Matador Records

Bio:

Formed in 1989 by native New Yorker Chris Lombardi, Matador Records is the premier contemporary rock label of its era. Or we're in the top 20 or so. We have new releases from:

A.C. Newman, Belle and Sebastina, Brightblack Morning Light, Cat Power, The Cave Singers, Cold Cave, Condo Fucks, Dead Meadow, Earles and Jensen, Esben and the Witch, Fucked Up, God Help The Girl, Harlem, Interpol, Jay Reatard, Jennifer O'Connor, Julian Plenti, Kurt Vile, Matmos, Mission of Burma, Mogwai, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Perfume Genius, The Ponys, Shearwater, Sonic Youth, Spiral Stairs, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Times New Viking, Yo La Tengo

...and more.

Alumni include Guided By Voices, Dizzee Rascal, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Teenage Fanclub, Spoon, M. Ward, The Soft Boys, Liz Phair, Silkworm, The Frogs, Bassholes and more!

Visit our website, Matablog or YouTube Channel for artist updates, tour news, release schedules, and videos. Then again, there is always the Matastore, which is really where you should be right now.

Please note : we'll gladly add individual humans as friends (just so long as you don't do anything unfriendly to us), but if you're a band, label or company that we're not actually familiar with, please don't request an add. We don't wanna be jerks about this, but we don't want to imply endorsement/friendship with artists we don't know or firms we're not associated with. If you'd like to approach us about putting something out, we respectfully ask that you read the FAQ at the Matador website
Thanks.