OUT TODAY ON LP/CD (and streaming, duh) Pavement - 'Heckler's Choice : Big Gums & Heavy Lifters' (hits/IBB's) + "Pavements'(a sprawling, HIGH CONCEPT companion piece culled from/inspired by Alex Ross Perry's feature film. GRAB BOTH (please) pavement.mat-r.co/ompst pavement.mat-r.co/hecklerschoice

bar italia last night at Neumos in Seattle WA Photos by Eli Branch IV Tour continues tonight in Vancouver followed by several dates alongside Lifeguard. All upcoming dates / tickets: baritaliaa.com

Matador's recommendations playlist has been updated for November with new stuff from Possible Humans, Deathcat, Claire Rousay, They Are Gutting A Body Of Water, Jessica Moss, Good Flying Birds, Syko Friend and more. matador.ffm.to/recommends

Bar Italia @ Bellwether THURSDAY Nov 6th 2025 // THE PORTABLE INFINITE portable-infinite.blogspot.com/2025/11/bar-...

Made it back from San Jose right on time for Bar Italia

Lifeguard's ‘Ripped and Torn’ is 15% off at the Matador webstore using code “WHATMEWORRY” at checkout: lifeguard.mat-r.co/rippedandtorn/matador Fig 2: 🎨 Tom Richmond Fig 3: Lifeguard embarks on several North American dates in support of bar italia this weekend tix at baritaliaa.com/home#live

Tonight at Cine Joia, in São Paulo, Brazil! YLT acoustic at 9:00

Found some time to get acquainted with the new Bar Italia record. Great stuff. Thanks @applestumprecords.com

"Xian Man" - the last post in Recliner Notes' Stephen Malkmus Series - looks at the con man talk of the song's wannabe guru narrator as well as the "afro-desert riff" by Matt Sweeney that serves as the track's musical through-line. reclinernotes.com/2025/11/02/s...

Interpol - Our Love to Admire (2007) @matadorrecords.bsky.social #nowplaying #nowspinning #musicsky

#NowPlaying DARKSIDE - One Last Nothing (Matador Records) darkside.bandcamp.com/track/one-la... @matadorrecords.bsky.social

JUST IN! 'Pavements (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' by Pavement According to my Pavement-obsessed wee bro, the ‘Pavements’ film is one of the best movies of the year. @matadorrecords.bsky.social www.normanrecords.com/records/2117...

Water From Your Eyes performs “Life Signs” from 'It’s a Beautiful Place' for The Late Show w/ Stephen Colbert's #LateShowMeMusic Full video: youtu.be/xA2REswD024?...

Orders including 'Send A Prayer My Way' from the Matador store will include a 12" x 12" print signed by Julien Baker & TORRES while supplies last. Save 15% on the LP, plus nearly everything else at the Matador store, using code WHATMEWORRY at checkout: matador.mat-r.co/2025

MATADOR RECORDS - WE ARE THE BUSY KIDS Save 15% on (nearly) EVERYTHING at the Matador store w/ code WHATMEWORRY at checkout: matador.ffm.to/2025 Illustration: Tom Richmond

"A beautifully transcendent performance... It’s exhilarating, a little absurd, and completely freeing." Clash Magazine on Perfume Genius in Berlin: www.clashmusic.com/reviews/live... #PerfumeGenius

Horsegirl - live at The Bottleneck, Lawrence KS Video by: Unacceptable Color Shot and Edited by: Shawn Brackbill full show : youtu.be/5J4c8N6qywc?...

MATADOR PRESENTS: bar italia, Horsegirl, & Lifeguard Live at Brooklyn Paramount Saturday, November 22nd ticketmaster.com/perfectly-im... #baritalia #horsegirlband #lifeguardband

bar italia - 'Some Like It Hot' Tour Last night in Paris at La Maroquinerie Photos: Jules Vandale

bar italia, The Dome 24 October photos by Simon Mercer

Following the release of 'Tears of Injustice' early this year, Mdou Moctar has announced ten solo performances on the West Coast of the United States to round out an action-packed 2025. Tickets for all dates are on sale this Friday at 10am PT via mdoumoctar.com/tour

Water From Your Eyes, Brushy Street Commons, 10/21/25 photos : Angela Betancourt

Out today: the new album from bar italia - ’Some Like It Hot’ Available on limited edition picture disc, black vinyl, and CD through the Matador store: baritalia.mat-r.co/somelikeithot bar Italia’s UK / EU / North American tour begins tomorrow night at The Dome in London. Tickets at baritaliaa.com

PARIS: Perfume Genius and Cody Critcheloe present photos from 'Glory' at Floreal Belleville this October 28th - 30th Tickets are free but RSVP required: eventbrite.co.uk/e/perfume-ge...

new from bar italia - "omni shambles" from 'Some Like It Hot', out this Friday stream / purchase : baritalia.mat-r.co/omnishambles presave / preorder 'Some Like It Hot' : baritalia.mat-r.co/somelikeithot www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmrG...

“‘Some Like It Hot’, is a revelation; a muscular, spirited collection of tracks that brim with confidence and the awareness of a world that now knows their name.” NME on the new album from #baritalia, out FRIDAY. www.nme.com/features/mus...

New from DARKSIDE - "One Last Nothing" stream / purchase : darkside.mat-r.co/onelastnothing

New from DARKSIDE - "One Last Nothing" stream / purchase : darkside.mat-r.co/onelastnothing fig 2 photo : Aurelie Sauffier

Car Seat Headrest, ACL Festival, 10/12/25 photos by Angela Betancourt

Queens of the Stone Age - "Running Joke" / "Paper Machete" from "The Tonight Show With Jimmy Fallon", 10/09/25 youtu.be/BdcyxrUNfLo?...

Queens of the Stone Age, 11:35pm this evening on NBC's The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon @qotsa-official.bsky.social

Matador’s Recommendations playlist has been updated for October with new or mostly new stuff from Golomb, Gwenifer Raymond, The Sleeveens, Major Stars, Steve Gunn, Dragged Up, Prolapse and more. matador.ffm.to/recommends

Mdou Moctar - “Live at Smokey’s Wedding – Agadez” filmed by Nelson Antonio Espinal full video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=19Pf... stream / purchase 'Funeral For Justice' : lnk.to/ffjustice stream / purchase 'Tears For Injustice' " mdoumoctar.mat-r.co/injustice

“I like to sew on the bus when I’m bored. It’s not good for the fingertips as you bounce around the planet.” @qotsa-official.bsky.social's Josh Homme on the cover of MR PORTER: www.mrporter.com/.../joshua-h....

Available on Bandcamp for today's #BandcampFriday: a newly announced deluxe edition of Circuit des Yeux's 'Halo On The Inside,' and the forthcoming LPs from bar italia and Pavement The Rock Band matadorrecords.bandcamp.com

DARKSIDE - Live At Le Guess Who? (2024) full video : youtu.be/mtLk7aps9CI?... stream / purchase 'Nothing' : darkside.mat-r.co/nothing

Circuit des Yeux - 'Halo On The Inside : Director's Cut', the expanded edition of Haley Fohr's monumental album of the year candidate is now available. stream / purchase : cdy.mat-r.co/hotidlx photo : Dana Trippe

Circuit des Yeux - "Decoy" Filmed by Haley Fohr Animations by Tim Breen Edited by Cuan Roche stream / purchase 'Halo On The Inside : Director's Cut' : cdy.mat-r.co/hotidlx

Lifeguard in the newest issue of Hero Mag - featuring a conversation with Elias Rønnenfelt on dropping out of high school, Ann Arbor MI, techno collective Underground Resistance, touring and more. Photography: Christopher Petrus Fashion: Sam W Knoll Introduction: Alex James Taylor

Pavement Levitation, 09/28/25 photos by Angela Betancourt

En “Who Is The Sky?” ( @matadorrecords.bsky.social ) David Byrne –acompañado en los arreglos por la Ghost Train Orchestra– analiza el alcance de las emociones, la madurez o el plano espiritual. En lo musical su personalidad se ve acrecentada en un arcoíris de sonidos. ✍️ @andrescastanof.bsky.social

I picked Water From Your Eyes at @theatlantisdc.bsky.social and it was a GREAT CHOICE! @matadorrecords.bsky.social

10 years ago, Wales beat England in their home World cup *and* Kurt Vile released this banger of an album. I mean 26th September is pushing the wedding day out of the top 2 best days of my life

Mdou Moctar, Radio East 09/24/25 photos by Angela Betancourt

Kurt Vile - 10 years of 'b'lieve i'm goin down...' Stream / purchase the album: kurtvile.mat-r.co/blieve KV looks back on 'b'lieve': matadorrecords.com/blogs/news/m... #matadorrevisionisthistory #kurtvile #blieveimgoindown

Mdou Moctar - "Sousoume Tamacheq" Live at The GRAMMY Museum Taken from the new album 'Tears of Injustice' Watch the full performance / convo with @jennylsq.bsky.social: youtu.be/C6RJcJE--2g?... #GrammyMuseum #Grammys #MdouMoctar #TearsofInjustice

David Byrne's 'Who Is The Sky?' is out now and the CRITICS HAVE SPOKEN. Stream the new album / purchase the LP or CD: davidbyrne.mat-r.co/whoisthesky #DavidByrne #WhoIsTheSky

new from Horsegirl - "Julie In Twos" / "Two Julies" stream / purchase : horsegirl.mat-r.co/julieintwos

new from Horsegirl - "Julie In Twos" / "Two Julies" stream / purchase : horsegirl.mat-r.co/julieintwos

new from Horsegirl - "Julie In Twos" / "Two Julies" stream / purchase : horsegirl.mat-r.co/julieintwos fig 2 photo : Ruby Faye