Superbowl chili?
I could care less about the Superbowl. Actually I hate all the drama and the enforced parties and get-togethers. But to be honest I’ve watched the second half of most of the past few Superbowls, and...
View ArticleMatador’s Cavalcade Of Stars Set To Invade The Texas Capitol
(Beth and Adam from Times New Viking, using the Bowery Ballroom stage as a mere tune up for Austin’s super swank Soho Lounge. Pic swiped from Rafe Baron’s Flickr page) I won’t be wearing a “Welcome To...
View ArticleSXSW – Keep it together till Saturday at 3:00!
To those of you in Austin who have the time/coherency to check the Matablog, I am assuming that means you have managed to keep it together thus far, and now, I would like to invite you to loose your...
View ArticleJennifer O’Connor skips SXSW; makes best record ever.
Day 6 at Headgear Studios in Brooklyn with Mr. John Agnello at the helm. What have we accomplished so far? All the tracking and vocals (live, mind you), some sick guitar overdubs, and a whole lot of...
View ArticleTimes New Viking, video’d in Denton
Amongst SXSW’s embarrassment of riches last week was the opportunity to see Times New Viking some 6 times in 5 days (not counting their stint backing Mike Rep at Siltbreeze’s Thursday evening bash)....
View ArticleWhy I Need $360,000,000,000
Charles Ray Fuller: Aspiring Hip-Hop Label Entrepreneur? Look at his face. This man is HIGH AS SHIT. But then again, you’d have to be (this) high to start a record label. Is there any more ambitious...
View ArticleKurt Vile’s (and your) Halloween Plans: Texas Style.
Not trick-or-treating at the end of the month? No worries. Along his current route, Kurt Vile is making a stop in Dallas for a very special Halloween extravaganza. Dress up for KV & The Violators,...
View ArticleTrue Panther SXSW Showdown
We here are True Panther are pretty damn excited and honored to announce this year’s True Panther showcase for SXSW. No official stuff or badges or RSVP’s, just good music free and open to the public...
View ArticleListen to Harlem on KUT tonight, 9:00PM CDT
It may not be possible for readers of this blog not to be aware of the annual Bobby Soxx Memorial Festival that’s taking place in Austin this week (known to insiders as SOXXXSW), and it is likely just...
View ArticleShearwater SXSW session on Radio K today at 12 noon CDT
Chances are you’re either tired of hearing about SXSW, or you’re too drunk to be reading this. What I have here, though, is worth pushing through your SXSW fatigue and putting down that margarita (it’s...
View ArticleOh, The Places You’ll Go: A Day In The Life Of A Non-SXSWer
You know, not everyone in the music industry descends upon Austin for the SXSW Music Conference. Somebody’s got to hold the fort down. After all, these records ain’t gonna sell themselves. This is my...
View ArticleMatador’s Cavalcade Of Stars At SXSW (And Events That Aren’t Actually Part Of...
(scenes from SXSW 2005 : Matador co-owner, Austin resident for all of 15 minutes politely instructs a motorist to “go the fuck back where you came from” before recognizing his dog’s veterinarian) It’s...
View ArticleLate-breaking SXSW news: Kurt Vile at the WFMU showcase, 12:00 midnight CST
photo by Shawn Brackbill If, like most good folk, you keep up with the whats and whys of America’s favorite freeform radio station, WFMU, or if, like most of the music industry, you are in Austin for...
View ArticleWe Love Music Industry Conventions Disguised As Music Festivals (And Vice...
I hope you’ll excuse my weary tone — it’s not that I don’t look forward to South By Southwest or the plethora of free, unaffiliated events (especially those that take place in glorified jello-shot...
View ArticleMatador Artists Celebrate To Austin’s Traffic Jams, Poor Cell Reception
The following is a (nearly) complete list of what our dear friends EMA, Fucked Up, Perfume Genius, Kurt Vile and The Young are doing in Austin, TX this week (on stage, anyway). Please be advised that...
View ArticleMatador Artists Celebrate To Austin’s Traffic Jams, Poor Cell Reception
The following is a (nearly) complete list of what our dear friends EMA, Fucked Up, Perfume Genius, Kurt Vile and The Young are doing in Austin, TX this week (on stage, anyway). Please be advised that...
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