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Perfume Genius releasing 'Too Bright,' playing Lincoln Hall on fall tour
Perfume Genius @ Schubas, April 2012 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
Perfume Genius is gearing up for the release of his third album, titled Too Bright, which is due to hit stores on September 28 via Matador Records…
Fucked Up releasing 'Glass Boys,' playing Bottom Lounge on summer North American tour (dates, song streams)
Fucked Up @ Lincoln Hall, April 2012 (more by James Richards IV)
Toronto punks Fucked Up are slated to welcome their new album, titled Glass Boys, on June 3 via Matador Records…
Lower releasing debut LP on Matador, announce tour, including 2 NYC shows (dates & stream)
Lower at Chaos in Tejas 2013 (more by Sarah Frankie Linder)
Danish punks Lower have many impressive singles/EPs/demos dating back a few years now, and they’ve just announced that they’ve signed to Matador (also home to their Denmark pals Iceage), who will release their debut album, Seek Warmer Climes, on June 17…
EMA opening for Trust, prepping new LP (song stream)
EMA @ Coachella 2012 (more by Dana (Distortion) Yavin)
EMA (aka Erika M. Anderson) is slated to release the follow-up to her great 2011 LP Past Life Martyred Saints on April 8 via new label homes Matador // City Slang…
Outer Spaces released a 7" on Matador, planning LP & tour, playing DbA tonight w/ Field Mouse & others (dates/streams)
Athens/Baltimore indie rockers Outer Spaces (not to be confused with Outer Space) are planning a tour for this spring (most of which is TBA), and that tour expects them in NYC this April, but you can see them here much sooner at TONIGHT’s (2/5) Death by Audio show with poppy shoegazers Field Mouse, folk pop singer/songwriter Gregory and the Hawk and lo-fi duo Laughing Fingers…
Come playing the Empty Bottle on summer North American tour
As seen on BrooklynVegan, 90s indie rockers Come, who count Codeine’s Chris Brokaw as a member, will be reissuing their 1992 debut LP, 11:11, on May 7 via Matador Records…
Majical Cloudz played Mohawk for SXSW, kicking off tour w/ Youth Lagoon @ Mohawk (dates, pics & new single)
Though Devon Welsh, the man behind Majical Cloudz, didn’t take off his pants (as at least one crowd menmber suggested), he did play a crowd-pleasing show at the Mohawk for SXSW back on 3/16…
Majical Cloudz sign to Matador (who are reissuing Come's debut)
Montreal’s Majical Cloudz released their impressive Turns Turns Turns EP on Arbutus Records last year, and like their collaborator Grimes (who left her Arbutus home to sign to 4AD), Majical Cloudz have partnered with a Beggars Group-affiliated label Matador Records, who will release a new full length by the duo this year…
Matador's Gerard Cosloy lists his Favorite Music of 2012 (albums, singles, live shows, and more)
One of the end-of-year lists we most look forward to each year is the one Matador chief and Austin resident Gerard Cosloy submits. Without further ado, check out what albums, singles and shows he loved this year…
JK Flesh (Justin Broadrick) and Prurient share split for final Hydra Head release (stream it)
Between his remix contributions, work as Jesu and other psuedonyms, and overall pioneering work ethic, it seems somewhat appropriate (but sad) to watch the influential labelHydra Head Records sail off into the sunset with a final release from an artist of Justin Broadrick‘s influence…
