Matador Records is celebrating their 21st birthday with a new, decade-spanning box set. The limited-edition box contains five CDs documenting the history of the label with remastered songs released from 1989 through 2010, and one CD of unreleased live recordings from the Matador 10th Anniversary concerts in New York City in 1999. All proceeds from the set will go to benefit three charities chosen by the label owners, enumerated at the bottom of this post. The artists have agreed to donate their royalties as well in order to make this all possible.
Artists appearing in the set include: Arab Strap, Belle & Sebastian, Cat Power, Dead Meadow, Fucked Up, Girls, Guided By Voices, Guitar Wolf, Interpol, Jay Reatard, Mission Of Burma, Mogwai, Pavement, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Sonic Youth, Spoon, Stephen Malkmus, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, Superchunk, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Teenage Fanclub, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, The New Pornographers, Times New Viking, Unsane and Yo La Tengo.
DISC 1 - THE PRE-DAWN (1989-1992)
- Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
- H.P. Zinker - Dancing Days
- Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker
- Dustdevils - Throw the Bottle Full
- Railroad Jerk - These Streets
- Come - Fast Piss Blues
- Bettie Serveert - Kid's Alright
- Chain Gang - Cut Off The Drug Czar's Head
- Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - More Glee
- Unsane - This Town
- Circle X - Compression of the Species
- Toiling Midgets - Mr. Foster's Shoes
- Bailter Space - The Today Song
- Pavement - Perfume-V
DISC TWO - THE YEARS OF MILK AND HONEY (1993-1995)
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Afro
- Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming
- Railroad Jerk - The Ballad of Railroad Jerk
- Helium - Superball
- Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child
- Liz Phair - Mesmerizing
- Pavement - Silence Kit
- Guided By Voices - Game Of Pricks
- 18th Dye - Whole Wide World
- Chavez - Peeled Out Too Late
- Come - String
- Moonshake - Secondhand Clothes
- Guitar Wolf - Midnight Violence Rock'n Roll
- San Francisco Seals - Back Again
- Bardo Pond - Rumination
DISC 3: DAYS OF WHISKEY AND TEARS (1996-2001)
- Boards Of Canada - Telephasic Workshop
- Spoon - Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
- Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
- Chavez - You Must Be Stopped
- Silkworm - Tarnished Angel
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flavor Part 1 (Beck)
- The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flavor Part 2 (Mike D)
- Pole - Fliegen
- Cat Power - American Flag
- Belle & Sebastian - We Rule The School
- Mogwai - Helps Both Ways
- Arsonists - Backdraft
- Large Professor - 'Bout That Time
- Cornelius - Tone Twilight Zone
- burger/ink - Flesh & Blood
- Pavement - You Are A Light
- Arab Strap - Blood
- Matmos - L.A.S.I.K
DISC FOUR: DON'T CALL IT A COMEBACK (2002-2007)
- Interpol - Hands Away
- Cat Power - He War
- Yo La Tengo - Today Is The Day
- The New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers
- Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
- Dead Meadow - Good Moanin'
- Mogwai - Kids Will Be Skeletons
- Mission Of Burma - The Setup
- Early Man - Death Is The Answer
- Belle & Sebastian - Dress Up In You
- Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses
- Cat Power - Love & Communication
- Shearwater - Johnny Viola
- Brightblack Morning Light - Everybody Daylight
- Lavender Diamond - You Broke My Heart
- Jennifer O'Connor - Tonight We Ride
- Earles & Jensen - Just Farr A Laugh: The Yogurt Machine
- Stephen Malkmus - Discretion Grove
DISC FIVE: MATADOR TODAY (2008 - )
- Fucked Up - Son The Father
- Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
- Kurt Vile - Amplifier
- Yo La Tengo - Nothing to Hide
- Jay Reatard - There Is No Sun
- Times New Viking - Move To California
- Harlem - Friendly Ghost
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled In Cork
- The New Pornographers - My Shepherd
- Cold Cave - Youth and Lust
- Interpol - Summer Well
- Shearwater - Castaways
- Esben and the Witch - Marching Song
- Girls - Lust For Life
- Magic Kids - Superball
- Delorean - Stay Close
- Cat Power - Metal Heart
- Perfume Genius - Learning
- Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash
DISC SIX: UNRELEASED LIVE RECORDINGS FROM THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERTS, NEW YORK CITY, SEPTEMBER 1999
- Pavement - Here (Live 1999)
- Pavement - Trigger Cut (Live 1999)
- Pavement - The Hexx (Live 1999)
- Pavement - She Believes (Live 1999)
- Pavement - Unfair (Live 1999)
- Pavement - Zurich Is Stained (Live 1999)
- Pavement - Debris Slide (Live 1999)
- Pavement - Spit On A Stranger (Live 1999)
- Come - New Coats (Live 1999)
- Bardo Pond - Walking Stick Man (Live 1999)
- Bardo Pond - Tommy Gun Angel (Live 1999)
- Cat Power - Good Woman (Live 1999)
- Cat Power - Naked, If I Want To (Live 1999)
- Cat Power - You May Know Him / Sea Of Love (Live 1999)
- Mogwai - Ex-Cowboy (Live 1999)