Posts Tagged ‘the matthew show’
Big Bus Dream: Not for the Deaf of Heart
A few years ago, around the time Matthew Broyles, a.k.a. the matthew show, released his album february on Wampus, he passed along the name of another artist he thought we might like — another wry, deadly serious observer, in other words, with a knack for a good hook. The guy’s name was Mike Shannon and he called his…
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Sunshine and Rain: Aural Seedlings from The Crowd Scene
Sometimes a record comes along that is just plain beautiful. And that record is for your immersion. Fronted by the husband-and-wife tandem of Grahame Davies and Anne Rogers, and supported by percussionist Evan Pollack, The Crowd Scene mint a timeless pop evoking the bittersweet sensibility of mid-period Beatles, Brian Wilson, Ray Davies, and — more…
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The Matthew Show: Story in Song, Song in Story
Have you tuned in yet to the Texas-based art-pop collective the matthew show? Their amazing new record, february, is out this morning. Sardonic yet compassionate, this tuneful, idiosyncratic disc lands at the intersection of documentary and classic pop. And that works for us. Songwriter and producer Matthew Broyles, moved by the uncertain state of his and…
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Free Music? Sure.
This fall’s roster is the most appealing we’ve had, and we’re not just saying so because we have a dog in that fight. It’s as if these artists matured at the exact same moment and did their most compelling work as a collective. After watching CD sales die on the vine the last few years, we decided:…
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