Matador at 21 (Oct 1-3, Las Vegas, NV) So, after some speculation , Matador Records has announced the initial lineup for their big 21st Anniversary celebration in Las Vegas. The top of the bill headliners include Pavement, Belle & Sebastian, Sonic Youth and a reunited G uided By Voices featuring the classic '93-96 lineup. More acts are still TBA, the final lineup announcement and information about how to purchase tickets will be made on The Matablog on July 5 . See the [...]
I guess it's because my birthday is August 15th, but I have to say I find Earles & Jensen's Just Farr A Laugh Vol. 1&2: The Greatest Prank Phone Calls Ever! to be one of the funniest things I've ever heard! I appreciate a good laugh, and you don't always have to go blue to be funny--if you use a subtle touch, you can produce a ton of laughs. That's why I didn't care much for Jerky Boys--the humor was just too obviously stupid. What Earles & Jensen have done here is [...]
"I can't keep up/ I can't keep up/ Out of step with the world." That's how I feel trying to keep up with all the record releases. This updates almost two weeks old, but there were a lof of important local releases..... Records Released on 5/6/08: Records I've Heard: Elvis Costello : Momofuku (Lost Highway) – Elvis Costello has had a long and varied career. I'm one of the fans that isn't along for the ride [...]
Andrew Earles "My Friends Call Me Ditchweed. Don't Ask. Okay, Go Ahead and Ask." - Andrew Earles and Jeff Jensen's prank phone calls are very seldom mean spirited. Instead of making a fool of the person on the other end of the line, they build depressing little character studies out of the detritus of pop culture, and attempt to nudge them into someone else's reality. Andrew Earles -- a former Best Show On WFMU regular -- specializes in portraying clueless sad sacks, and his best [...]
Download: Earles and Jensen - "Kurt Loder is Out of His Fucking Mind" Download: Earles and Jensen - "Barbara: A Realistic Portrait" Download: Earles and Jensen - "Barbara's Husband Clears The Air" Download: Earles and Jensen - "Bedroom ETA: A Jermaine Stewart Cover Band" When music fans think of Matador Records, their thoughts normally don't arrive at the place of side-splitting hilarity, unless they think that Malkmus's abstract witticisms are laugh-out-loud funny instead of [...]
In effort to raise awareness about upcoming releases as well as finding a place for the numerous submissions we get, this post continues our weekly purging of free and legal MP3's for your listening enjoyment. The number of tracks will fluctuate each week depending on the songs uncovered or sent. It's our hope that you'll find a new favorite or another release to keep your eyes on. MP3: Iron & Wine - "Innocent Bones" [from The Shepherd's Dog ; now available on Sub [...]
Been a few weeks so there are lots of goodies here. Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" Camphor - "Sweetest Tooth" , "Confidences Shattered" Earles & Jensen - "Bedroom ETA - A Jermaine Stewart Cover Band" (prank phone calls; being released by Matador) Les Savy Fav - "Sweat Descends" Feral Children - "Spy/Glass House" Joseph Arthur - "Rages of Babylon" The [...]
DOWNLOAD: Earles & Jensen - Introducing Bleachy: Poised To Sweep The Nation DOWNLOAD: Earles & Jensen - Bedroom ETA A Jermaine Stewart Cover Band (mp3) DOWNLOAD: Earles & Jensen - My Friends Call Me Ditchweed. Don't Ask. OK, Go Ahead and Ask (mp3) January 2008 @ Pianos, NYC 06 - Endless Boogie + Early Man (Matador metal) + Bogan Dust 13 - Endless Boogie + Human Bell ( Thrill [...]
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