“narcotically arresting” – Pitchfork “a sound that pulls the ear close in a swirl of whispery vocals, opaque poetry and tight, art-rock instrumentals” – NPR “jangly guitars, pop melodies, and a discernable air of cool.” – Fader “Bar Italia are the best new band in London” – The Face “London’s most
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Lucy Dacus has shared a new lyric video for her latest single ‘Kissing Lessons’ (now with over 1 million streams on Spotify!) Unfortunately, due to a positive COVID case, Lucy’s expansive world
Today, you can watch a brand-new video for the Pavement B-side ‘Harness
EARLY DEMO OF THE SONG ‘ADORE YOU’ TO BE RELEASED ON FEBRUARY
10 years after its original release, Matador Records is reissuing Spoon’s beloved eighth album, They Want My Soul, on all digital platforms, with a 2xLP gatefold vinyl release to follow in the fall. Along
Marking her first new release since her ‘Easy Thing’ single last fall, Snail Mail (Lindsey Jordan) has dropped her take on The Smashing Pumpkins’ song ‘Tonight Tonight’ via Matador. She recorded the song for
EMMETT KELLY, STEPHEN MALKMUS, MATT SWEENEY & JIM WHITE are THE HARD QUARTET The Hard Quartet is a band. But what is a band? A band, perhaps, can be thought of as a body, a
You might not have been lucky enough to make it along to Glastonbury 2024, but here’s a few of our favourite appearances from Matador artists, Bar Italia, Kim Gordon and Mdou Moctar. Enjoy!
Lifeguard are kicking off the summer with a new single, ‘Ministry / Energie’ b/w ‘Telepathic Love.‘ It includes one new song and a cover of a classic The Wipers tune, both recorded
Water From Your Eyes will release MP3 Player 1, a four-song EP featuring covers of music by Chumbawamba, Adele, Al Green, and Third Eye Blind. Listen to the version of Chumbawamba’s ‘The
Marking the launch of her UK live dates this week, Kim Gordon has released a new non-album single, ‘ECRP’, with an accompanying video once again featuring, this time as director, her daughter,
The Expanded 2011 edition of Queens of the Stone Age‘s self titled album is being made available once again on 2LP and CD. This ‘definitive version’ of the album comes with original Loose-Groove
Following on from their critically acclaimed albums Tracey Denim and The Twits, both out in 2023, which cemented them as one of the UK’s most celebrated musical prospects, bar italia release new
This year marks the 10th anniversary of Perfume Genius’ critically acclaimed album Too Bright, originally released by Matador on September 23, 2014. The third record by Perfume Genius (Mike Hadreas), it marked