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March 30: First Spoon MP3 posted
The first Spoon MP3, "I Turn My Camera On," has been posted on the music page.

March 24: March news update posted
Tons of news and neat images. Update on the Store problems. And announcing the 1-hour interview/retrospective/comic opera RADIO FREE YO LA TENGO to commemorate the 'Prisoners Of Love' double CD/triple CD set. No, this is not the same as the annual WFMU pledge-drive covers marathon that happened on the 15th.

March 11: Bulletin Board back up in temp home
The Matador Bulletin Board is back up in a temporary home:

http://matadorbb.bway.net

The more alert among you have probably noticed that the Matador Store and the Subscribe pages are functioning again.

March 8: Site outage, MASSIVE tour update
As many of you have undoubtedly noticed, we have a big website outage on Friday and again during the day yesterday. The site is now partially back up, but it will probably be until tomorrow for the Bulletin Boards, the Store and the Subscribe pages.

Meanwhile, we've just posted a massive tour update.

February 16: Mogwai audio player; tours page
Check out the Mogwai audio player and stream the upcoming 'Government Commissions' album. Also, some more tour updates.

February 11: Spring tour dates pouring in
Yet another tour update: Early Man supporting Mastodon in the US, and Dead Meadow US headlining dates with Jennifer Gentle (and more of those to be confirmed shortly).

February 9: And yet more tours
Tons more new dates, mainly in Europe: Dead Meadow with Trail Of Dead, Early Man with the Melvins, Pretty Girls Make Graves with Bloc Party. See the tours page.

It's also given us great pleasure to update the Spoon section for the first time in 5 years.

February 8: More news, more tours
Another new signing in the news, more new dates in the tours.

February 4: New tour update
The new tour update has been posted - lots and lots of new shows, especially Cat Power, Interpol, and The Double.

February 1: Feb news: The Double, new Malkmus
A brief February news update has been posted - with info on new signing The Double, and the long-awaited third Stephen Malkmus album.

January 26: New tour update posted
The new tour update has been posted. Matador SXSW showcase with set times. Matador bands at the February ATP in Camber sands. New Interpol March dates, including a second night at Radio City Music Hall. New shows from Laura Cantrell, Cat Power and Early Man.

January 25: January news update posted
The January news update has been posted - with info on another new signing, our SXSW showcase, the Matador At Fifteen contest winners with their pics, and more.

January 19: Cat Power minisite relaunched, Matador At Fifteen contest winners announced, new tour update
The Cat Power minisite has been relaunched with new content to reflect the 'Speaking For Trees' DVD. The hapless winners of the Matador At Fifteen contest have been announced. And there's a new tour update.

January 17: Interpol on TV
Interpol is appearing twice on national TV in the US in the next month — see the Interpol page for more details.

January 11: New Releases, Catalog and Tours
All three pages updated: New Releases, Catalog, Tours.

January 10: Interpol "Evil" video
The video for Interpol's "Evil," directed by Charlie White has been posted on the music and video page.

January 6: Dead Meadow bio, photos
The new Dead Meadow photos and bio have been posted.

January 4: A new tour update for 2005
Happy New Year. The new tour update includes Interpol in Japan in January, the US in Februray and April in Europe. (US March dates will be announced shortly.) Also a slew of new Pretty Girls dates, plus Yo La Tengo at the Sundance Festival.

December 23: Happy Holidays
From the afternoon of the 23rd we'll be closed for the holidays. Matador reopens on Monday, January 3rd.

December 16: Matador At Fifteen Contest
OK, scary time: enter the Matador At Fifteen Contest.

December 15: Laura Cantrell section, final news update of the year, Dead Meadow MP3
We've signed Laura Cantrell and there's a new section for her.

The final news update of 2004 has been posted, with everyone's year-end lists.

And the first MP3 from the upcoming Dead Meadow album 'Feathers' has been posted. Click here to hear "At Her Open Door." The album will be out in February.

December 10: New tour update
The new tour update has been posted.

December 3: YLT Annual Hanukkah Shows announced
The 8 annual Hanukkah shows that Yo La Tengo play at Maxwell's in Hoboken, NJ every year have been announced, along with their special guests each night.

November 30: New tour update
The new tour update has been posted.

November 16: This month's news posted
The November news update has been posted.

November 11: Another tour update
Four new Dead Meadow dates on their way back East from California. Interpol perform on 'Later with Jools Holland' on BBC2. And three Pretty Girls Make Graves dates in Japan, their first visit to the country.

November 9: Complete discography, tour page
The label's complete discography has been revised and brought up to date. Corrections gratefully received.

Also, the latest worldwide tour update has been posted.

November 8: Burma EP out tomorrow; Pavement e-card, more
Due to a technical glitch, the Burma iTunes EP was pushed to tomorrow. Go here to buy it.

We now have a very excellent Pavement e-card for Crooked Rain.