Matador at 21: Matador Records’ 21 Best Albums
By Stewart MasonIn celebration of Matador Records' 21st anniversary and their October 1-3, 2010, celebration in Las Vegas, here's their 21 best releases (including a few British and Japanese albums they brought stateside), with the caveat that each band only gets one shot. Otherwise, Guided By Voices could fill this up by themselves.
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 PainfulYo La Tengo |
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 Mass RomanticThe New Pornographers |
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 Exile In GuyvilleLiz Phair |
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 No Pocky For KittySuperchunk |
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 Alien LanesGuided By Voices |
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 A Catholic EducationTeenage Fanclub |
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 Crooked Rain, Crooked RainPavement |
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 Made In USAPizzicato Five |
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 The GreatestCat Power |
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 Music Has the Right to ChildrenBoards of Canada |
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 Pirate PrudeHelium |
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 God Help The GirlGod Help The GirlEtiam euismod, enim vel fringilla aliquet, lacus mi egestas tellus, quis fringilla nisi odio ac arcu. Curabitur dignissim turpis id sapien molestie vitae tincidunt mi eleifend. >> |
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 FantasmaCornelius |
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 Childish ProdigyKurt Vile |
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 Humming By The Flowered VineLaura Cantrell |
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 For Beginner PianoPlone |
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 The Baseball TrilogyThe SF Seals |
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 Isolation PartyTommy Keene |
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 Our Aim Is To SatisfyRed Snapper |
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 The EternalSonic YouthThe kind of driving, edgy, post-punk-influenced tunes they hit out of the park on albums like Goo and Dirty >> |
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 Ride the FaderChavez |
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