Maniac Cover Black Eyed Peas

Remember when I told you exciting things were on the way from Shawn Harris post-Matches?
It’s MANIAC, his collaboration with Jake Grigg, frontman for Australia’s Something With Numbers).
Although separated by earth’s largest ocean, frontmen Shawn Harris and Jake Grigg–linked by love forsincere, undisguised pop–have created a new project: Maniac.
They wrote their first song together on the way [...]

Bad News, Good News

Upsetting But Understandable News: the Matches announced their hiatus
On an exciting note: Both Jonathan and Shawn have awesome side projects in motion and I’ll give you details soon!
Dear, dear Matches fans,
We’ve spent 2009 soul searching, as a group and separately, starting new projects and having lives outside of our little white tour van. We’ve been [...]

On The Verge featuring the Matches Exclusive Acoustic Performance (Honest and Anonymous)

Don’t miss the Matches’ yet-to-be titled song we’re calling “Honest and Anonymous”.

On The Verge featuring the Matches Exclusive Acoustic Performance (Needs and Wants)

In an On the Verge exclusive, the Matches premiere “Needs and Wants” off their upcoming album. It’s so addictive that even our cameraman couldn’t stop humming it after he was finished editing it.

Best of 2008

I had to do this for work and figured I should post here, too.
Hope I’m not forgetting anything!
* By Joelle, who is drinking Egg Nog coffee. Yum!
The Only 2008 Releases I Bought & Therefore Love (in no order)
*The Kooks, KONK
* Butch Walker, Sycamore Meadows
* Val Emmich, Little Daggers
* The Matches, A Band in Hope
* She [...]

The Matches Make Getting Lost on the Way to a Show Worth It

Dearest readers,
I had the pleasure of interviewing one of the most intriguing, multi-talented and alluring frontmen in music — Shawn Harris (The Matches)– for On the Verge this past weekend. I must say, it was one of the most relaxing interviews I’ve ever conducted. He is so laid back and fun, it’s like talking [...]

If I Were You… I’d Buy the Matches New CD

Hope is no longer on a frayed rope. It’s a thriving 14-track album that proves there is indeed something to look forward to in the future of the music industry. Once again, there’s a reason to purchase an album (not just download it online) because a band that is the complete package does in [...]

Bamboozle Day 2

By Joelle…
We didn’t dress warm enough for Day 2. And didn’t eat any more pretzels after it took literally 20 mintues to move through five customers in the line the day before. But we did realize that after this, there’s no need for Warped Tour. Oh wait, I lied. Funeral For A Friend [...]

One Bamboozle of a Recap! DAY One

When Gloria Gaynor penned her tune “I Will Survive,” she must have had some psychic insight into music festivals. After avoiding being crushed in a stampeed of people coming from all directions at Bamboozle last year by gripping our fingers into a metal fence (and that was just the first five minutes upon entering [...]

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