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Cat Power takes anticipation for Sun LP to fever pitch with new tour dates Fans of Cat Power have ample reason to be excited right now. With the release of her first official album of new material since 2006′s exercise in perfect elegance, The Greatest, under a month away, Chan Marshall has plotted a 15-date [...]
Yesterday, Matador Records announced that Fucked Up will perform David Comes to Life in its entirety for the first time ever. The show will go down November 14 at the Le Poisson Rouge in Manhattan. This will be the first time that all of the 18 tracks have been played live. Opening will be Titus [...]
If you spent the early 1990s listening to alternative rock radio, chances are you have spent a lot of energy air-guitaring to Pavement songs. Well, the band that made you think you could start your own band wants to put your alt-rock posturing to good use. When Pavement plays Late Night With Jimmy Fallon on [...]
Jay Reatard, the punk rock artist that died suddenly in January of this year at 29 years old, will be honored this Saturday night at Lenny’s Bar through a tribute concert, where several bands will be covering Jay Reatard songs that have impacted their music and life. Matador Records, Jay Reatard’s record label, is co-sponsoring [...]
In a loving and respectful way you might call Guided By Voices the grandfathers of indie rock. GBV (the shorthand I will use to refer to the band Guided By Voices for the rest of this post) had been prolifically making music for over two decades when they disbanded in 2004. Well three cheers for [...]
Cold Cave is hitting the road for a US tour in February and heading overseas in May for several stops in Europe including UK, Italy, France, and Germany. The band, from Philadelphia recently signed to Matador Records, and the label has re-released their debut album, Love Comes Close. Cold Cave 2010 Tour Dates: 2/4 New [...]
Matador Records will be releasing Quarantine the Past, a collection of tracks spanning the entirety of Pavement’s musical catalog from 1989 to 1999. The 23-track compilation will be fully remastered and available on mid-priced double LP, CD, and digital album formats. The album can’t truly be called a “greatest hits” album, since many of the [...]
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