After a two-decade stint with Universal Music Group, Sonic Youth has returned to the indie ranks and signed a new deal with Matador Records. The veteran rock act's label debut is due next year. By ...

As first reported here last week, London-based independent the Beggars Group has finalized a 50% acquisition of Matador Records. By Billboard Staff As first reported here last week, London-based ...

When Gerard Cosloy sits down in Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse's back room on one of those unseasonably cold days Austin got in January, he looks like he's nursing a bad cold. "I'm fine, actually," he says ...

Despite near-ubiquitous praise for Chan Marshall's Jukebox covers from the songwriters and performers interviewed for this story, there is one artist whose friends believe Marshall cheated her. In the ...

Natalie Judge has announced plans to leave her role as general manager of Matador Records, telling Music Week the roster is “in the best shape it’s ever been in”. Judge, who has served on the board of ...

For more than two decades, Matador Records has been a premier independent label, issuing landmark albums by everyone from Cat Power to Pavement to Sonic Youth. This October, Matador turns legal — and ...

The future of the historic yet beleaguered live music venue the Matador Ballroom is finally certain: the city has zoned the building as a public hall. The venue, which has stood dormant for a number ...

The storied Matador Club, a late-night honky-tonk that hosted the likes of Johnny Cash and Joni Mitchell before it was shuttered eight years ago, is slated to reopen this fall as a ballroom and music ...