Altitude News
9/2/08: Hello everyone. Up from the seaside and down from the hills, we're back from a summer that's been both classic and core. Formally soaked in songs as we swim through oceans of recordings -- an EP in the fall will be followed by our next full-on, full-length album -- tentatively titled 'The Dark Leaves'. Yes. A show on August 30th at the Sant Feliu Fest in Girona, Spain. To begin at the end, and start autumn anew at the conclusion of the balmiest wicked season. We'll spend weeks wandering the streets of Barcelona, smoking candy cigarettes, admiring Gaudí's work and drinking different air. From there we'll come back to New York to play the September 18th opening night of the Bell House in Brooklyn. We're pleased as punch to have Eve Miller coming along for the ride -- perhaps even steering at times. Pardon the updraft of sincerity (a scent known to cause nausea in some) but we truly appreciate your ears, your minds and your support. Please humor me in my late summer lightheaded-ness. Allow me to imagine us all as some sort of elite force of nature accompanied by an endless crescendo. Apart and still together. Yes. m.
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Additionally, check out the "Locate the Pieces" video, now featured on MySpace! Let them know how much you like it here 1/15/08: Happy New Year! As featured today on The Tripwire, matt pond PA has an amazing new video out for the song "Locate the Pieces." It was directed by Ed Lowther, who built nearly every frame by hand and used stop-motion animation to bring the images to life. Some of these images in combination with the music really send a chill up our collective Altitude Records spine...Check it out! 12/4/07: matt pond PA is in JAPAN! WOAH! Osaka is NOW, Tokyo is Thursday! Also, the band is very pleased to be a part of this year's Langerado Music Festival, along with Built to Spill, Beastie Boys, Ani DiFranco, The Walkmen, and a gazillion more. Tour dates here! 8/1/07: matt pond PA - Last Light Available Sept 25, 2007  Click here to preorder and get a free poster! 6/19/07: Brand New matt pond PA EP in stores today!  Buy If You Want Blood here. 4/13/07: We admit it, we've been pretty slow on the uptake with getting some new news up here. But there is new news for sure. Like the -- BRAND NEW LIMITED MATT POND PA EP!!! Yup, it's FIVE COMPLETELY NEW SONGS and it's going to be on shelves June 5. The title is If You Want Blood, and we've been leaking tracks on the myspace page, so check it out at myspace.com/mattpondpa. You'll want to pre-order this one, because these EPs are going to be EXTREMELY LIMITED, as in a few thousand copies total...pre-orders will be available at the Altitude and matt pond PA webstores in two shakes of a lamb's tail...and of course we've got the full-length album Last Light coming this fall, but more on that later... If a new EP isn't enough, how about a whole new BAND from the matt pond PA guys? You can check out the full-band side project The Dark Leaves hear some beautiful new songs here. And the band wished farewell to longtime guitarist/pianist/arranger Brian Pearl this past winter. See you around, man. 7/31/06: While you haven’t heard much from Altitude News in a while, matt pond PA has busier than ever. Having just finished up their summer tour, the band has jumped back into the studio to give you all what you really want – another album! In the meantime, satisfy yourself with some fun matt pond PA news: The summer tour was a huge success and included performances alongside a number of exciting artists. Matt pond PA played dates with Yo La Tengo, The Stills, Mates of State, Nada Surf, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Band Of Horses, Owen, and Saturday Looks Good To Me. The matt pond PA tour culminated in a show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Bandshell, which drew in thousands of fans and included indie rock bands Voxtrot and TV on the Radio. Thanks to everyone who caught matt pond PA in concert this summer! In other matt pond PA news, the band’s new video for their latest single “So Much Trouble” has been getting a ton of attention. The video appeared on Virgin Megastore video screens in May and June and has aired on Canada’s Much Music, Fuel TV and New York Noise. Those of you who love matt pond PA’s music will be sure to love this new video, which is shot in black and white and animated by red and orange falling leaves, in light of Matt’s description of “how the fall is coming down”. The video can now be purchased on iTunes and was the music store’s featured video for the week of July 10th. Also available on iTunes is matt pond PA’s version of Oasis’ hit song “Champagne Supernova”. Be sure to check out the previously unreleased EXCLUSIVE edit and instrumental recordings of the track. 4/13/06: More News, Always More News It has been awhile since we last updated, but some things just don't change. matt pond PA is STILL out on the road, still playing in front of new people every day. Van trouble be damned!! The band has another week of dates with bluegrass prodigies Nickel Creek, followed by some high-profile college gigs, including an appearance with Cake. You can check out the upcoming dates on the Tour Dates page. Big News! The first video from Several Arrows Later is now up for viewing on matt pond PA's myspace page, here. It is an amazing new clip for the brand new single, "So Much Trouble." You can tell your friends you saw it before the rest of the world got its hands on it. And trust me, the world will get its hands on it. On March 6th, matt pond PA was on the cover of Pollstar Magazine! The image was a photo taken at their sold-out performace at Bowery Ballroom. On this past tour, the band also sold out their shows in Pittsburgh, Madison, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Dallas, Washington DC, Philadelphia, and Brooklyn! And congratulations to matt pond PA for being recognized as 2005 New Pantheon Award Nominees! The competition included entries from Bloc Party, My Morning Jacket, Bright Eyes, Sufjan Stevens, Fiona Apple, Broken Social Scene, Death Cab for Cutie, Elliot Smith, Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, Spoon, The New Pornographers, and more. Check out the band's nomination page here. 1/13/06: Happy New Year, and Happy Friday the 13th! As usual, matt pond PA is keeping extremely busy with an intense touring schedule. A couple of college dates later this month will be followed by a full-blown headlining tour extravaganza, where the band will be joined on the road by indie-rock superstars Dios (Malos) and Youth Group. There will also be one-off shows with The New Pornographers, Willy Mason and MORE. Check out all the dates on the Tour Dates Page! Since we last Spoke, the band played a free NYC show at the awesome Angel Orensanz Center in NYC. The set was put on by the Artists Den and filmed professionally. In fact, it is in the process of being edited into a five-camera performance video. More on that video as news develops... More great matt pond PA press! Matt was interviewed for Philadelphia Style Magazine - check it out here. And finally, matt pond PA welcomes new bassist Steve Jewett into the fold. Find up-to the second updates on the band's official website, mattpondpa.com 11/29/05: It's been another action-packed month for matt pond PA! The group has just returned from the U.K., where they played in support of Regina Spektor. This trip took place immediately after the band wrapped up their latest U.S. tour with a Sold-Out Headlining Show at Mercury Lounge, and a Sold-Out set with Guster at Nokia Theatre - both in New York City. matt pond PA has recorded a session for World Cafe Live. The program will be broadcast nationally on NPR on December 8th, so be sure to check it out! For more info, click here! The great reviews keep on rolling in - Several Arrows Later got a perfect score from Alternative Press, who said, "MPPA Make Their Masterpiece." Indeed. The issue is in stores NOW! Also, matt pond PA was just profiled in the New York Times Sunday Styles Section - You can read the article here! And as always, you can find matt pond PA directly, when you visit, mattpondpa.com 10/27/05: matt pond PA has been VERY busy this month! The band's new full-length, Several Arrows Later, was released to critical acclaim on October 11! There has already been a ***1/2 star LEAD REVIEW in Rolling Stone Magazine (the one with Bono on the cover), and much more to come. matt pond PA is currently in the thick of a U.S. Tour in support of Liz Phair and Guster. Check out the TOUR Page for details! Check out a Q&A Session with Matt Pond at New York Magazine online - Click Here! matt pond PA's 2004 full-length Emblems, was released in the UK October 10, by B Unique Records. alaska! is keeping busy as well - they have announced a November 8 show at House of Blues San Diego with My Morning Jacket! ---OLD NEWS--- alaska! will be touring the west coast with Dinosaur Jr. in August!! Check the TOUR page for details! alaska! is playing at The Troubadour in LA on Thursday, June 16! matt pond PA fans in Boston and New York should not miss the band's upcoming shows at TT The Bear's (Saturday 5/14) and The Delancey (Friday 5/20)!! alaska! will be performing at Amoeba in Hollywood on Tuesday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m....and it's FREE!! alaska!'s new record, Rescue Through Tomahawk is in stores now! Pick it up at a record shop near you, or right here in the Altitude Store! ATTENTION! The brand new Altitude Store is open for business. There you will find all of your favorite Altitude releases from alaska! and matt pond PA, including some hard to find items like the hand-silkscreened "Lily 2/Golden Brown" single! We also have posters, shirts, and plenty of other fun items for your perusal. matt pond PA's cover of "Champagne Supernova" is out now on The OC Mix 4. It's also available for download on iTunes - last we checked it was the #49 most downloaded track! matt pond PA will be performing live on KEXP Thursday April 7 at 2 p.m.! Check out www.kexp.org to listen! If you missed the live broadcast, you'll be able to check it out in KEXP's archives soon! alaska! is heading out on tour this April with Ash and The Bravery!! matt pond PA will also be hitting the road for some American and Canadian dates this spring. Check the tour dates section and stay tuned for more info! matt pond PA's cover of Oasis's "Champagne Supernova" will be featured on The OC Thursday, February 24th!! The show airs on Fox at 8:00 p.m. (7:00 p.m. Central). matt pond PA's performance on Last Call with Carson Daly will air Friday, February 18th! Last Call airs on NBC right after Conan, so tune in or set your DVR accordingly! matt pond PA's latest release, the Winter Songs EP is now available in stores! Described by the band as "the cold cousin of Emblems," the EP features a few original tracks like the weather-appropriate "Snow Day," as well as a few covers including Neutral Milk Hotel's "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea," Lindsey Buckingham's "Holiday Road," and Neil Young's "Winterlong." matt pond PA's track "New Hampshire" from the critically-acclaimed album Emblems was featured on The O.C. on January 13th. The band recently recorded a cover of Oasis's "Champagne Supernova" which will air on the show later this season. alaska! will be releasing their new album Rescue Through Tomahawk on Altitude Records on March 8th. alaska! recently played at the Sundance Film Festival with Calexico. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Copyright © Altitude Records LLC, 2005 |
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