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New York independent record label since 1989.
Joined March 2009
Car Seat Headrest - "Gethsemane" .out TOMORROW. Link to pre-save: Catch the premiere tomorrow starting with @huwstephens on.@bbc6music at 4:15pm GMT .Art by @partydogge
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coming May 2 .Car Seat Headrest - ‘The Scholars’. presave/preorder : band photo by Carlos Cruz
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.@Interpol’s largest concert of their career: a free performance last night at Zocálo in Mexico City for over an audience of over 160k, w/ openers @waterfromyreyes. Photo via @sopitas / CDMX
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Looks familiar but we can’t quite place it.
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Kim Gordon & Kim Deal performing Sonic Youth's “Little Trouble Girl” for the first time on last night’s episode of “Everybody’s Live” w/ host John @Mulaney. Full performance:
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Car Seat Headrest - “CCF (I’m Gonna Stay With You)” out TOMORROW: The new single from ‘The Scholars,’ album out May 2nd. #carseatheadrest
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King Krule 2020 dates - tickets go on sale Friday at 10am local time,
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.@julienrbaker makes her late night debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, next Wednesday January 3rd.
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.@julienrbaker, @phoebe_bridgers, and @lucydacus have announced a new limited variant of their 2018 EP 'boygenius' on orange vinyl, featuring a Japanese Obi strip. Available for pre-order on the Matador webstore and at select Japanese retailers:
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coming March 28 .Perfume Genius - 'Glory'.presave/preorder : @perfumegenius . (fig 2 photo : Cody Critcheloe)
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.@lucydacus and her mother singing "My Mother & I" on Mother's Day at The Grey Eagle in Asheville NC.
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'Historian' by @LucyDacus, released five years ago today, March 2nd. Available to pre-order on limited red vinyl with original cover artwork: #MatadorRevisionistHistory
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“Pavements”, a prismatic, narrative, scripted, documentary, musical, metatextual hybrid, is an examination of the iconic 90s indie band Pavement. @pavement_band
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our thoughts are with all friends, family, musical conspirators and the countless artists/thinkers whose lives were enriched by the one and only Mark E. Smith
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out today : .Car Seat Headrest - 'The Scholars' . stream/purchase :
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new from Julien Baker - “Hardline”, from the upcoming ‘Little Oblivions’ (Feb. 26). (fig 2 photo : Alysse Gafkjen).@julienrbaker
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.@waterfromyreyes with @interpol’s Paul Banks before both bands’ sets at last night’s massive concert at Zocálo in Mexico City
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Car Seat Headrest's "Teens of Denial" celebrates its five-year anniversary today, originally released on May 20th, 2016. Save 25% on the LP/CD TODAY ONLY (May 20th) on the Matador webstore: @carseatheadrest #teensofdenial
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we were exceedingly lucky to know the amazing human, drummer, producer and solo artist Gary Young. Much love today to his family, friends and bandmates .📷 : Gail Butensky, 1993.@pavement_band
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New from Car Seat Headrest - "The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)" . from 'The Scholars', out this Friday . presave / preorder 'The Scholars' " . fig 2 photo Carlos Cruz
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TONIGHT: @julienrbaker performs on @colbertlateshow, 11:35pm ET / 10:35pm CT on CBS. #LittleOblivions
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VIDEO : Julien Baker - “Turn Out The Lights”, from CBS’ “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" .@julienrbaker @colbertlateshow #LSSC #LateShow
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Released five years ago this week, Julien Baker's second album "Turn Out The Lights.".Link to stream / purchase LP/CD : @julienrbaker
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wishing a very happy birthday to Yo La Tango's Ira Kaplan.
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available for 24 hours tonight at midnight on bandcamp : .boygenius - ‘demos’, versions of “Bite The Hand”, “Me & My Dog” and “Stay Down” to benefit @outmemphis, @DWCweb + Mutual Aid Disaster Relief of Richmond .@julienrbaker, @phoebe_bridgers @lucydacus
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"I’m taking a really long time to write this next record because I think it deserves consideration. I’ve had so many experiences in such a short amount of time." @Snailmailband @LAtimes
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.@Newsweek names boygenius the Best New Artist of 2018: @xboygeniusx @julienrbaker @lucydacus @phoebe_bridgers
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.@Interpol have just announced a massive free concert at the Zócalo in the heart of Mexico City on Saturday April 20, 2024. More information to follow soon.
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Ira Kaplan (number 50 in your program) is on the strictest of pitch counts (ie one) @TheRealYLT @Mets
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Pavement (@pavement_band) has released a recently unearthed music video for 'Slanted and Enchanted' single "Summer Babe," shot in the Spring of 1992 by Tanya Small. Full video: Stream / purchase 'Slanted and Enchanted':
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Car Seat Headrest - "Gethsemane". video by Andrew Wonder . from ‘The Scholars’, out May 2 |. stream / DL “Gethsemane” : presave/preorder ‘The Scholars’ :
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wishing a a very happy birthday to the one and only Kim Gordon.
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.@snailmailband has re-issued the breakout 2016 EP, 'Habit', available now digitally, 12"/CD available on Aug 30. The remastered EP contains the six original songs and a cover of Lois Maffeo’s “The 2nd Most Beautiful Girl In The World.” (📷 Megan Schaller)
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new from Julien Baker - “Heatwave”, taken from ‘Little Oblivions’, out this Friday .: photo : Alysse Gafkjen.@julienrbaker
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VIDEO : Julien Baker - “Faith Healer” (dir - Daniel Henry).from the forthcoming ‘Little Oblivions’ (Feb 2021). @julienrbaker
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Available for pre-order today, @Interpol “Antics” on limited white vinyl: “Our Love To Admire” on limited sky blue vinyl: Orders will ship on or around December 11th.
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Yo La Tengo & Built To Spill.Summer '25 Co-headlining Tour.Tix on sale this Friday at 10am local time.All upcoming YLT dates and info on no-fee tickets:
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Car Seat Headrest - "Bodys” (Live). from 'Faces From The Masquerade', out December 8. full clip : presave/preorder : stream / download "Bodys" (Live) : @carseatheadrest
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new from Car Seat Headrest - "CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)". from 'The Scholars', out May 2. visualizer by Jayla Smith and Michael Speed. stream / DL "CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)" : presave/preorder 'The Scholars' : . full video
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Daniel Kessler on the origins of @Interpol, taken from the newly unearthed "Turn on the Bright Lights" 2002 documentary: .#MatadorRevisionistHistory
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New from Car Seat Headrest - "The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man)". illustrations by Cate Wurtz.Motion design by Jayla Smith. from 'The Scholars', out this Friday . presave / preorder 'The Scholars' " stream / download "The Catastrophe (Good Luck
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.@Interpol - “Slow Hands (Live at Palacio de Los Deportes, Mexico City, 2005)” Full concert film premiering via @YouTube on the ‘Antics’ anniversary date, this Fri Sep 27 at 4pm ET. Set a reminder: #matadorrevisionisthistory
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Lucy Dacus 2021 tour dates - .shows on sale this Friday, April 16, 10am local time.@lucydacus
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.@Interpol - “Live at Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City, 2005”. Full concert film premiere via @YouTubeMusic TODAY at 4pm ET for the official 20th anniversary of ‘Antics.’ #MatadorRevisionistHistory #AnticsAnniversary
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happy 30th anniversary to Pavement's 'Crooked Rain Crooked Rain' .buy it (again) / stream it (again and again again).@pavement_band .band photos : Gail Butensky
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"Supernova" from Liz Phair's "Whip-Smart," celebrating 25 years this week. Save 25% on "Girly-Sound to Guyville" in commemoration of the sophomore album's anniversary. #MatadorRevisionistHistory @PhizLair
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now streaming : Julien Baker’s cover of “A Dreamer’s Holiday” .@julienrbaker @spotifysingles.@spotify .fig 2 photo : Alyssa Gafkjen
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King Krule - "Seaforth".from 'Space Heavy', out June 9.stream / DL "Seaforth" : presave / preorder 'Space Heavy' :
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When I do email interviews I'll sit here for 7 hours & be like, ‘that’s not the best way to say that!’ Inevitably I’ll read it the next week & think, ‘still sounds dumb.’ You can’t win! But it’s freeing to know you can’t win. @RadioMilwaukee @julienrbaker.
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Julien Baker performs "Favor" from the new album "Little Oblivions" on last night's episode of The Late Late Show with James Corden. Watch the full performance here: #littleoblivions @julienrbaker @latelateshow
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VIDEO : Yo La Tengo - “Sugarcube” (Director’s Cut) , with @davidcrosss and @mrbobodenkirk (dir - Phil Morrison).from ‘I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One’.full video : @TheRealYLT
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'The Scholars,' the new album by Car Seat Headrest, out May 2nd. Pre-save the album on @Spotify via .#TheScholars #CarSeatHeadrest
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coming February 26 : Julien Baker - ‘Little Oblivions’ .presave/preorder : details : @julienrbaker
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new from Julien Baker - “Favor”.taken from ‘Little Oblivions’, out February 26.stream / download : presave / preorder ‘Little Oblivions’ : fig 2 photo : Alysse Gafkjen.@julienrbaker
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Julien Baker & TORRES - “Sugar in the Tank” (Official Music Video). Out TOMORROW at 10am ET. Set a reminder / join the countdown on @YouTubeMusic: . @julienrbaker @torreslovesyou
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Celebrating 25 years of Yo La Tengo’s ‘And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out,’ released on February 22nd 2000. A worthy occasion to return to the album (as have been the last 24 years and 364 days). Stream / buy the LP: #MatadorRevisionistHistory
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Wait, hold on. Don’t tell me. A few more songs and I’ll know who this is
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previously available as an RSD exclusive 7”, Julien Baker’s “Red Door” and “Conversation Piece” are now available for streaming @julienrbaker
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An exciting reminder: on April 21st we will be releasing the original 2011 version of 'Twin Fantasy' by @carseatheadrest on limited 2LP format for @recordstoreday 2018
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it's been 30 whole minutes since news broke that Yo La Tengo are releasing a new album in February. Inexplicably, #thisstupidworld is not trending. We have failed as a record label. Or perhaps we have have failed as a society.
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TOMORROW (March 25th): @julienrbaker's "Little Oblivions" album release live-stream, presented by @audiotreemusic. Tickets available here: . #littleoblivions.(Photos: Austin Isaac Peters)
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TONIGHT at 12:35am ET: a rebroadcast of Julien Baker's performance of "Hardline" on NBC's @LateNightSeth. #LittleOblivions @julienrbaker
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Coming Nov. 2 (digital) and Nov. 9 (double LP white vinyl), Car Seat Headrest - ‘Twin Fantasy - Mirror To Mirror’
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Outtakes from @Interpol's "Antics" photo shoot with Pieter M. van Hattem (@pmvhphoto). The sophomore album turns 15 this week, save 25% on the standard vinyl/CD through this Thursday. #MatadorRevisionistHistory
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Car Seat Headrest's album 'The Scholars' is out in ONLY TEN DAYS. @EasyStRecords will host a full band signing on release day, May 2nd at 7pm PT. LP/CD purchase required for entry. #TheScholars #CarSeatHeadrest
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Following last year's 'Hey World!' video in which Archy Marshall performed acoustic versions of four new songs, King Krule has announced his third studio album titled 'Man Alive!' will be released on February 21, 2020. (Photo: Charlotte Patmore)
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Interpol’s new 5 song EP, ‘A Fine Mess’ is out May 17 - bonus 7” + t-shirt details here @Interpol
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"Red Door" b/w "Conversation Piece" by @julienrbaker will be issued for @recordstoreday 2019 as a red vinyl 7" limited to an edition of 4,000. Both recordings are previously unreleased, available at your local independent record store Saturday April 13th.
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if you don’t spell his name properly, he’ll never be soundly harassed.
@indierocktheory if i dont listen to the new songs within 10 minutes its over for you chris lobardi @matadorrecords.
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PAVEMENT (@pavement_band ) South American tour KICKS OFF TONIGHT in Santiago at Teatro Coliseo. All dates at
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"Sam and I [have] had moments when I joined the rhythm section the last two records. It's always fun with him and then we've had a couple of magic moments. And I felt like the chorus of 'Fine Mess' was like a magic moment." @Interpol @Forbes #AFineMess.
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To be fair this is only partially true. @kimletgordon has been the singer of a number of other projects, as well.
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