Harlem moved from one “cockroach town apartment” to another, city to city, settling in Austin, until somebody at Matador finally said, “This band rocks—let’s give them a record deal.” This interview by Daiana Feuer.

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Download: Cold Cave “Theme From Tomorrowland”

(off Love Comes Close is out now on Matador)

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Roundtable Discussion: The Role Of The Record Label
Via: NPR
At the beginning of this decade, record labels were still a way of indexing artists; of positioning them within a community, a scene and a movement. Throughout our end-of-the-decade coverage, one reccurring theme is whether context still matters. After all, one of the most glorious (if not [...]

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burger co-owner lee rickerd (r) and nobunny

Download: The Burger Basher! Mixtape

Congrats to the Burger boys for further penetrating the American consciousness via NPR and Matador Records’ Gerard Cosloy! Carrie Brownstein conducted this conversation about the role and the future of the record label which concludes:
Carrie Brownstein: What are you nostalgic for from 10 years ago? [...]

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Entire island ecosystems arise, corrupt, decay and disappear within the generous lifespan of Yo La Tengo, the New Jersey three-piece who reinvent endlessly what an independent American rock band is supposed to do—play Flamin’ Groovies songs in heaven, for instance. Guitarist/singer Ira Kaplan speaks very early in the morning. This interview by Chris Ziegler.

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ward robinson
Download: Jay Reatard “Wounded”

(from Watch Me Fall out Aug. 18 on Matador)
We have been covering Jay ever since he took the bus from Memphis to L.A. for the Reatards reunion and this is one of our favorite songs by him yet! Very Homosexuals—very good!

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ian o’phelan

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