MP3: Shearwater – “Rooks” from Rook, due June 3 on Matador.
The Matablog has some details…
Via LHB.
Tag Archives: Matador
Times New Viking – Drop Out
MP3: Times New Viking – “Drop Out” from Rip It Off, out now on Matador. (MP3 courtesy of Insound.)
Stephen Malkmus – Baltimore
MP3: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – “Baltimore” from Real Emotional Trash, out March 4 on Matador.
The song is a six-and-a-half-minute psychedelic sea shanty that gets progressively proggier. “It’s warm for a witch trial. Don’t you agree?”
Courtesy of the Matablog.
New Porno Wedding
So that’s why this band is such a high priority for their label! The New Pornographers’ Carl Newman married Matador marketing manager Christy Simpson this weekend. The New York Times Fashion & Style section was there. Best quote:
“I cried when Blaine gave his speech,” Ms. Case admitted later at the bar, clutching a Jägermeister.
There’s nothing like a little Jäger to open up the floodgates at a wedding…
Via lhb.
EFF Asks Matador to Fire Web Sheriff
Some dude posted a New Pornographers b-side to his blog. Web Sheriff sent him a condescending take-down notice and a dumb-assed follow-up. EFF’s Fred von Lohmann is outraged:
Here’s my question — does the band know what is being done in their name? Have they signed off on these emails being sent by Web Sheriff to their fans? Are they getting copies of the responses that the fans send after getting threatened like this? (For that matter, are the label’s own marketing people even seeing these?) I suspect not.
That’s the problem. No artist would talk to a fan like this (and if they did, they should be ashamed), to the person who just bought their forthcoming album. But the copyright enforcement lawyers are on auto-pilot, without any accountability to the artists or to the fans, threatening people, suing people, and all the while insisting that this is just how copyright law works.
I’m guessing Matador will not fire Web Sheriff. They’re very controlling when it comes to their mp3s…
• The New Pornographers – “My Rights Versus Yours”
• The New Pornographers – “Myriad Harbour”
From Challengers, due August 21. Pre-order.
Via bb.
Yo La Tengo – Mr. Tough
“Mr. Tough” by Yo La Tengo from I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass. Funky falsetto bossa nova!
Previously: Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind.
MP3 courtesy of AmpCamp.
Pavement – Rattled By The Rush
Pavement – “Rattled By The Rush” from Wowee Zowee: Sordid Sentinels Edition, due November 7, 2006 on Matador. Also: “Heckler Spray/In The Mouth Of A Desert” from Pavement Live At The Palace (available with pre-order).
Yo La Tengo – Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind
“Pass the Hatchet, I Think I’m Goodkind” by Yo La Tengo from I am Not Afraid of You, and I Will Beat Your Ass, out September 12, 2006 on Matador. It’s eleven minutes of noisy guitar rock!
Mission Of Burma – 2wice
“2wice” by Mission Of Burma from The Obliterati, due May 23, 2006, on Matador.
Jennifer O’Connor – Exeter, Rhode Island
“Exeter, Rhode Island” by Jennifer O’Connor from Over The Mountain, Across The Valley, and Back To The Stars, due Aug 22, 2006, on Matador.