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mon 7-30-07

Some Mad Monday... TOUR!
hi all. it's monday...night. sorry for the delay, we had some major technical difficulties...

but this week, we're bringing you... a tour!
yep. that's right, i'm taking "some mad hope" on a
headlining, full scale, full band hootenanny across
these great united states (and toronto) this fall, and
i wanted you to be the first to get the dates.

we've got some amazing acts opening the tour:
cary brothers and kate voegle are on the first half,
melee and ingrid michaelson are on the second.
so, it's gonna be a great night of music, for sure...
not to mention the pyrotechnics and the cirque du soleil dancers!

the dates are below.
if you don't see your town, fear not...
this is only the first of many runs i'll do supporting "some mad hope"
so hang tight, i'm sure we'll get to your neck of the woods soon enough.

cool.
hope you are all enjoying the summer.
check dates and details on the tour page.

www.mattnathanson.com/tour


bye,
matt

mon 7-23-07

monday, monday
hey all,

a little background on me, matt.

the only reason i play acoustic guitar is because of the indigo girls.
i always wanted to be in a band, until the day i heard their first record.
then i just wanted to BE them. i think i've seen them live 40 times.
and they never disappoint.
they didn't need a band to be powerful, they wrote amazing songs,
their harmonies were shiver inducing, they were friends with R.E.M...
they were perfect.
and for me, growing up... they were as alternative, musically, as
you could get. just 2 acoustic guitars and 2 voices.

this week, i wanted to take a break from the pre-release roll out of
"some mad hope," to share with all of you THE coolest moment in
my musical life so far.

over memorial day weekend, i was involved in an amazing
3 day retreat in new orleans with a handful of incredible artists,
including emily and amy (indigo girls). it was a workshop on
activism and the arts and it culminated in a concert to benefit
Sweet Home New Orleans. in the taxi on the way to the show,
i finally spilled the beans to them both about how influential
they had been to me and they asked if i wanted to "sing michael's
(stipe... of REM) part on 'kid fears?'"...
i know you can't tell from the video, but i was having an out of body
experience. seriously. to be able to harmonize with my heroes on a song
i sang at every open mic i ever played is surreal. i was stunned.
and euphoric. i'm actually still getting over the shock.

not the best recording/sound quality, but you get the picture.
i come in on the last chorus.enjoy!

Click here to watch.

until next week,
matt



oh, and two more things:

1. Facebook people, check out my "Some Mad Hope" cd release facebook group.
2. Don't forget about my two upcoming shows:
   
   • 08-01-07
     Boulder, CO
     Fox Theater
     Doors: 7:30 PM
     Show: 8:30 PM
     Tickets: $25.00 (21 and Up)
     Full Band Show.
     w/ The Subdudes, and Over the Rhine
     Buy Tickets.
     
     
   • 08-16-07
     Boston, MA
     Copley Square Park
     in front of historic Trinity Church
     Doors: 5:30 PM
     Show: 5:30 PM
     w/ jonatha brooke free and open to the public.
     more info here: www.wbos.com

mon 7-16-07

more monday goodies - hear a full concert!
hey all...

well, it's monday again.

and you know what that means...
yep, time for more 'some mad hope' pre-release goodies!
this week, i've got 2 cool things for you. but first...
there are some full band shows coming up that you should know about:

08-01-07
Boulder, CO
Fox Theater
Doors: 7:30 PM
Show: 8:30 PM
Tickets: $25.00 (21 and Up)
Full Band Show.
w/ The Subdudes, and Over the Rhine

Buy Tickets.

08-16-07
Boston, MA
Copley Square Park
in front of historic Trinity Church
Doors: 5:30 PM
Show: 5:30 PM
w/ jonatha brooke free and open to the public.
more info here: www.wbos.com

ok.

now on to the good stuff...

first off, the album version of car crash is now up
and streaming for your listening enjoyment.
click here to listen.

as you know, i just finished a week of radio promo that ended with
a concert, on the air, at WXPN in philadelphia.
the band flew in and rehearsed without me for 2 days....

and i showed up the night before for a very intense 5 hour
cram-a-thon to break in a new drummer, rob avisharian.
needless to say, the band (aaron tap, john thomasson and rob)
rose to the challenge and they killed! sounded amazing!
mark weinberg, my co-writer and the co-producer of 'some mad hope', was also
on hand to play some guitar with us on 'gone' and 'to the beat of our noisy hearts.'

-click here- to read my journal entry and to stream the entire 45 minute show in all its glory.

well that's it for me,
hope that tides you over.

until next week,
matt

wed 7-11-07

Listen in on Matt's Studio C session TONIGHT!!
Listen in for Matt's Studio C session on KBCO tonight at 8:25pm MT (7:25pm PT / 9:25pm CT / 10:25pm EST). If you listen, let the station know your favorite part.

Denver peeps can tune in on the radio to 97.3 FM.
Everyone else can listen online at www.kbco.com

mon 7-9-07

to the beat of our noisy hearts
happy monday!

i'm writing you all from the beginning of yet another
week of promotion for the new record, 'some mad hope.'
today i'm in seattle. tomorrow it's portland, then denver,
then boston, then philly... ending in los angeles on tuesday.
this round is mostly radio station visits.
you know... meeting DJs, playing on the air, all the while
convincing the stations that 'car crash' is the best song they've
ever heard, EVER. and that they really haven't lived until they've
played it on their station a million times. and made me hugely successful.
it's like part self promotion/part jedi mind trick.

anyway... for this next installment of the 'some mad hope' preview,
i wanted to give you all another full song from the record.
this time it's a track called, "to the beat of our noisy hearts."
the song is track 7. almost the exact middle of the record.
here's a little back story:

- this was one of the last songs written.
- the title was written first, before anything else... which i NEVER do.
- i pretty much finished it right before we went in to record it.
- this song was my attempt at ripping off the violent femmes.
i have always loved the way the femmes had songs that were acoustic
guitar driven, but were still punky and cool. like 'blister in the sun.'
of course, this song ended up sounding NOTHING like the violent femmes...
but it's pretty cool none the less.
- the lyrics in the 2nd verse are my favorite lyrics on the whole record. they are:

"she was her mother's secret. she was daddy's girl
and she brought weekend boys home in her curls.
she said my love is a fever. come on, touch my skin
they all think i'm easy. well, i'm easy... cause i let them win"

and so, without further adieu....
i give you "to the beat of our noisy hearts"
enjoy!

Hear the song on Matt's Myspace

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but wait, there's more news. read on-

Other notable items this week,
in a nice little list:

• TODAY: Seattle Radio
  
  I'll be performing live on KMTT (The Mountain) in Seattle today,
  July 9 at 3:15 pm Pacific. Those of you who live in or near Seattle
  can tune in at 103.7 FM.
  Everyone else can listen live at: www.kmtt.com
  


• THURSDAY: Boston radio
  i'll be performing live on the air at noon on WBOS in Boston on Thursday, July 12.
  Boston folks listen in at 92.9 FM
  The rest can hear it at www.wbos.com


• FRIDAY: Philadelphia SHOW
  I'll also be playing a WPXN Live Performance this Friday July 13th,
  with a limited number of seats reserved for fans to attend.
  The show is being broadcast live at 12 noon ET
  on WXPN 88.5 FM (Vermont Public Radio) & 90.5 WKUT Austin,
  as well as online at xpn.org/listen & NPR.org,
  
  People can RSVP on the WXPN website to attend the show at this link:
  xpn.org/concerts_events/freeatnoon.php

That's it for now.
Thanks everyone!

Matt

fri 7-6-07

Matt on the Radio in Seattle
Matt will be performing live on KMTT (The Mountain) in Seattle on Monday, July 9 at 3:15 pm Pacific. Those of you who live in or near Seattle can tune in at 103.7 FM.

Everyone else can listen live at: www.kmtt.com

mon 5-21-07

New Orleans Benefit Show!
As a special treat for those of you in the dirrrty south, Matt will be performing at the "Musicians Bringing Music Home II" benefit concert on May 27. Also appearing that night will be The Indigo Girls, Damian Kulash of OK GO, Jim James of My Morning Jacket, and many special guests! Click here for more info and to buy tickets!