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Matt Pryor - May Day

Matt Pryor May Day Putting it mildly, there are some really “interesting” projects folks try to get funded via Kickstarter. But what makes the site/mechanism so compelling is that for all the countless deluded nutbars out there looking to finance pillow art, books about their cat or edible drinking cups, every now and again true […]

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Track By Track: Matt Pryor's (The Get Up Kids) "May Day"

THE GET UP KIDS frontman MATT PRYOR takes us track by track through his new solo album, May Day. “Don't Let The Bastards Get You Down” This is something that my mom used to say to me when I was a kid, kind of like it's not your fault if other people suck. There is […]

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Listen to the new album from Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids), "May Day"

The Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor has launched a stream of his new solo album May Day. You can check it out here. Pryor will be kicking off the Where's The Band? Tour this week along with Ace Enders of the Early November, Bayside's Anthony Raneri, Chris Conley of Saves The Day and Evan […]

Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids) adds tour dates with the Front Bottoms

The Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor has added headlining dates to his 2012 itinerary, with support from the Front Bottoms on several of the shows. The run kicks off a couple of weeks after the 2012 Where's The Band? Tour, which will see Pryor performing alongside Bayside's Anthony Raneri, Chris Conley of Daves The Day, […]

Matt Pryor, Aaron Gillespie play Invisible Children Benefit in L.A.

On Dec. 15 and 16, Invisble Children will be holding two benefit shows in L.A. at the Troubadour. The first night is curated by Alternative Press and someone by the name of Pete Wentz. (Perhaps you know him from a little band called Fall Out Boy?) Performers slated to appear include Switchfoot's Jon Foreman, Get […]

Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids cancels house shows

Matt Pryor has announced the cancellation of his three scheduled house shows: “Hey New Englanders! Due to circumstances beyond my control the living room shows this weekend in Braintree, Boston and Providence have been cancelled. I'm really sorry about this and hopefully we can reschedule. Thank you to everyone who bought tickets and rest assured […]

Where's The Band? Tour announced for 2012

The 2012 edition of the Where's The Band? Tour has been announced. For the first time, the run has been expanded into a 20-date tour with shows on both the east and west coasts, and a few spots in between. The tour will feature Chris Conley of Saves The Day, Bayside's Anthony Raneri, Matt Pryor […]

Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids announces house shows

Matt Pryor of the Get Up Kids has announced three house shows taking place next month. December 9th – Braintree, MA December 10th – Boston, MA December 11th – Providence, RI Tickets are available here.

Matt Pryor - Confidence Man

Matt Pryor Confidence Man Matt Pryor’s career has been a study in dependability, which is to say that he seldom releases bad songs let alone bad records. Confidence Man finds Pryor on his first solo production, home-recorded and sandpaper raw, a fearless, though not necessarily innovative, songwriter. No new ground is broken here, but his […]

The New Amsterdams - At The Foot Of My Rival

The New Amsterdams At The Foot Of My Rival Matt Pryor’s sixth studio album under the New Amsterdams banner sounds like it should have been released in the ’80s. All the elements are present for a thrifty rock ’n’ roll rehash, but it’s Pryor’s intimacy and the liberties he takes with wide open spaces that […]

The New Amsterdams - Killed Or Cured

The New Amsterdams Killed Or Cured Originally self-released digitally in 2006 free of charge and to little fanfare, Killed Or Cured was overshadowed by the New Amsterdams' proper new album at the time, Story Like A Scar. Hopefully Killed Or Cured’s physical release receives better notice because it’s one of the band’s best and most […]

The New Amsterdams - Story Like A Scar

The New Amsterdams Story Like A Scar In his latest attempt to shift from being the leader of a beloved pop-punk band to going the introspective-singer/songwriter route, former Get Up Kids frontman Matt Pryor returns to the spotlight with the fourth album from his other band, the New Amsterdams. But despite masking his apparent intention […]