Matador Singles 08

David Coleman — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:58:41 +0000

Nowadays it seems that turning out an album every 18 months or so is enough for some lazy music writer to label you 'prolific'. Jay Reatard is different: a cursory glance at the partial discography on his Wikipedia page confirms that his work-rate justifies the tag. With the Reatards, Lost Sounds, a whole host of other bands and side projects, and now as a solo artist, Jay Reatard has released around thirty singles in the last five years. Kevin Shields he most certainly is not.

Daptone Records Remixed (Scion CD Sampler Volume 19)

George Booker — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 16:32:53 +0000

A few years ago I'm sure I would have completely dismissed corporate album promotions. Corporations are bad, after all, and certainly any artist's participation in their promotion or enjoyment of their riches would taint and corrupt their craft, leading them down a soul corroding path to irrelevance. These issues don't seem as simple anymore, what with physical music scales and the traditional promotional avenues collapsing, and the corporate versus indie stigma declining in meaning as the formally omnipotent major record companies go further into freefall.

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Matador Singles 08

Daptone Records Remixed (Scion CD Sampler Volume 19)