Current Release Matador 7" Series #4: Fluorescene Grey ole-819 7"/DS Street Date: July 22, 2008

Tour dates Live @ SXSW

News
7/14/08
Because of a number of unfortunate complications and a few key mess-ups during the Jay Reatard pre-order today, we will be redoing it Tomorrow, Tuesday July 15th, at 3PM EST. We're very sorry to everyone about how frustrating this way today, and apologize for redoing it but at this point it's the only fair way to get the records out. Please see further explanation HERE Pre-order HERE tomorrow at 3PM

7/1/08--
The fourth single in Matador's series of limited-editions by Jay Reatard is a split 7" with Atlanta's Deerhunter. The A-side is Jay covering Deerhunter's "Flourescent Grey," and the B-side is Deerhunter covering Jay's "Oh, It's Such A Shame." The cover photo, taken by our own The Judge at May's All Tomorrow's Parties in Camber Sands, can be seen above. OLE-819 will be in stores on July 22.
Our webstore preorder time and date will be: BASTILLE DAY — Monday, July 14 at 3:00 PM EDT. Remember, if you miss the preorder, check your local stores. You can also buy the single digitally (MP3 or FLAC) from the webstore. And all six 7"es will be compiled on an LP/CD to be released this fall.

Here is the summary of the singles so far:
#1, See/Saw / Screaming Hand — April 8
#2, Painted Shut / An Ugly Death — May 20
#3, Always Wanting More / You Mean Nothing To Me — June 24
#4, Flourescent Grey (Jay Reatard) / Oh, It's Such A Shame(Deerhunter) — July 22

July-August tour dates:
Sun 7/13 - Baltimore MD - Sonar
Mon 7/14 - Philadelphia PA - Johnny Brenda's
Tue 7/15 - Brooklyn nY - Prospect Park (w/ Spoon)
Thu 7/17 - Providence RI - Lupo's (w/ Spoon)
Sat 7/19 - Chicago IL - Pitchfork Late Night Show (w/ King Khan and the Shrines, Cheap Time)
Sat 7/19 - Chicago IL - Pitchfork Festival
Mon 7/21 - Minneapolis MN - Triple Rock
Tue 7/22 - Fargo ND - The Aquarium
Fri 7/25 - Seattle WA - Capitol Hill Block Party
Sat 7/26 - Vancouver BC - Commodore Ballroom
Tue 7/29 - San Francisco CA - The Independent
Wed 7/30 - Los Angeles CA - Echo
Thu 7/31 - San Diego CA - Casbah
Fri 8/1 - Mesa AZ - Hollywood Alley
Sun 8/3 - Austin TX - Red 7(w/ Cheap Time)
Mon 8/4 - Dallas TX - Club Dada 

5/27/08 — Jay Reatard and Matador
The third 7" in our six-single series will be released on June 24. Entitled "Always Wanting More" and backed with "You Mean Nothing To Me," the sleeve design, by Lindsay Shutt, comes in a clear plastic sleeve with Dangerhouse-style paper half-insert; the disc is clear one-sided vinyl with both tracks on the a-side and a silkscreen design printed directly onto the b-side.

Keep your eyes peeled on the Matablog and the Matador Store for preorder instructions — these will go extremely fast.

You may downoad "Always Wanting More" as an MP3 as part of our Spring 'Intended Play' zipped label sampler:

Intended Play sampler with artwork

05/12/08 —Painted Shut b/w Screaming Hand Pre-Order TODAY


The second 7? in Jay Reatard’s singles series for Matador Records & Filmworks, “Painted Shut” b/w “An Ugly Death” will be available for pre-order at 3PM Eastern Time. As with the last record, quantities are extremely limited so we can only honor one copy per order. This record features features artwork by Mike Sniper.

Order HERE

03/31/08 —“See Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand” Pre-Order TODAY

The first 7" in Jay Reatard’s singles series for Matador, “See Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand”, goes up for pre-order TODAY at 3pm Eastern Time. Because of the extremely limited quantity of this record we will only honor one copy per customer so plans to stockpile these and send your kids to college isn't going to work this time around. Also, once they're gone, they're gone so don't dilly-dally!!

ORDER HERE

02/15/08 — Coming April 8 - Jay Reatard “See Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand” 7"

The first 7″ in Jay Reatard’s singles series for Matador, “See Saw” b/w “Screaming Hand”, will be in shops April 8 (preorders available from us, soon). Recorded at Shattered Studios this past January, both songs are unlikely to disappoint those who’ve been pestering us EVERY FUCKING DAY with questions about when these singles are coming out. Sure, the customer-is-always-right. But the customer isn’t always polite. Is it really necessary to threaten a hardworking label general manager with bodily harm? Is there any acceptable reason for someone to leave me a voice mail stating “I know what you’re wearing and I’m watching you right now?”

02/01/08 — New US and Australian dates

12/17/07 — Jay Reatard and Matador