Coming June 21 : Queens of the Stone Age - s/t 2XLP reissue
On June 21 we'll be reissuing the definitive edition of Queens of the Stone Age's 1998 self-titled album . Available on standard black vinyl and on CD from Matador for the first time, the reissue comes on the heels of QOTSA's critically lauded new album, 'In Times New Roman...'
Save 15% on your entire purchase by bundling the ‘Queens of the Stone Age’ 2xLP repress with ‘In Times New Roman…’ via the Matador Store.
(preorder/stream : 'Queens of the Stone Age')
‘Queens of the Stone Age’ Tracklist:
01. Regular John
02. Avon
03. If Only
04. Walkin on the Sidewalks
05. You Would Know
06. The Bronze - Bonus Track
07. How to Handle a Rope (A Lesson in the Lariat)
08. Mexicola
09. Hispanic Impressions
10. You Can't Quit Me Baby
11. These Aren't the Droids You're Looking For
12. Give the Mule What He Wants
13. Spiders and Vinegaroons
14. I Was a Teenage Hand Model
Queens of the Stone Age on Tour
Tickets available at https://qotsa.com/tour/
Friday, May 24 Santa Barbara Bowl, Santa Barbara CA (SOLD OUT)
Sunday, May 26 Bottlerock, Napa CA
Friday, June 7 Rock Am Ring Nürburg DE
Sunday, June 9 Rock Im Park, Nuremburg DE
Tuesday, June 11 Sporthalle Hamburg DE
Friday June 14 Download Festival, Leciestershire UKTuesday, June 18 Coliseum Da Coruña, A Coruna ES
Thursday, June 20 Noches Del Botanico at Jardines Del Botanico, Madrid ES (SOLD OUT)
June 20 – 22, Azkena Rock Festival, Vitoria-Gasteiz ES
Sunday, June 23 Marenostrum, Fuengirola ES
Wednesday, June 26 Alma Festival, Barcelona ES
June 27 – 30, Hellfest, Clisson FRJune 27 – 30, Openair St. Gallen, St Gallen CH
Thursday, July 4 Roma Summer Fest, Rome IT
Friday, July 5 Ama Music Festival, Bassano Del Grappa IT
Saturday, July 6 I-Days, Milan IT
Wednesday, July 10 Jardin Sonore Festival, Vitrolles FR
July 11 – 13 Pohoda Festival Trencin SK
Tuesday, July 16 Zitadella Spandau, Berlin DE
Wednesday, July 17 Colours of Ostrava, Ostrava CZ
Thursday, July 18 Metastadt Open Air, Vienna ATJuly 17 – 21, Electric Castle, Transylvania RO
Tuesday, July 23 SRC Salata, Zagreb HR (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, July 24 SRC Salata, Zagreb HR
Saturday, July 27 Athensrocks Festival 2024, Athens GR
Thursday, August 8 Way out West Festival, Gothenburg DE
Friday, August 9 Oya Festival, Oslo NO
Saturday, August 10 Syd For Solen, Copenhagen DK
Thursday, August 15 Cabaret Vert Festival, Charleville-Merieres FR
August 16 – 18, Lowlands Festival, Biddinghuizen NL
Sunday, August 18 Pukkelpop, Hasselt BE
Wednesday, August 21 Vilar De Mouros Festival, Vilar De Mouros
stream / purchase 'In Times New Roman'
QOTSA ONLINE
WEBSITE
TIKTOK
LIfeguard Summer North American Dates
(photo by Braedon Long)
Lifeguard have confirmed June/July US and Canada dates, most of 'em all-ages. Venues / support info below, new shows in bold.
Thu. Jun 13 – San Francisco, CA – Rickshaw Stop
Fri. Jun 14 – Fullerton, CA – Programme
Sat. Jun 15 – Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room
Wed. Jul 10 – Detroit, MI – Pike Room
Thu. Jul 11 – Toronto, ON – Velvet Underground
Fri. Jul 12 – Montreal, QC – Cabaret Foufounes
Sat. Jul 13 – Somerville, MA – Warehouse XI
Sun. Jul 14 – New York, NY – Summer Thunder (21+)
Mon. Jul 15 – Philadelphia, PA – PhilaMOCA
Tue. Jul 16 – Washington, DC – Comet Ping Pong
Thu. Jul 18 – Cleveland, OH – Mahall's
Sat. Jul 20 – Chicago, IL – Pitchfork Music Festival
Fri. July 26 – Manchester, UK – Yes
Sat. July 27 – Southwold, UK – Latitude
Sun. July 28 – London, UK – Oslo
Wed. July 31 – Berlin, DE – Badehaus
Thu. Aug 1 – Hamburg, DE - Aalhaus
Fri. Aug 2 – Genk, BE – Aff
Sat. Aug 3 – Liege, BE – Micro Festival
Sun. Aug 4 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso Noord
6.14-6.15 w/ Monde UFO
7.10-7.18 w/ Font
stream / purchase 'Dressed In Trenches'
Lifeguard online :
Bandcamp
DARKSIDE - Fall 2024 UK / EU Tour
(photo: Aurelie Sauffier)
Stream / Purchase ‘Spiral’
Stream / Purchase ‘Live at Spiral House’
Stream / Download ‘Psychic’ Expanded Edition
DARKSIDE have announced 2024 UK and European live dates. Marking their second tour in a decade, the shows will commence in Dublin on October 19th, with stops in Edinburgh, Glasgow, London, Istanbul, Thessaloniki, Turin, Paris, Luxembourg, Gent and Brussels, before culminating at Le Guess Who? Festival in Utrecht on November 8th. A full live itinerary can be found below. Tickets go on artist presale on Wednesday, May 15th at 10am local time, local presale on Thursday, May 16th at 10am local time, and general sale on Friday, May 17th at 10am local. The artist presale code is available by signing up to the band’s Telegram channel HERE. Ticket links can be found HERE.
Emerging from time in the studio this year, the three-piece band, now including percussionist and longtime collaborator Tlacael Esparza as a permanent member alongside Chilean electronic musician Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington, will introduce a new stage show, as well as offering fans a glimpse of new music.
DARKSIDE on Tour
Saturday, October 19 Button Factory, Dublin Ireland
Monday, October 21 La Belle, Edinburgh UK
Tuesday, October 22 QMU, Glasgow UK
Thursday, October 24 Alexandra Palace Theatre, London UK
Monday, October 28 Maximum Uniq Openair, Istanbul Turkey
Wednesday, October 30 Principal, Thessaloniki Greece
Friday, November 01 Club to Club, Turin Italy
Sunday, November 03 L'Olympia, Paris France
Tuesday, November 05 Den Atelier, Luxembourg
Wednesday, November 06 De Vooruit, Gent Belgium
Thursday, November 07 Ancienne Belgique, Brussels Belgium
Friday, November 08 Le Guess Who? Utrecht, Netherlands
DARKSIDE Online
website
Darkside at Matador
Out Today : Mdou Moctar - 'Funeral For Justice'
photo by Nelson Antonio Espinal
(stream/purchase 'Funeral For Justice')
'Funeral For Justice', the incendiary new album from MDOU MOCTAR is out today and available in shops, streaming everywhere, and is either on the way to your doorstep or shall be after you've read this post.
‘Funeral for Justice’ Tracklist
- Funeral For Justice
- Imouhar
- Takoba
- Sousoume
- Imagerhan
- Tchinta
- Djallo #1
- Oh France
- Modern Slaves
There's a Bandcamp Listening Party for 'Funeral For Justice' today at 2pm eastern / 11am pacific. The band's Mikey Coulton will be answering questions in the chat.
Limited edition red vinyl (available at the Matador / Mdou Moctar stores and at shops outside of the US)
T-shirt bundle (available to purchase with an LP, or purchase separately)
Picture disc available exclusive at the Matador / Mdou Moctar stores.
Mdou Moctar on Tour
Tickets on sale at mdoumoctar.com
Wednesday, June 5 Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City NJ *
Thursday, June 6 The Abbey Bar at ABC, Harrisburg PA *
Friday, June 7 Cheers Brown's Island, Richmond VA
Saturday, June 8 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC ^
Sunday, June 9 The Orange Peel, Asheville NC ^
Tuesday, June 11 Pour House, Charleston SC ^
Wednesday, June 12 Saturn, Birmingham AL ^
Thursday, June 13 Terminal West, Atlanta GA ^
Friday, June 14 Bonnaroo, Manchester TN
Saturday, June 15 The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis IN #
Tuesday, June 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL +
Wednesday, June 19 Magic Bag, Detroit MI +
Thursday, June 20 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH +
Friday, June 21 Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY +
Saturday, June 22 Green River Music Festival, Greenfield MA +
Sunday, June 23 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA +
Wednesday, June 26 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY +
Thursday, June 27 9:30 Club, Washington DC +
Friday, June 28 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA +
Wednesday, July 3 Electric Brixton, London UK
Sunday, July 7 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen NL
Monday, August 19 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Tuesday, August 20 UT Kreuzberg, Leipzig DE
Wednesday, August 21 Ampere, Munich DE
Thursday, August 22 Magnolia Summerstage, Milan IT
Sunday, August 25 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Monday, August 26 OLT Revierenhof, Antwerp BE
Tuesday, August 27 Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
Friday, August 30 End of the Road Festival, Dorset UK
Saturday, August 31 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester UK
Sunday, September 1 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham UK
Monday, September 2 Saint Luke's, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, September 3 Boiler Shop, Newcastle UK
Wednesday, September 4 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
* w/ BODEGA
^ w/ Bat Fangs
# w/ Lia Kohl
+ w/ J.R.C.G
Mdou Moctar Online
Official site
TikTok
Mdou Moctar - "Oh France"
"Oh France"
(photo by Ebru Yildiz)
On Friday, Mdou Moctar will release the greatly anticipated new album, 'Funeral for Justice'. Today, you can hear the record’s penultimate track, “Oh France,” a fiery indictment of French colonialism that stands among the group’s heaviest songs to date.
(stream / downlaod "Oh France")
(presave/preorder 'Funeral For Justice')
On Friday, Bandcamp will host a listening party for the album with Mdou Moctar bassist and producer Mikey Coltun on hand to answer questions throughout playback.
Mdou Moctar on Tour
Tickets on sale at mdoumoctar.com
Wednesday, June 5 Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City NJ *
Thursday, June 6 The Abbey Bar at ABC, Harrisburg PA *
Friday, June 7 Cheers Brown's Island, Richmond VA
Saturday, June 8 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC ^
Sunday, June 9 The Orange Peel, Asheville NC ^
Tuesday, June 11 Pour House, Charleston SC ^
Wednesday, June 12 Saturn, Birmingham AL ^
Thursday, June 13 Terminal West, Atlanta GA ^
Friday, June 14 Bonnaroo, Manchester TN
Saturday, June 15 The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis IN #
Tuesday, June 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL +
Wednesday, June 19 Magic Bag, Detroit MI +
Thursday, June 20 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH +
Friday, June 21 Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY +
Saturday, June 22 Green River Music Festival, Greenfield MA +
Sunday, June 23 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA +
Wednesday, June 26 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY +
Thursday, June 27 9:30 Club, Washington DC +
Friday, June 28 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA +
Wednesday, July 3 Electric Brixton, London UK
Sunday, July 7 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen NL
Monday, August 19 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Tuesday, August 20 UT Kreuzberg, Leipzig DE
Wednesday, August 21 Ampere, Munich DE
Thursday, August 22 Magnolia Summerstage, Milan IT
Sunday, August 25 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Monday, August 26 OLT Revierenhof, Antwerp BE
Tuesday, August 27 Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
Friday, August 30 End of the Road Festival, Dorset UK
Saturday, August 31 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester UK
Sunday, September 1 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham UK
Monday, September 2 Saint Luke's, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, September 3 Boiler Shop, Newcastle UK
Wednesday, September 4 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
* w/ BODEGA
^ w/ Bat Fangs
# w/ Lia Kohl
+ w/ J.R.C.G
Mdou Moctar Online
Official site
TikTok
Belle and Sebastian - "What Happened To You, Son?"
(photo: Anna Isola Crolla)
Stream / Download "What Happened To You, Son?"
Stream / Purchase 'Late Developers'
Ahead of the launch of their coast-to-coast North American tour this month, Belle and Sebastian have released a brand new song, ‘What Happened to You, Son?’ Listen HERE.
Stuart Murdoch says on the song:
“‘What Happened to You, Son?’ got pulled rather randomly from the last LP because the LP felt one track too long. Out it came.
The song is about my youth, and the funny hole I fell into in my late teens. I was failing at my university course, failing in almost everything I tried around then. I was obsessed with the music of the time, I used to hang so much on the lyrics and message and feeling of certain bands of the 80s era – it probably wasn’t healthy.
So although the theme of this song is a little accusatory, the fault is with the beholder. I could have switched off at any time. Instead I let the singers become my penpals and my deities.
The song tries to address what happens when the pop stars grow up, and change, and go a different way, and seem to betray the stance they held when you loved them the most.
The song finishes hopefully, however. There’s always a way forward, always a light to guide you if you look closely, if you give up part of yourself, if you let yourself flow and change.”
On the 2nd and 3rd of August, the band will host a brand-new Bowlie event: ‘The Glasgow Weekender’. Held at Glasgow’s SWG3, the two-day concert series will include two headline B&S sets as well as performances by Camera Obscura, The Vaselines, CMAT, and many more. Day tickets are available here.
Full dates for the band’s first state-side dates in nearly two years, including festival and headline stops in New York, DC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and points between, with support along the way by Haley Heynderickx and The Weather Station, can be found below.
Belle and Sebastian on Tour
TICKETS
North America
Tuesday, April 23 The Eastern, Atlanta GA +
Wednesday, April 24 The National, Richmond VA +
Friday, April 26 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA &
Saturday, April 27 Orpheum Theatre, Boston MA &
Sunday, April 28 M Telus, Montreal QC &
Monday, April 29 History, Toronto ON &
Wednesday, May 1 Paramount Theater, New York NY &
Thursday, May 2 The Anthem, Washington DC &
Friday, May 3 Royal Oak Music Theatre, Detroit MI &
Saturday, May 4 Salt Shed, Chicago IL &
Monday, May 6 Bell’s Eccentric Cafe, Kalamazoo MI +
Tuesday, May 7 Turner Hall Ballroom, Milwaukee WI +
Wednesday, May 8 First Avenue, Minneapolis MN +
Friday, May 10 The Fillmore Auditorium, Denver CO &
Monday, May 13 The Bellwether, Los Angeles CA &
Tuesday, May 14 The Bellwether, Los Angeles CA &
Wednesday, May 15 The Theater at Ace Hotel, Los Angeles CA +
Thursday, May 16 Fox Theater, Oakland CA &
Saturday, May 18 Revolution Hall, Portland OR &
Sunday, May 19 Moore Theatre, Seattle WA &
Europe
May 25 – Madrid, ES @ Tomavistas Festival
May 27 – Merignac, FR @ Le Krakatoa
May 28 – Paris, FR @ Salle Pleyel
June 7 – Berlin, DE @ Admiralspalast
June 8 – Hamburg, DE @ ELBJAZZ 2024
June 9 – Koln, DE @ Gloria-Theater
June 11 – Feyzin, FR @ L’Epicerie Moderne Feyzin
June 12 – Nimes, FR @ Paloma - Grande Salle
June 13 – Donostia, ES @ Kursaal
June 15 - Calvià, Spain @ Mallorca Live Festival
June 29 – Brussels, BE @ Ancienne Belgique
June 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ Amsterdam Bostheater
July 2 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus
July 3 - Oslo, NO @ Sentrum Scene
July 4 - Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival
August 2 – Glasgow, UK @ The Glasgow Weekender
August 3 – Glasgow, UK @ The Glasgow Weekender
August 17 - Tokyo, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival
August 18 - Osaka, JP @ Summer Sonic Festival
w/ + Haley Heynderickx
w/ & The Weather Station
Belle and Sebastian Online
Official site
Mdou Moctar - "Imouhar" Live Outside The School (Agadez, Niger)
Pre-order 'Funeral for Justice'
Mdou Moctar has released a live rendition of his brand new song "Imouhar," taken from the forthcoming album 'Funeral for Justice' (out May 3), recorded in Agadez, Niger. Bassist / Producer Mikey Coulton said of the new video:
At the beginning of 2023 we all met up in Agadez, Niger. It was the first time the band was all together in Agadez in years. It felt special. The idea was to set up a bunch of generator shows throughout Agadez in that week and record it all. 'Outside The School' was one of the very first locations we shot. We set up all the gear, plugged in a generator that powered the lights, amps, and recording setup, and handed out a couple Iphones on gimbels to a couple of our friends, Guichene, and Ahmoudou with the one instruction, 'don't hit the stop button'. With no advertisement ahead of time for these shows the kids heard the music, and they came. When they hear Mdou Moctar, they freak out.
The word Imouhar is the Tuareg equivalent to "brother" or "comrade.” It’s a familial way to say “Tuareg people” that expresses a shared bond.
Recorded by : Mikey Coltun & Nelson Antonio Espinal
Mixed and Mastered by : Seth Manchester at Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI
Shot by : Mohammed Guichen, Ahmoudou Mohamed
Edited by: Tiff Pritchett
Mdou Moctar on Tour
TICKETS
Sunday, April 14 Coachella, Indio CA
Sunday, April 21 Coachella, Indio CA
Wednesday, June 5 Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City NJ
Thursday, June 6 The Abbey Bar at ABC, Harrisburg PA
Friday, June 7 Friday Cheers Brown's Island
Saturday, June 8 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC
Sunday, June 9 The Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Tuesday, June 11 Pour House, Charleston SC
Wednesday, June 12 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Thursday, June 13 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 14 Bonnaroo, Manchester TN
Saturday, June 15 The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis IN
Tuesday, June 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL
Wednesday, June 19 Magic Bag, Detroit MI
Thursday, June 20 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
Friday, June 21 Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY
Saturday, June 22 Green River Music Festival, Greenfield MA
Sunday, June 23 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
Wednesday, June 26 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Thursday, June 27 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Friday, June 28 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Wednesday, July 3 Electric Brixton, London UK
Sunday, July 7 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen NL
Monday, August 19 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Tuesday, August 20 UT Kreuzberg, Leipzig DE
Wednesday, August 21 Ampere, Munich DE
Thursday, August 22 Magnolia Summerstage, Milan IT
Sunday, August 25 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Monday, August 26 OLT Revierenhof, Antwerp BE
Tuesday, August 27 Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
Friday, August 30 End of the Road Festival, Dorset UK
Saturday, August 31 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester UK
Sunday, September 1 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham UK
Monday, September 2 Saint Luke's, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, September 3 Boiler Shop, Newcastle UK
Wednesday, September 4 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Mdou Moctar Online
Official site
TikTok
Spoon - New U.S. Dates This August/Septmber
The following Spoon shows go on general sale this Friday at 10am local time
tickets : spoontheband.com
Thursday, August 8 Hayden Homes Amphitheater, Bend OR %
Friday, August 9 Thing Festival, Carnation WA
Saturday, August 10 Knitting Factory, Boise ID *
Sunday, August 11 Canyons Village, Park City UT *
Wednesday, August 14 Red Rocks, Denver CO @
Thursday, August 15 Red Rocks, Denver CO @
Friday, August 16 Belly Up, Aspen CO *
Friday, September 6 Fargo Brewing, Fargo ND #
Tuesday, September 10 Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON *
Wednesday, September 11 Bronson Ctr Theater, Ottawa ON *
Friday, September 13 Harvest Jazz and Blues Festival, Frederickton, NB
Saturday, September 14 Theatre Beanfield, Montreal QC *
Sunday, September 15 Higher Ground, Burlington VT *
Tuesday, September 17 Electric City, Buffalo NY *
Wednesday, September 18 Roxian, Pittsburgh PA *
*w/ A Giant Dog
% w/ St. Vincent
@ w/ The Revivalists
# w/ Phantogram
Spoon Online
Official Site
Bandcamp
Kim Gordon - "BYE BYE" on Jimmy Kimmel Live
Stream / Purchase 'The Collective'
Last night, Kim Gordon made her solo late night television debut, performing “BYE BYE” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! The song comes off of her second solo album, 'The Collective,' which was released to critical acclaim in March. Kim Gordon has also announced another run of tour dates kicking off in Minneapolis on June 7, with stops in Chicago, Detroit, Philadelphia, Asheville and more in the US as well as shows and festival plays across Europe and the UK including Paris, London, Munich, Prague, and more.
Kim Gordon on Tour (new dates in bold)
(Tickets)
Friday, May 31 De Vooruit, Belgium BE
Friday, June 7 Fine Line, Minneapolis MN
Saturday, June 8 Beyond the Gate @ Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago IL
Sunday, June 9 El Club, Detroit MI
Monday, June 10 Axis Club, Toronto ON (SOLD OUT)
Wednesday, June 12 Basilica Hudson, Hudson NY
Friday, June 14 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, June 15 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Monday, June 17 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville KY
Tuesday, June 18 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Wednesday, June 19 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 21 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Saturday, June 22 Out and About Festival, Vienna VA
Tuesday, June 25 Koko, London UK
Wednesday, June 26 O2 Institute2 Birmingham, Birmingham UK
Friday, June 28 Elevate Festival, Graz AZ
Saturday, June 29 Siren's Call 2024, Luxumbourg
Monday, July 1 Muffatwerk, Munich DE
Tuesday, July 2 Meet Factory, Prague CZ
Wednesday, July 3 Open’er Festival, Gydnia PL
Friday, July 5 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde DK
Sunday, July 28 Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba JP
Kim Gordon Online
Official Website
Interpol - Live at Zocálo, Mexico City
Interpol will play the biggest show of their career at Mexico City’s 280,000 capacity main ceremonial square, the Plaza de la Constitución, better known as Zócalo, on Saturday April 20th. The show comes at the request of the Mexican Secretary of Culture, Claudia Curiel de Icaza. Fellow Matador artist Water From Your Eyes joins as direct support.
The band stated via Instagram:
Estamos absolutamente electrificados de emoción al anunciar que daremos un concierto gratuito para nuestros fans mexicanos, y de hecho, para fans de todas partes, en el Zócalo en el corazón de la Ciudad de México el sábado 20 de abril de 2024.
¡Es un sueño para nosotros poder actuar en un escenario tan icónico e histórico! Vamos a ponerle ganas, así que vayan o "be square," como dicen.
Más información próximamente.
We are absolutely electric with excitement to announce that we will be playing a free concert for our Mexican fans - and fans from all over for that matter - at the Zócalo in the heart of Mexico City on Saturday April 20, 2024.
It’s a dream for us to be able to perform in such an iconic and historic setting! We are gonna give it some ganas, so be there or be square as they say.
More information to follow soon.
This news follows Interpol's recent announcement that they will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their sophomore album 'Antics' with dates in the United Kingdom this fall.
Interpol on Tour
TICKETS
Saturday, April 20 Zocálo, Mexico City MX
Friday, May 2 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade - Heaven
Sunday, May 5 Houston, TX Revention Music Center
Monday, May 6 San Antonio, TX Boeing Center at Tech Port
Tuesday, May 7 El Paso, TX El Paso County Coliseum
Wednesday, May 8 Mesa, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
Friday, May 10 Las Vegas, NV The Theater, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
Saturday, May 11 Pasadena, CA Brookside at the Rose Bowl
Sunday, May 26 Cali, Colombia Orquideorama
Tuesday, May 28 Lima, Peru Costa 21
Friday, May 31 Santiago, Chile Teatro Caupolicán
Sunday, June 2 Buenos Aires, Argentina Luna Park
Wednesday, June 5 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vivo Rio
Friday, June 7 São Paulo, Brazil Audio Clube
Wednesday, June 19 Mönchengladbach, Germany SparkassenPark
Friday, June 21 Hannover, Germany ZAG Arena
Saturday, June 22 Berlin, Germany Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
Monday, June 24 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle Wien
Tuesday, June 25 Gardone Riviera, Italy Anfiteatro del Vittoriale
Friday, June 28 Antwerp, Belgium Middenvijver Linkeroever
Saturday, June 29 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
Friday, November 1 The Halls, Wolverhampton UK
Saturday, November 2 O2 Apollo, Manchester UK
Monday, November 4 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, November 5 O2 City Hall, Newcastle UK
Thursday, November 7 Beacon, Bristol UK
Friday, November 8 Alexandra Palace, London UK
Interpol Online
Official Site
YouTube Channel
Mdou Moctar - "Imouhar"
"Imouhar", directed by Lauren Greenhall
photo by Ebru Yildiz
(stream/download "Imouhar")
(presave/preorder 'Funeral For Justice')
Mdou Moctar have released a new single and video, "Imouhar", taken from the group’s forthcoming album, 'Funeral For Justice', out May 3rd. A hypnotic rock song building to a feverish crescendo, ‘Imouhar’ calls on the Tuareg people to which the band belong to preserve their Tamasheq language - it's at risk of dying out, and Moctar is one of the few in his community who knows how to write it. "People here are just using French," says Mdou. "They're starting to forget their own language. We feel like in a hundred years no one will speak good Tamasheq, and that's so scary for us." Watch the video, directed by Laura Greenhall above.
In April, the band will return to the US to perform at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival. In June, they will launch US and European headlining tours with festival appearances at Bonnaroo, Green River, Glastonbury, and End of the Road, among others. Find a complete itinerary below
‘Funeral for Justice’ Tracklist
- Funeral For Justice
- Imouhar
- Takoba
- Sousoume
- Imagerhan
- Tchinta
- Djallo #1
- Oh France
- Modern Slaves
Mdou Moctar on Tour
TICKETS
Sunday, April 14 Coachella, Indio CA
Sunday, April 21 Coachella, Indio CA
Wednesday, June 5 Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City NJ
Thursday, June 6 The Abbey Bar at ABC, Harrisburg PA
Friday, June 7 Friday Cheers Brown's Island
Saturday, June 8 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC
Sunday, June 9 The Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Tuesday, June 11 Pour House, Charleston SC
Wednesday, June 12 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Thursday, June 13 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 14 Bonnaroo, Manchester TN
Saturday, June 15 The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis IN
Tuesday, June 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL
Wednesday, June 19 Magic Bag, Detroit MI
Thursday, June 20 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
Friday, June 21 Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY
Saturday, June 22 Green River Music Festival, Greenfield MA
Sunday, June 23 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
Wednesday, June 26 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Thursday, June 27 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Friday, June 28 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Wednesday, July 3 Electric Brixton, London UK
Sunday, July 7 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen NL
Monday, August 19 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Tuesday, August 20 UT Kreuzberg, Leipzig DE
Wednesday, August 21 Ampere, Munich DE
Thursday, August 22 Magnolia Summerstage, Milan IT
Sunday, August 25 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Monday, August 26 OLT Revierenhof, Antwerp BE
Tuesday, August 27 Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
Friday, August 30 End of the Road Festival, Dorset UK
Saturday, August 31 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester UK
Sunday, September 1 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham UK
Monday, September 2 Saint Luke's, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, September 3 Boiler Shop, Newcastle UK
Wednesday, September 4 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Mdou Moctar Online
Official site
TikTok
Out Today: Butthole Surfers LP Reissues + "I Hate My Job (First Take)" + Matador Revisionist History Podcast Ep. 13
(photo: Pat Blashill)
Purchase / Stream Butthole Surfers Remastered Reissues
Today, March 22nd, sees the release of the first tranche of remastered key catalog titles by legendary San Antonio, Texas band The Butthole Surfers on Matador Records: Psychic...Powerless...Another Man's Sac, Rembrandt Pussyhorse, and PCPPEP.
Marking the occasion, the band have unearthed and remastered an alternate version of their 1983 track ‘I Hate My Job’ with a new animated video.
In addition, the band’s Paul Leary and King Coffey appear on the latest episode of the Matador Revisionist History Podcast, out today. In conversation with Matt Sweeney, they discuss the influence of the Meat Puppets and Run D.M.C., the Texas music scene with Dicks, Big Boys and others, early days on the road, run-ins with the fire department and much more. Listen HERE.
Previously, the band released a new video for Psychic… song ‘Butthole Surfer’, featuring rarely seen photographs of the band shot by Gail Butensky during the 1980s. Watch HERE.
Further remastered titles will follow on vinyl in autumn, including Locust Abortion Technician, Hairway to Steven, and Cream Corn from the Socket of Davis, plus EPs and other material recorded during the band’s strange, grotesque, and ultimately unparalleled first decade. All the releases are available digitally HERE.
The Butthole Surfers were formed in 1981 by vocalist Gibby Haynes and guitarist Paul Leary. Drummer King Coffey joined in 1983. Together, they have remained the band’s three constant members across various recording sessions and touring incarnations.
Butthole Surfers Online
Bandcamp
Interpol - 'Antics' 20th Anniversary UK Tour
Purchase / Stream 'Antics'
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of 'Antics', Interpol have announced several new headlining dates in the United Kingdom set for November 2024, playing the album in full. General on-sale begins next Friday, March 22nd with pre-sale beginning via the band's mailing list next Wednesday at 9am GMT.
Interpol on Tour, 'Antics' Anniversary Dates in Bold
TICKETS
May 2, 2024 Atlanta, GA, US The Masquerade - Heaven
May 5, 2024 Houston, TX, US Revention Music Center
May 6, 2024 San Antonio, TX, US Boeing Center at Tech Port
May 7, 2024 El Paso, TX, US El Paso County Coliseum
May 8, 2024 Mesa, AZ, US Mesa Amphitheatre
May 10, 2024 Las Vegas, NV, US The Theater, Virgin Hotels Las Vegas
May 11, 2024 Pasadena, CA, US Brookside at the Rose Bowl
May 26, 2024 Cali, Colombia Orquideorama
May 28, 2024 Lima, Peru Costa 21
May 31, 2024 Santiago, Chile Teatro Caupolicán
Jun 2, 2024 Buenos Aires, Argentina Luna Park
Jun 5, 2024 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Vivo Rio
Jun 7, 2024 São Paulo, Brazil Audio Clube
Jun 19, 2024 Mönchengladbach, Germany SparkassenPark
Jun 21, 2024 Hannover, Germany ZAG Arena
Jun 22, 2024 Berlin, Germany Kindl-Bühne Wuhlheide
Jun 24, 2024 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle Wien
Jun 25, 2024 Gardone Riviera, Italy Anfiteatro del Vittoriale
Jun 28, 2024 Antwerp, Belgium Middenvijver Linkeroever
Jun 29, 2024 Rotterdam, Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy
Friday, November 1 The Halls, Wolverhampton UK
Saturday, November 2 O2 Apollo, Manchester UK
Monday, November 4 Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, November 5 O2 City Hall, Newcastle UK
Thursday, November 7 Beacon, Bristol UK
Friday, November 8 Alexandra Palace, London UK
Interpol Online
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Coming July 12 : Pavement - 'Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques'
photo by Kevin Westenberg
preorder 'Cautionary Tales ; Jukebox Classiques'
'Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques' is a limited-edition box set featuring Pavement’s complete catalog of 7” singles released 1989-1999. It will include 18 records total, covering music originally released on Treble Kicker, Drag City, Matador, Big Cat, and Domino. All faithfully reproduced with original artwork, plus a 24-page threaded saddle-stitched booklet and full discographical history.
'Cautionary Tales' is available exclusively through mail order and will be strictly limited to pre-orders only. The box is available to pre-order now with the window closing for good on April 22. Delivery is expected by July 12.
If that seems like a long wait, the complete collection has been made available today on streaming services. It offers a comprehensive overview of the Pavement’s career,representing every hit, non-hit, b-side, and R.E.M. tribute – at least, all the ones that anybody bothered to press to a 7” single.
(bundle : 'Cautionary Tales' + 'Terror Twilight' box)
'Cautionary Tales: Jukebox Classiques' Track List
- Slay Tracks 1933-1969 (Self-released on Treble Kicker 1989 Tk001)
A1. You’re Killing Me
A2. Box Elder
A3. Maybe Maybe
B1. She Believes (edit)
B2. Price Yeah!2. Demolition Plot J-7 (Released on Drag City June 1990 DC 2)
A1. Fork Lift
A2. Spizzle Trunk
A3. Recorder Grot
B1. Internal K-Dart
B2. Perfect Depth
B3. Recorder Grot (Rally)3. Summer Babe (Released on Drag City 1991 DC 9)
A1. Summer Babe
B1. Mercy Snack
B2. Baptiss Blacktick4. Trigger Cut (Released on Matador August 1992 OLE-042-7)
A1. Trigger Cut
B1. Sue Me Jack
B2. So Stark (You’re A Skyscraper)
5. Cut Your Hair (Released on Matador January 1994 OLE-082-7)
A1. Cut Your Hair
B1. Camera
B2. Stare
6. Gold Soundz (Released on Matador June 1994 OLE-101-7)
A1. Gold Soundz
A2. Kneeling Bus
B1. Strings Of Nashville
B2. Exit Theory
7. Range Life (Released on Big Cat January 1994 ABB 77S)
A1. Range Life
B1. Raft
B2. Coolin’ By Sound
8. Rattled By The Rush (Released on Matador March 1995 OLE-134-7)
A1. Rattled By La Rush
B1. False Skorpion
B2. Easily Fooled
9. Father To a Sister of Thought (Released on Matador June 1995 OLE-169-7)
A1. Father To A Sister of Thought
B1. Kriss Kraft
B2. Mussle Rock (Is A Horse In Transiton)
10. Pacific Trim (Released on Matador February 1996 OLE-188-7)
A1. Give It A Day
A2. Gangsters & Pranksters
B1. Saganaw
B2. I Love Perth
11. Stereo (Released by Domino January 1997 RUG 51)
A1. Stereo
B1. Birds In The Majic Industry*
* Full version, Original B-side was edited instrumental
12. Shady Lane (Released by Domino 1997 RUG 53)
A1. Shady Lane (Krossfader)
B1. Unseen Power Of The Picket Fence
13. Spit On A Stranger (Released by Matador 1999 OLE-384-7)
A1. Spit On A Stranger
B1. Harness Your Hopes (Live in Brixton)*
* New B side. Original B Side was “And Then” also featured on the European Carrot Rope 7”
14. Carrot Rope (Released by Domino May 1999 RUG 90
A1. Carrot Rope
B1. And Then
15. Major Leagues (Released by Domino October 1999 RUG 96)
A1. Major Leagues
B1. Your Time To Change
B2. Stub Your Toe
C1. Major Leagues (Demo)
C2. Decouvert De Soleil
D1. The Killing Moon
D2. The Classical
16. Haunt You Down (Released by Matador February 1994 OLE-087-7)
A1. Haunt You Down
B1. Jam Kids
17. Black Out (Released by Matador November 2006 OLE-749-7)
A1.Black Out
B1. Extradition
Pavement on tour :Monday, May 13 Teatro Coliseo, Santiago CL
Wednesday, May 15 C Compejo Art Media, Buenos Aires AR
Friday, May 17 La Trastienda Montevideo, Montevideo UY
May 18 – 19 C6 Fest 2024, São Paolo BR
Pavement Online
Pavement – official site
Pavement at Bandcamp
Out Today : Kim Gordon - 'The Collective'
(stream/purchase 'The Collective')
photo by Danielle Neu
'The Collective', the highly acclaimed second solo album from Kim Gordon is available today (Friday March 8) at finer record shops and via streaming services worldwide.
‘The Collective’ Tracklist
01. BYE BYE
02. The Candy House
03. I Don’t Miss My Mind
04. I’m a Man
05. Trophies
06. It’s Dark Inside
07. Psychedelic Orgasm
08. Tree House
09. Shelf Warmer
10. The Believers
11. Dream Dollar
Kim Gordon on Tour (new dates in bold)
(Tickets)
Thursday, March 21 Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Friday, March 22 Black Cat, Washington DC
Saturday, March 23 Knockdown Center, Queens NY ( with Kelsey Lu, L'Rain, Bill Nace + Circuit des Yeux, Full Size, Matt Krefting)
Wednesday, March 27 Regent Theater, Los Angeles CA
Friday, March 29 Ventura Music Hall, Ventura CA
Saturday, March 30 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Friday, June 7 Fine Line, Minneapolis MN
Saturday, June 8 Beyond the Gate @ Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago IL
Sunday, June 9 El Club, Detroit MI
Monday, June 10 Axis Club, Toronto ON
Wednesday, June 12 Basilica Hudson, Hudson NY
Friday, June 14 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, June 15 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Monday, June 17 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville KY
Tuesday, June 18 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Wednesday, June 19 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 21 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Saturday, June 22 Out and About Festival, Vienna VA
Tuesday, June 25 Koko, London UK
Wednesday, June 26 O2 Institute2 Birmingham, Birmingham UK
Friday, June 28 Elevate Festival, Graz AZ
Monday, July 1 Muffatwerk, Munich DE
Tuesday, July 2 Meet Factory, Prague CZ
Wednesday, July 3 Open’er Festival, Gydnia PL
Friday, July 5 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde DK
Sunday, July 28 Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba JP
Kim Gordon Online
Official Website
Kim Gordon - "Psychedelic Orgasm"
"Psychedelic Orgasm"
directed by Kim Gordon and Vice Cooler
(stream / download "Psychedelic Orgasm")
(presave/preorder 'The Collective')
Kim Gordon will release her highly anticipated second solo album, 'The Collective', this Friday, March 8.. Today, she offers one more early taste of the album with “Psychedelic Orgasm.”
A video for the track is also out today, directed by Kim Gordon and musician/filmmaker/producer Vice Cooler. With its quick cuts and upside down tableaus of desiccated pumpkins, giant inflatables and shopping mall escalators, the Los Angeles-set clip is as disorienting as “Psychedelic Orgasm” itself.
(photo by Danielle Neu)
‘The Collective’ Tracklist
01. BYE BYE
02. The Candy House
03. I Don’t Miss My Mind
04. I’m a Man
05. Trophies
06. It’s Dark Inside
07. Psychedelic Orgasm
08. Tree House
09. Shelf Warmer
10. The Believers
11. Dream Dollar
Kim Gordon on Tour (new dates in bold)
(Tickets)
Thursday, March 21 Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Friday, March 22 Black Cat, Washington DC
Saturday, March 23 Knockdown Center, Queens NY ( with Kelsey Lu, L'Rain, Bill Nace + Circuit des Yeux, Full Size, Matt Krefting)
Wednesday, March 27 Regent Theater, Los Angeles CA
Friday, March 29 Ventura Music Hall, Ventura CA
Saturday, March 30 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Friday, June 7 Fine Line, Minneapolis MN
Saturday, June 8 Beyond the Gate @ Bohemian National Cemetery, Chicago IL
Sunday, June 9 El Club, Detroit MI
Monday, June 10 Axis Club, Toronto ON
Wednesday, June 12 Basilica Hudson, Hudson NY
Friday, June 14 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Saturday, June 15 Mr. Smalls Theatre, Pittsburgh PA
Monday, June 17 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville KY
Tuesday, June 18 The Grey Eagle, Asheville NC
Wednesday, June 19 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 21 Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro NC
Saturday, June 22 Out and About Festival, Vienna VA
Tuesday, June 25 Koko, London UK
Wednesday, June 26 O2 Institute2 Birmingham, Birmingham UK
Friday, June 28 Elevate Festival, Graz AZ
Monday, July 1 Muffatwerk, Munich DE
Tuesday, July 2 Meet Factory, Prague CZ
Wednesday, July 3 Open’er Festival, Gydnia PL
Friday, July 5 Roskilde Festival, Roskilde DK
Sunday, July 28 Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba JP
Kim Gordon Online
Official Website
Coming May 3rd: Mdou Moctar - 'Funeral for Justice'
(photo: Ebru Yildiz)
Pre-order 'Funeral For Justice' / Stream "Funeral for Justice"
Out May 3, ‘Funeral for Justice’ is the new album by Mdou Moctar. Recorded at the close of two years spent touring the globe following the release of 2021 breakout ‘Afrique Victime,’ it captures the Nigerien quartet in ferocious form. The music is louder, faster, and more wild. The guitar solos are feedback-scorched and the lyrics are passionately political. Nothing is held back or toned down. Watch a video for the album’s blistering title track HERE. The quartet will perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in April and will embark on a headline tour in June with dates in the US, UK, and EU. Find a complete itinerary below.
Damon Locks (Black Monument Ensemble) on ‘Funeral for Justice’:
There is a beauty in listening to music made in the spirit of energetic transformation. When the sounds transform the air and the listener. This record transports the listener into the heart of the music of Mdou Moctar. The blending of intention and motivation creates a burst of sound that embraces and shakes and invites one to dance! It invites one to breathe. It invites one to be in solidarity with the music. It invites one to be in touch with the human condition. What does it mean to be free in these times? Can the world be liberated from the colonial mindstate that has caused such harm and mistrust? Can we mourn our losses yet build anew to form something more astounding, more fantastic? ‘Funeral for Justice’ says we can.
A sound that carries weight makes an impact. A sound that carries time transcends time. We are not only listening to music but we are living through it. We are living with it. We are living in it. The artist sees history and makes poetry from it for the present. Mdou Moctar’s ‘Funeral for Justice’ requests your presence. Show up open to the celebration of life, loved as it should be loved. Experience the exaltation and exuberance. The words speak of ascension, awareness, sorrow, apathy, knowing, and growth. The guitars speak of power, energy, jubilation, transcendency, immediacy, and tradition. The drums and percussion mark the pulse of now as well as a timeless dance that involves us all, as it did those that came before us. The wires that carry the message feel alive with fire and purpose, explosive with possibility. This “funeral” is an acknowledgment. This “funeral” is abundant. This “funeral” overflows into the street filled with dance. This “funeral” stretches late into the night, kicking up the dirt, with the hum of a generator, an ever present member of the rhythm section. This “funeral” is a clarion call for reason and a belief that change is possible.
So join Mdou Moctar in this funeral for justice, knowing rebirth is possible. A new justice is possible. With your voice, your heart, your dance, your stomp, a new justice is born. Mdou Moctar welcomes you with joy and open arms. Be here. Feel here and do, alongside this music. Don’t stand alone, join with others and do. Fight for liberation. Stand against oppression, alongside this music and do!
The songs on ‘Funeral for Justice’ speak unflinchingly to the plight of Niger and of the Tuareg people. "This album is really different for me," explains Moctar, the band’s singer, namesake, and indisputably iconic guitarist. "Now the problems of terrorist violence are more serious in Africa. When the US and Europe came here, they said they're going to help us, but what we see is really different. They never help us to find a solution."
"Mdou Moctar has been a strong anti-colonial band ever since I've been a part of it," says producer and bassist Mikey Coltun, who has been playing with Moctar since 2017. "France came in, fucked up the country, then said ‘you’re free.’ And they’re not." The song ‘Oh France’ tackles this head on: “France veils its actions in cruelty/ We are better without this turbulent relationship/ We must understand their endless lethal games.”
On the lead single and title track, Moctar addresses African leaders directly, bidding them: "Retake control of your countries, rich in resources / Build them and quit sleeping”. The song ‘Sousoume Tamacheq’ deals with the plight of the Tuareg people to which the band belong, and who are mainly spread across three countries: Niger, Mali and Algeria. "Oppressed in all three/In addition to lack of unity, ignorance is the third issue." Another song, ‘Imouhar’, calls on the Tuareg to preserve their Tamasheq language - it's at risk of dying out, and Mdou is one of the few in his community who knows how to write it. "People here are just using French," laments Mdou. "They're starting to forget their own language. We feel like in a hundred years no one will speak good Tamasheq, and that's so scary for us."
Blood Red LP available on the Matador / Mdou stores and at independent record stores outside of the USA
T-shirt available exclusively on the Matador store, available to purchase separately and to bundle with the LP / CD
Picture disc available exclusively at the Mdou / Matador stores
Standard black vinyl and CD available at Matador / Mdou stores and at retailers everywhere
Mdou Moctar in its current iteration is first and foremost a band. Alongside Moctar, it consists of rhythm guitarist Ahmoudou Madassane, drummer Souleymane Ibrahim, and American bassist and producer Mikey Coltun.
The band got their start performing at traditional weddings. These are high energy events – amps are dialed up to 11 and the whole town is invited to attend. "I grew up in the DC punk scene and this is no different," explains Coltun. "It’s a DIY punk show: people bring generators, they crank their amps. Things are broken, but they make it work."
Conveying that energy and feeling of community to a new audience has been an important goal for the band. Their first concerts in the US were sometimes, mistakenly, organized to be tame seated affairs. That’s no longer the case. Over 100s of shows, they’ve proven themselves as one of the world’s most vital rock bands – a group rooted in Tuareg tradition, but undeniably its own singular organism. An Mdou Moctar concert is now recognized to be a place for dancing, if not full-force moshing.
"‘Ilana’ was the gateway album, saying that this is a raw rock band. And ‘Afrique Victime’ was a summation of that vision,” says Coltun, who recorded the entire record over five days in a mostly unfurnished house in upstate New York. “With ‘Funeral for Justice’, I really wanted this to shine with the political message because of everything that's going on. As the band got tighter and heavier live, it made sense to capture this urgency and this aggression – it wasn't a forced thing, it was very natural.”
In July 2023 – after ‘Funeral for Justice’ had been completed – Niger’s democratically elected government was deposed in a military coup. The president was placed under house arrest and the nation plunged into a state of chaos and uncertainty. The French have withdrawn. The area continues to be threatened by terrorism. The band – then on tour in the US – was, for a time, unable to return to their families.
"I don't support the coup," explains Mdou, "but I never in my life liked France in my country. I don't hate France or French people, I don't hate American people either, but I don't support their manipulative policies, what they do in Africa. In 2023 we want to be free, we need to smile, you understand?"
'Funeral for Justice' Track List
1. Funeral For Justice
2. Imouhar
3. Takoba
4. Sousoume
5. Imagerhan
6. Tchinta
7. Djallo #1
8. Oh France
9. Modern Slaves
Mdou Moctar on Tour, Dates in Bold On Sale Friday
TICKETS
Sunday, April 14 Coachella, Indio CA
Sunday, April 21 Coachella, Indio CA
Wednesday, June 5 Anchor Rock Club, Atlantic City NJ
Thursday, June 6 The Abbey Bar at ABC, Harrisburg PA
Friday, June 7 Friday Cheers Brown's Island
Saturday, June 8 Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw NC
Sunday, June 9 The Orange Peel, Asheville NC
Tuesday, June 11 Pour House, Charleston SC
Wednesday, June 12 Saturn, Birmingham AL
Thursday, June 13 Terminal West, Atlanta GA
Friday, June 14 Bonnaroo, Manchester TN
Saturday, June 15 The Hi-Fi, Indianapolis IN
Tuesday, June 18 Thalia Hall, Chicago IL
Wednesday, June 19 Magic Bag, Detroit MI
Thursday, June 20 Beachland Ballroom, Cleveland OH
Friday, June 21 Asbury Hall, Buffalo NY
Saturday, June 22 Green River Music Festival, Greenfield MA
Sunday, June 23 Paradise Rock Club, Boston MA
Wednesday, June 26 Warsaw, Brooklyn NY
Thursday, June 27 9:30 Club, Washington DC
Friday, June 28 Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA
Wednesday, July 3 Electric Brixton, London UK
Sunday, July 7 Down The Rabbit Hole, Beuningen NL
Monday, August 19 Festaal Kreuzberg, Berlin DE
Tuesday, August 20 UT Kreuzberg, Leipzig DE
Wednesday, August 21 Ampere, Munich DE
Thursday, August 22 Magnolia Summerstage, Milan IT
Sunday, August 25 Petit Bain, Paris FR
Monday, August 26 OLT Revierenhof, Antwerp BE
Tuesday, August 27 Paradiso, Amsterdam NL
Friday, August 30 End of the Road Festival, Dorset UK
Saturday, August 31 Manchester Psych Fest, Manchester UK
Sunday, September 1 Moseley Folk Festival, Birmingham UK
Monday, September 2 Saint Luke's, Glasgow UK
Tuesday, September 3 Boiler Shop, Newcastle UK
Wednesday, September 4 The Brudenell Social Club, Leeds UK
Mdou Moctar Online
Official site
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Fucked Up - '44th & Vanderbilt' EP
(photo by David Waldman)
(stream / download '44th & Vanderbilt' EP)
(stream/purchase 'The Chemistry Of Common Life')
Last fall, we celebrated the 15th anniversary of Fucked Up’s ‘The Chemistry of Common Life’ – an era-defining punk LP that also just so happened to be the Canadian band’s Matador Records debut. This Friday, our long-in-the-works orange vinyl 2xLP reissue will finally arrive on shelves.
Today, you can listen to a brand new digital EP, ‘44th & Vanderbilt,’ which compiles three ‘ChemCom’-era session performances with No Age’s excellent remix of “No Epiphany".
We’ve also posted a new episode of the Matador Revisionist History podcast, which finds Mike Haliechuk and Jonah Falco in conversation with former Matador fixture (and current World of Echo proprietor), Natalie Judge. They discuss making the record, recording nine months of overdubs, quitting their day jobs, and asking Michael Stipe to jump on the mic for a Feelies cover at the close of their 12-hour long record release show (spoiler: he passed).
Today, 'The Chemistry of Common Life' remains as conceptually ambitious as it is musically adventurous, pushing through and far beyond the accepted boundaries of punk and hardcore. At the time, we called it “an expansive epic about the mysteries of birth, death, and the origins of life (and re-living). Merging elements of hardcore songwriting with up to 70 tracks of guitars, organs, winds and vocals the music remains iconoclastic and startling.”
Fucked Up Online
Fucked Up website
Kim Gordon - "I'm a Man"
"I'm a Man", directed by Alex Ross Perry
from 'The Collective', out March 8
(stream/download "I'm a Man")
(presave/preorder 'The Collective')
Kim Gordon has released “I’m a Man,” the latest track from her second solo album, 'The Collective'. Atop a dark, churning soundscape, Gordon ruminates on the lost role of “traditional masculinity” and the role of capitalism in its demise.
An evocative video for “I’m a Man” premieres today, serving as a perfect visual accompaniment to the song’s expressive lyrics and pulsing sound. It stars Coco Gordon Moore and Conor Fay and was directed by filmmaker Alex Ross Perry.
(photo by Danielle Neu)
‘The Collective’ Tracklist
01. BYE BYE
02. The Candy House
03. I Don’t Miss My Mind
04. I’m a Man
05. Trophies
06. It’s Dark Inside
07. Psychedelic Orgasm
08. Tree House
09. Shelf Warmer
10. The Believers
11. Dream Dollar
Kim Gordon on Tour
(Tickets)
Thursday, March 21 Higher Ground, Burlington VT
Friday, March 22 Black Cat, Washington DC
Saturday, March 23 Knockdown Center, Queens NY ( with Kelsey Lu, L'Rain, Bill Nace + Circuit des Yeux, Full Size, Matt Krefting)
Wednesday, March 27 Regent Theater, Los Angeles CA
Friday, March 29 Ventura Music Hall, Ventura CA
Saturday, March 30 The Fillmore, San Francisco CA
Kim Gordon Online
Official Website
Pavement - 'Crooked Rain Crooked Rain' 30th Anniversary
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the formal release of Pavement’s 2nd album, ‘Crooked Rain Crooked Rain’. While some would prefer to commemorate the occasion with long essays, ill-advised covers or a series of tribute night at City Winery (I suppose that would also entail ill-advised covers, though you could opt for originals “in-the-style of”), your friends at Matador know there’s only two ways you really wanna celebrate ; by buying the album (again) or streaming it (over and over again).
(band photos by Gail Butensky)
stream / purchase 'Crooked Rain Crooked Rain'
Pavement Online
Pavement – official site
Pavement at Bandcamp