Warm Soda

Dream Machine said shitty stuff, dropped from John Dwyer's label

“Castle Face does not agree with the statements on ICE, immigration, feminism, and sexual assault and they are in no way representative of Castle Face or the other artists on the label.”

Dream Machine (ex Warm Soda) prep debut LP (watch the "I Walked in the Fire" video)

Matthew Melton trades in garagey power-pop for heavy, organ-fueled psych and prog with his new project.

Pleasers (Matthew of Warm Soda & Bare Wires) releasing debut 7" -- listen

Matthew Melton, the “smooth punk” svengali behind such low-fi hitmakers as Warm Soda and Bare Wires, has a new group called Pleasers who will release their debut 7″ on August 19…

SXSW announces third round of 2016 artists

SXSW already announced two rounds of 2016 artists, and today a third round was announced, including L7, Bloc Party, The Cult, Loretta Lynn, Waxahatchee, Frankie Cosmos, D∆WN, Polica, Dilly Dally, Eleanor Friedberger, Protomartyr, Holy Fuck, Ra Ra Riot, Fat White Family, Domo Genesis, Hodgy Beats, Thao & the Get Down Stay Down, All Dogs, Judy Collins & Ari Hest, The Dandy Warhols, Des Ark, Mick Jenkins, Lady Leshurr, Mitski, Supersuckers, Teen Suicide, together PANGEA, Turnover, Younghusband an…

Warm Soda readies new 7" (stream a track); Matthew Melton forms another band, Pleasers, with debut single out soon

Warm Soda just released their terrific third album, Symbolic Dream, and they’ve already got plans for a new single. The 7″ will be out September 15 via Southpaw Records and were originally released on a tour-only cassette…

Warm Soda streaming new album, touring (dates)

Warm Soda release their third album, Symbolic Dream, next week (5/5). This is Warm Soda’s third album in as many years and while I loved their debut, I wasn’t as excited about its followup…

Warm Soda announce 'Symbolic Dream' & share first single

Low fi powerpop practitioners Warm Soda, who last year relocated from San Francisco to Austin, will release their third album, Symbolic Dream, on May 4 via Castle Face…

SXSW 2015 2nd round of artists announced

The Cribs at MHOW in 2012 (more by Guy Eppel) A ton of artists were already announced for SXSW 2015 (March 17-22), and now the second artist announcement has come with several more including Twin Shadow, The Cribs, Swervedriver, Gang of Four, KEN mode, Weyes Blood, Wild Throne, Elvis Depressedly, SURVIVE, Juan Wauters, San Fermin, Lydia Ainsworth, The Blind Shake, Ex-Cult, Ikonika, King Tuff, Pujol, The Velvet Teen, The Zombies, Zookeeper, Yumi Zouma and tons m…

Warm Soda frontman Matthew Melton releasing a new solo LP (stream "Painted Sign")

Warm Soda / Bare Wires frontman Matthew Melton is releasing a new solo album, Outside of Paradise, on November 18 via Southpaw Records. It follows his 2010 solo debut, Still Misunderstood, and like that album it was recorded over a number of years (2008-2014), collecting material that never made the cut in his other projects…

Bill's Top 10 things he saw at SXSW 2014

I’m not sure how many artists I saw over the course of five days at SXSW but it was a lot. My week started (Kelley Stoltz) and ended (La Luz) at Hotel Vegas which was probably my favorite place to see bands in Austin…
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