Matador at 21 on Spotify (6-cd boxset celebrating 21 years of Matador)

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Matador Records is celebrating its 21st anniversary with a delicious 6-cd charity boxset, simply called Matador at 21 (more info in the official blog). Five cds will go through the label's rich history, while the sixth one will include unreleased live recordings from another birthday celebration, the 10th anniversary concerts in 1999. Matador is an heavyweight champion of indie music and the list of artists included in this boxset is simply amazing: Teenage Fanclub, Yo La Tengo, Bardo Pond, Cat Power, Mogwai, Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian, Pavement, Shearwater, Dead Meadow, Girls... When indie was still a thing more for music-lovers than for fashionistas. 

The boxset is made for charity and all the Matador and bands' proceeds will be donated to some non-profit organizations, so it's a good thing to consider the purchase. Matador at 21 will be in stores on September 28, but you can already preorder it from Matador Store for 35$. Worth the purchase? Definitely, yes. But if you wanna try it on Spotify, here it comes the usual spotiplaylist. 

Have a nice trip in the world of 100% classic indie guitars. :o)

(Your social agenda is sadly empty in the first weekend of October? if you live in Las Vegas or you've enough money to go there, Matador will welcome you with a live version of the 21st anniversary celebration: a marvellous label party with live shows of Pavement, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, Guided By Voices, Cat Power and many more; take a look here)

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THE PLAYLIST
(80 songs out of 99, 80,80%, about 5 hours)

Disc 1 - The Pre-Dawn (1989–1992)
1. Teenage Fanclub – Everything Flows
2. H.P. Zinker – Dancing Days
3. Superchunk – Slack Motherfucker
4. Dustdevils – Throw the Bottle Full
5. Railroad Jerk – These Streets
6. Come – Fast Piss Blues
7. Bettie Serveert – Kid’s Alright
8. Chain Gang – Cut Off The Drug Czar’s Head
9. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – More Glee
10. Unsane – This Town
11. Circle X – Compression of the Species
12. Toiling Midgets – Mr. Foster’s Shoes
13. Bailter Space – The Today Song
14. Pavement – Perfume-V

Disc 2 – The Years of Milk and Honey (1993–1995)
1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Afro
2. Yo La Tengo – Big Day Coming
3. Railroad Jerk – The Ballad of Railroad Jerk
4. Helium – Superball
5. Pizzicato Five – Baby Love Child
6. Liz Phair – Mesmerizing
7. Pavement – Silence Kit
8. Guided By Voices – Game Of Pricks
9. 18th Dye – Whole Wide World
10. Chavez – Peeled Out Too Late
11. Come – String
12. Moonshake – Secondhand Clothes
13. Guitar Wolf – Midnight Violence Rock’n Roll
14. San Francisco Seals – Back Again
15. Bardo Pond – Rumination

Disc 3: Days of Whiskey and Tears (1996–2001)
1. Boards Of Canada – Telephasic Workshop
2. Spoon – Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
3. Yo La Tengo – Autumn Sweater
4. Chavez – You Must Be Stopped
5. Silkworm – Tarnished Angel
6. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion – Flavor
7. Pole – Fliegen
8. Cat Power – American Flag
9. Belle & Sebastian – We Rule The School
10. Mogwai – Helps Both Ways
11. Arsonists – Backdraft
12. Large Professor – ‘Bout That Time
13. Cornelius – Tone Twilight Zone
14. burger/ink – Flesh & Blood
15. Pavement – You Are A Light
16. Arab Strap – Blood
17. Matmos – L.A.S.I.K

Disc 4: Don't Call It a Comeback (2002–2007)
1. Interpol – Hands Away
2. Cat Power – He War
3. Yo La Tengo – Today Is The Day
4. The New Pornographers – From Blown Speakers
5. Dizzee Rascal – Fix Up, Look Sharp
6. Dead Meadow – Good Moanin’
7. Mogwai – Kids Will Be Skeletons
8. Mission Of Burma – The Setup
9. Early Man – Death Is The Answer
10. Belle & Sebastian – Dress Up In You
11. Pretty Girls Make Graves – All Medicated Geniuses
12. Cat Power – Love & Communication
13. Shearwater – Johnny Viola
14. Brightblack Morning Light – Everybody Daylight
15. Lavender Diamond – You Broke My Heart
16. Jennifer O’Connor – Tonight We Ride
17. Earles & Jensen – Just Farr A Laugh: The Yogurt Machine
18. Stephen Malkmus – Discretion Grove

Disc 5: Matador Today (2008 – )
1. Fucked Up – Son The Father
2. Sonic Youth – Sacred Trickster
3. Kurt Vile – Amplifier
4. Yo La Tengo – Nothing to Hide
5. Jay Reatard – There Is No Sun
6. Times New Viking – Move To California
7. Harlem – Friendly Ghost
8. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Bottled In Cork
9. The New Pornographers – My Shepherd
10. Cold Cave – Youth and Lust
11. Interpol – Summer Well
12. Shearwater – Castaways
13. Esben and the Witch – Marching Song
14. Girls – Lust For Life
15. Magic Kids – Superball
16. Delorean – Stay Close
17. Cat Power – Metal Heart
18. Perfume Genius – Learning
19. Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks – Real Emotional Trash

Disc 6: Unreleased live recordings from the 10th anniversary concerts, New York City, September 1999 (since these are unreleased recordings, the playlist is made with the original studio versions of the tracklist)
1. Pavement – Here
2. Pavement – Trigger Cut
3. Pavement – The Hexx
4. Pavement – She Believes
5. Pavement – Unfair
6. Pavement – Zurich Is Stained
7. Pavement – Debris Slide
8. Pavement – Spit On A Stranger
9. Come – New Coats
10. Bardo Pond – Walking Stick Man
11. Bardo Pond – Tommy Gun Angel
12. Cat Power – Good Woman
13. Cat Power – Naked, If I Want To
14. Cat Power – You May Know Him
15. Cat Power - Sea Of Love
16. Mogwai – Ex-Cowboy


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