Elliott Smith,
Andrew Bird,
The Magnetic Fields,
Jeff Buckley,
Tom Waits,
Leonard Cohen,
Okkervil River,
King Crimson,
David Bowie,
Elvis Costello,
Wilco,
Patti Smith,
The Kinks,
Peter Murphy,
Sam Cooke,
Otis Redding,
Bon Iver,
Joshua Park,
Hezekiah Jones,
Papertrees,
Andrew Lipke,
Chris Kasper,
Johnny Miles
Sounds Like
"Matt Landis who occasionally plays with World/Inferno. His striking voice and very apt lyrics alternately made the crowd roar at points and look into themselves, especially "All That We Are," a beautifully haunting song that was made all the better by the atmospherics of the room.
Landis entertained the crowd just as much with his between songs set telling stories of Robert Johnson (who he covered amazingly), hating being compared to Billy Joel and Elton John and playing a quick section of a Randy Newman song."
-Steve Ciccarelli in Phrequency Beta, the Philadelphia Inquirer's Music Blog
****To get a copy of Matt's new EP BENEATH THE FOLD, email him at boatload.of.madmen@gmail.com.****
Matthew Landis is a Philadelphia area singer, keyboardist and songwriter. He is currently in the process of spending a large amount of money that he probably can't afford to spend in order to record his debut EP (all the burned CD's he's been giving out for years don't count apparently). He has been performing mostly in the Philadelphia area for several years. He was named stand out performer for March 2006 at the Philly Rising Open Mic Competition at World Cafe Live and subsequently performed at the World Cafe Live Downstairs as part of CREAM: The Best of Philly Rising in January 2007.
Matthew has shared the stage with the likes of Erik Petersen (of Mischief Brew fame), Hezekiah Jones, The Spinning Leaves, Emilyn Brodsky, Disciples of Groove, The Blue Method, and more. He has performed as a sideman playing keyboards for Philadelphia area artists Joshua Park (including providing keyboards for his current ep, "One Wish" recorded at Turtle Studios in Philadelphia), Dawn Iulg, Bosco and Peck.
He is also one of the keyboard players for national (and international) touring act and Chunksaah Records artist the World/Inferno Friendship Society, having toured Europe and the Northeast with them. "Although missing the familiar handlebar mustache of Franz Nicolay, the group sufficiently compensated with newcomer Matt Landis, a menace at the keyboard." (source: http://www.theway903.com/blog/?p=32)
In closing, Matthew believes in the proposition that art should never be boring and complacent and that it should, in fact, be good. He also believes that most art fails to live up to these standards. This has led many to accuse him of being cynical or arrogant. While his detractors may be right, Matthew believes that all in all, he's a pretty nice guy.
If yr interested in booking Matthew Landis, you can email him here: boatload.of.madmen@gmail.com
Please be sure to check out Matt's blog on contemporary poetry, poetics, and culture, Abecedarian/f(x) by clicking on his name in the band member's section of the profile.
You can also view the website for Tony's studio, The Audiolab by clicking on his name in the band member's section.
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Some press:
Firstly, look at the "sounds like" section.
Also:
"...some really terrific song-writing with an undeniable voice." -Frank Deserto, Limewire Music Blog
"Although missing the familiar handlebar mustache of Franz Nicolay, the group sufficiently compensated with newcomer Matt Landis, a menace at the keyboard." -Kim Harrison, WAIH, 90.3 fm Blog
Cedar Street Studios here, located in the Port Richmond area, just letting you know we are available to work within any budget and do recording, mixing, and mastering! Check us out at www.cedarstreetstudios.com
Cedar Street Studios here, located in the Port Richmond area, just letting you know we are available to work within any budget and do recording, mixing, and mastering! Check us out at www.cedarstreetstudios.com
Hello. I wanted to let you know that I barely had time to learn the song you gave me last week because I've been busy with work from my classes and songs I have to learn for choir. I don't know if you'll get this before tomorrow, but I was wondering if there our any songs that we can work on during the lesson because I am just swamped with school work and other things.
I have a question about the song. I've been trying to learn the German part of it and it's kind of difficult seeing that i don't take German and I don't know how to pronounce it. What do I do about that?
Hey Matthew! Aw what a lovely comment to read, made my day :) Glad u liked to album, likewise you guys were so fun to see again, please come back soon... I guess you guys would have felt so rough if you'd come and partyed with us anyway, but they'll be another time I'm sure!!
We hope to get the birds over to America in a year or two, once the second album is out and we're a bit better known heh heh. Perhaps we could do another show together! Fantastic to meet you and your lovely band, and I'll defo keep in touch, cheers!
Mishkin xxx
PS I'll email u with my address if I could get a copy of your EP that wud be fab, thank u! xx
My mother told me that she called Music Central this week and they said you would be back this upcoming Wednesday? I'm assuming they're wrong then? Anyways, I wanted to let you know ahead of time that I have a Sophomore orientation September 2nd so I won't be able to make it to that lesson. :/
Hello! Hope you had fun in Europe! Anyways, I wanted to let you know that I'm having a little trouble with the Cabaret song. I guess cause I'm not used to doing those types of songs involving me acting like a character. I even bought the movie the day after my last lesson. I like the Liza Menelli version better I might add. I just don't know what to do about the song and I was hoping you'd give some sort of advice? I'm just not sure if musical's our my thing as of now because I'm not used to "becoming" a character seeing that I've never acted a day in my life.
Hey Matthew! Lovely to meet you at the Brighton show - it was incredible! Hope you guys got back ok and aren't too knackered... next time you have to come party with us! How can I get a copy of your solo EP? Mishkin xx PS - hopefully see you at another show soon....
I ended up having to work friday, need to pay off this short bus I just bought. I have you have wildly amazing adventures in europe, and hopefully I won't be so broke when you return!
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