Matthew Melton

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.”

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…

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 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…

Warm Soda (ex-Bare Wires) playing Space Club HQ, released their debut LP

Matthew Melton‘s Bare Wires unraveled in an unfortunate way last spring (onstage at SXSW), but we’re happy to let you know that he’s got a new group…