Blog: Matt

One of my favorite albums of the year is Youth Culture Index. It is wonderful and it makes my ears happy and my brain dance. It's sort of a jangly mess of ordered chaos, with fucked up instruments, otherworldly vocals without words, driving beat... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

There was a song that I used to love from the Swans called "Her." One of the most beautifully haunting songs I had heard up to that point in my life. I was in high school and the song was on a cassette that a friend of mine let me borrow from them... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

There has been a large grassroots campaign to create a Department of Peace in the United States, thanks in large part to Dennis Kucinich and Marianne Williamson. This movement is gaining a lot of momentum and the idea really gives me a great sense... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

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Nick Cave was born for the stage. The Hollywood Bowl is one of the world's suckiest venue for shows. It distills intimacy for performers and the harmony and interconnectedness of packed audiences. Just playing tunes is not enough. The haves in th... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

What a great show! The band was energetic and the crowd was awesome. If you haven't been to the Glass House in Pomona, you are seriously missing out if you live anywhere close. Not as many bands make it here since it is so close to Los Angeles, b... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

I guess this is a little old, but I never saw it. This is really well done. Thank god for StumbleUpon and Videogum. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Recently I had the opportunity to spend quite a bit of time on the road, traveling around to see a bit of the world. I was able to do this with my wife, and we spent quite a bit of time in the car together, listening to lots'o music. What was grea... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Here is an over the phone interview that I did with Bob from the wonderful band Odelia. We talk about what sorts of music that he has been listening too lately. Enjoy! Here are some of the things pertinent the interview: ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

One of my favorite record labels ever was Earworm. There are a lot of other record labels of the same ilk, all of which are totally awesome, like 555, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Che, Darla, Rocket Girl, Enraptured, and I think was maybe even preceded some... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

This is a little bit older, but it is pretty awesome. I was listening to Widows from the Lucky Dragons this morning and wanted to find out a little bit more about them since I didn't really know too much. I really like the sounds they make... so p... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Every once in a while there are Tuesday release days that get me excited. This just happens to be one of those Tuesdays. Today sees the release of the new No Age and Matmos albums. It used to be that I was able to get all of the pre-releases that ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

The Dodos are a band that I missed on their debut album and picked up on because of Pitchfork's high praise. They are really awesome! Just 2 guys, drums and guitars. Reminds me a bit of the Animal Collective in that they have that really rhythmic ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

This looks pretty awesome: http://www.nutsie.com/ Going to try it when I get home. Your entire itunes library? I'll give it a test run and let you know if my monumental expectations are rightly crushed. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

I love these guys. Listening to them talk in interviews makes me like them more because they are so happy and optimistic. Noisy, washed out and dystopian but totally rosy. Anyway, I always like to think that music along with other stuff can be a ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

I had a good conversation about music the other day with a friend on the way down to play some poker. I was trying to explain why I don't particularly like music once a significant amount of money gets itself into the mix. Not because the music ne... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

This is a great article on marketing. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Here is a little political ditty set to "Simply Irresistible" from everyone's favorite cartoon voice, Jon Glaser. Read and post comments | Send to a friend

I love Fridge. Fridge is one of those bands that will never get much in the adulation department, but seriously make some of the best music around. It bums me out. I remember going to see Fridge for the first time a few years back after having wa... Read and post comments | Send to a friend

Om is one of my more recent favorites. I hadn't been paying much attention for a while and was trying to catch up with stuff I had missed. I think I was looking at Holy Mountain stuff on Midheaven Mailorder and saw that David Tibet gave Om a pre... Read and post comments | Send to a friend