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ALBUMS: January 2023 In Review

January 31, 2023January 31, 2023 Kara Tucker 2 Comments Belle and Sebastian, Fucked Up, Late Developers, Loma Vista, Margo Price, Matador Records, Merge Records, One Day, Strays, Stuart Murdoch

Looking at new albums from Margo Price, Belle and Sebastian and Fucked Up

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Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Spoon’s Devilish Couch Trip

April 4, 2022April 4, 2022 David Richman 0 Comments 2022, Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Lucifer on the Sofa, Matador Records, Spoon

On their second title since returning to Matador, the Austin indie rock icons make their best album in years

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Indie Rock 

Inside This Leather Terrarium: Brighten The Corners at 25

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, Bob Nastanovich, Brighten The Corners, Fin, Geddy Lee, Magnet Magazine, Mark Ibold, Matador Records, MTV, Pavement, Shady Lane, Spiral Stairs, Starlings on the Slipstream, Stephen Malkmus, Stereo, Steve West, Transport Is Arranged

Looking back on the album that helped Pavement become a band again

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Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Snail Mail Crushes Heartbreak Into Dust

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Jason Scott 0 Comments 2021, Ben Franklin, Light Blue, Lindsey Jordan, Madonna, Matador Records, Snail Mail, Valentine

The singer-songwriter braids broken heartstrings into an elegant portrait of pain with her second studio record

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New Wave Post-Punk 

Solid Gold Entertainment!

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Andy Gill, Box Set, Dave Allen, Entertainment!, Gang of Four, GANG OF FOUR 77-81, Hugh Burnham, Jon King, Matador Records, Sire Records, Solid Gold, The Ramones, The Sex Pistols

Jon King discusses the new Gang of Four stacked new box set covering the band’s first four years

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Indie Rock Power Pop 

Critical Mass: A Catholic Education at 30

June 3, 2020June 3, 2020 Eric Davidson 0 Comments 1990, Bandwagonesque, Gerard Cosloy, Gerard Love, Homestead Records, Matador Records, Nirvana, Norman Blake, SPIN, Teenage Fanclub

Talking Teenage Fanclub with Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy about the Scottish pop greats’ debut album

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Indie Rock Pop 

What Bothers You Today: Yo La Tengo’s Electr-O-Pura Turns 25

May 16, 2020May 19, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1995, Electr-O-Pura, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Tom Courtenay, Yo La Tengo

Hoboken’s greatest band made sure you remembered their name in ’95

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Indie Rock 

The Way of Steve Gunn

May 8, 2019May 9, 2019 Michael Toland 0 Comments Kurt Vile, Matador Records, Steve Gunn

As his excellent eighth album continues to rack in critical acclaim, indie rock’s most potent guitar hero preps for a summer tour and talks with RNRG about what’s happening in the meantime

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Rock 

Ridin’ the Riff and Rollin’ With the Flow

October 18, 2018October 18, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Billy Ray Cyrus, Busting Grills, Chavez, Cypress Hill, Kurt Vile, Matador Records, Matt Sweeney

At a private Q&A to celebrate his new album Bottle It In, we learned how Kurt Vile’s studio perfectionism illuminates his slacker style

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Pop Rock 

A Big Day Coming

October 10, 2018October 10, 2018 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Georgia Hubley, Ira Kaplan, James McNew, Matador Records, Yo La Tengo

Yo La Tengo’s Painful turns 25

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Pop 

Lots of Dreams That Aren’t There

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Matador Records

Belle and Sebastian’s The Boy With the Arab Strap at 20

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Rock 

Midnight Marauder

August 28, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Brooklyn, House of Vans, Interpol, Madison Square Garden, Matador Records, NYC

On LP no. 6, Interpol crack the same facade of NYC cool that birthed them

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Punk Rock 

Whitechocolatespaceegg at 20: In Which The Big Tall Man Wants Wings; or, Don’t Get Loose Enough To Trust Your Bartender

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Glenn McDonald, Liz Phair, Matador Records

A deeper look at Liz Phair’s underrated third LP

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Punk Rock 

Why You Gotta Ask? Why Don’t You Just Know?

June 11, 2018April 15, 2019 Raymond Cummings 5 Comments Indie rock, Matador Records, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus

Sparkle Hard (Matador), from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is wan, wilful, and winning.

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