Matadors big weekender!

Happy New Year to you all and all the very best for the upcoming 12 months.

The best news you could possibly hear is that Matadors will be spending a weekend in February playing rock music to people in different cities.

We are playing with our friends Get Human which feature Matadors defacto tour manager/booking agent Toby 'Razor' Chelms - he is a wonderful human being, embrace him.

The dates are in the sidebar but also detailed below as well. See you on the road.

Friday Feb 24th - Boston Indian Queen
Saturday 25th Feb - Brixton Windmill (matinee show)
Saturday 25th Feb - Lincoln Arms, Dorking (evening show)
Sunday Feb 26th - Brighton Hydrant (matinee show so we can get home and go to work on Monday).

Next gig is the New Year New Start, Bombed Out Records all-dayer on the 28th of Jan - see you there.

Much Love.

Matadors

Best of 2011 lists.....

Everyone else is doing it so why shouldn't we? If anyone is reading this then here are some of our favourite things of this year. Merry Xmas everyone.

Dave
TOP TEN RECORDS OF 2011
Steve Adamyk Band – Forever Won’t Wait
Tenement – Napalm Dream
Wiccans – Skullduggery
Autopsy – Macabre Eternal
Obits – Moody, Standard & Poor
Protectors – Can’t Shake The Moves
Night Birds – The Other Side of Darkness
Future Virgins – Western Problems
Attitude Adjustment – No Way Back
Royal Headache – s/t

Adz
TOP RECORDS
Bon Iver - Bon Iver
War On Drugs - Slave Ambient
Obits - Moody, Standard & Poor
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - Belong
Samiam - Trips
Wild Flag - Wild Flag
TV On The Radio - Nine Types Of Light
Ryan Adams - Ashes & Fire
The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck
Protectors - Can't Shake The Moves
Honorable mentions: Hookworms, M83, That Fucking Tank, Rob Crow, Night Birds

FILMS
The Guard
Drive
50/50
Tyrannosaur
Take Shelter

BEST DVD
Talking Heads - Chronology

Matt Sax
TOP RECORDS (in alphabetical order)
Bon Iver – Bon Iver
Decemberists - The King Is Dead
Drive By Truckers – Go-Go Boots
Face To Face – Laugh Now, Laugh Later
The Horn the Hunt – Depressur Jolie
The Horrible Crowes – Elsie
The Mountain Goats – All Eternals Deck
My Sad Captains – Fight Less, Win More
Obits – Moody, Standard, and Poor
Protectors – Can’t Shake The Moves
REM – Collapse Into Now
Richmond Fontaine – The High Country
Singing Adams – Everybody Friends Now
Tom Waits – Bad As Me

Best film released in the UK this year: Animal Kingdom.

We have t-shirts

Yesiree ladies and gentleman we now have some lovely garments with you to insulate yourself during the winter months. Have a look.

They have been lovingly screen printed by Get A Grip studios in Birmingham onto 100% organic cotton Anvil t-shirts. Sizes available are small, medium, large and gril's medium. Colours are white, red and yellow haze.

Prices are £7 at gigs and £10 postpaid. Email matadors@gmail.com for availability and be the classiest looking hipster on the block.

On The Hook available now

What are you waiting for? Go and get it and spread the word.

http://matadorsleeds.bandcamp.com/album/on-the-hook

Tumblr action

We have now embraced Tumblr - not quiite sure how it works but we're on there - add us or whatever you do with it.

http://matadors.tumblr.com/

Here's the flyer for our release gig as well:

Another sneak peek, album release and more....

Here's a second song from our forthcoming debut album (which we will think of a name for very soon, honestly) - a balls out rocker by the name of Beneath The Night (we are aware it sounds like one of those Channel 5 'erotic' dramas they always used to show late on a Friday night).

Beneath The Night by matadors-uk

The album will be available for a lovely pay-whatever-you-want price from 7th November on our Bandcamp page, if you've forgotten the URL it's here:

http://matadorsleeds.bandcamp.com/

We also have some gigs lined up - including our official album launch at the Fox & Newt on the 18th of November - we will probably even have t shirts for sale. Check the side panel for the rest of the dates, we always want more as well.

Here's a sneak peek from the new record, enjoy!

Little London by matadors-uk