo La Tengo - Complete Matador Catalog Now Available On Bandcamp

October 31st, 2022 at 10:08 am by Gerard

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Yo La Tengo's entire Matador Records catalog is now available on Bandcamp starting today. This is significant for several reasons, not limited to this coming Friday (November 4) marking another day in which Bandcamp waives their revenue share (aka "Bandcamp Friday"). So if you're a big fan of Matador pocketing more money than usual, wait a few days.

We do realize this announcement will likely provoke replies asking when some other band's entire catalog will be available on Bandcamp and the answer to that question is most assuredly, "someday" or "maybe". Thank you.

Yo La Tengo titles now on Bandcamp:
Painful
Extra Painful
Electr-o-Pura
Genius + Love = Yo La Tengo
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One
And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out
Danelectro
Summer Sun
I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
Popular Songs
Fade
Fade (Deluxe)
Stuff Like That There
There’s a Riot Going On
We Have Amnesia Sometimes
Sleepless Night
 

Circuit des Yeux - "Live At Greenwood Cemetary"

October 28th, 2022 at 9:57 am by Gerard

“Here on hallowed ground soil becomes clogged with tears, sorrow, and embitterment. It’s not fair the way a blade of grass can carry on while us humans wrestle with the mirage of justice.”

On June 7, Haley Fohr, AKA Circuit des Yeux (@circuitdesyeux), joined us at Greenwood Cemetery for an otherworldly installment of Graveyard Shift, alongside Whitney Johnson (@matchesse) on viola. Today on PW Broadcast, we present a video of the performance accompanied by "Learning To Dance Through Loss," a series of poems by Fohr reflecting on that night.

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Circuit des Yeux on tour :

Wednesday, November 3 Empty Bottle, Chicago IL
Friday, November 11 Pioneer Works, Brooklyn NY

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Out Today : Horsegirl - "History Lesson Pt. II"

October 27th, 2022 at 9:00 am by The Management

 



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Horsegirl have made their cover of the Minutemen’s “History Lesson Part 2.” --- previously released as the b-side to the "Billy" 7"  --- available digitally for the first time today. “‘History Lesson Part 2’ has always been a punk manifesto for us,” says Horsegirl. “It was an unusual pick to cover considering the lyrics are so specific to the Minutemen, but we thought there was something appealing too about recording a"History Lesson"; that doesn’t actually give you any history on us."

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