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Guided by Voices will tour & other Lost Weekend questions

1.) What is the cost and how do the tickets / hotel rooms work? The cost of the show starts at $199 for a three-night pass plus an additional $99 per night to stay at the Palms…

'Matador 21' adds a Come reunion show, posts ticket info

“Tickets for “The Lost Weekend” aka Matador’s 21st birthday celebrations at The Palms will go on sale this Friday morning at 9am, PST. Here’s the details you’ve been hassling all of us about over the last week (and don’t think we don’t appreciate it)…

Matador Fest lineup announced - Guided by Voices reunion! + Guitar Wolf, Belle & Sebastian, Pavement & many more

Matador’s 21st birthday fest will be happening in Las Vegas October 1st-3rd. For it, they’ve pulled the cream of the indie-rock crop. Previously speculated headliners Belle & Sebastian and Pavement will be there – on top of that, Guided By Voices will be reuniting to play, “in the band’s “classic ’93-’96 lineup…

Interpol (on Matador!), the Walkmen & Solange Knowles (who is DJing Brooklyn Bowl) are releasing new albums

Her recent credits include playing with Dirty Projectors at Fashion Week and singing with Of Montreal at Highline and Terminal 5. Now Solange is DJing at Brooklyn Bowl on Friday, June 18th…

Teenage Fanclub releasing an album (MP3), playing Williamsburg Waterfront WITH BELLE & SEBASTIAN (dates)

DOWNLOAD: Teenage Fanclub – Baby Lee (MP3) “Dogged adherents of the “if it ain’t broke” philosophy of music, the Glaswegian quartet have been plying their own brand of harmony-laden guitar pop for two decades and little changes here…

new Ted Leo MP3 from 'The Brutalist Bricks' (and 2009 dates)

DOWNLOAD: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Even Heroes Have To Die (MP3) Ted Leo‘s Sunday show at Bowery Ballroom with JEFF the Brotherhood (who added a Monday show at Mercury Lounge) and Stupid Party (who put out one of Screaming Females’ favorite albums of the year) is sold out…

Matador bought True Panther

After months of speculation (much of it in our own corridors), we can happily announce that Matador Records has purchased the True Panther Sounds label…

Fucked Up releasing rarities, playing album show Thurs w/ Katie Stelmanis who opened for Tegan & Sara -- WIN STUFF

“RT @EducatingEric: It needs to be Thursday already so I can see Fucked Up with @AndrewWK on keyboards and @Viviangirls” –AndrewWK Fucked Up & friend @ ‘Pool Party’ in July (more by Bao Nguyen) Fucked Up are playing the entirety of their 2008 record Chemistry of Common Life at Brooklyn Masonic Temple on Thursday, November 5th…

Cold Cave, Harlem, Tanlines, Glasser & Harlem @ The Suffolk (Matador CMJ show) in NYC - pics

“Cold Cave was one of the most hyped CMJ acts to hit New York last week. Their dark, almost industrial music went well with the extremely dark stage and with their look- all black clothes and somber faces…

Ted Leo played CMJ - pics from the Matador showcase, video of a new song @ the NBC Experience Store

Ted Leo headlined the Matador/True Panther CMJ showcase at The Suffolk on Friday night. The show reached capacity early with a long line still outside…
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