Matador - Salon.com http://dir.salon.com/topics/matador/?source=rss&aim=matador en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST Pedro Almodóvar: An "irrational passion" for movies By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2009/11/13/almodovar/index.html?source=rss The Spanish director on his delirious new movie-movie with Penelope Cruz, and how the New York Dolls fought Franco Yo La Tengo: "Summer Sun" By Rob Young Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2003/05/01/yolatengo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2003/05/01/yolatengo/index.html?source=rss For their latest album the New Jersey indie rockers cut the distortion in favor of a smooth and relaxed jazzy sound. Music preview: Interpol By Kevin Johannesen Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2002/08/27/interpol/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/music/2002/08/27/interpol/index.html?source=rss This stylish New York foursome effectively evokes the ghost of Joy Division and other heroes of 1980s new wave. Listen in. Yo La Tengo remixed Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/audio/2001/02/22/yo_la_tengo/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/audio/2001/02/22/yo_la_tengo/index.html?source=rss Listen to the Kit Clayton remix of "Danelectro 3," a track from Yo La Tengo's recent EP release "Danelectro." Russian bullfighter blunders to victory By J.A. Getzlaff Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/28/bull/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/travel/planet/2000/04/28/bull/index.html?source=rss He gracelessly kills an angry toro -- making the Spanish crowd even angrier. Sharps & Flats By Michelle Goldberg Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/02/01/kahn/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2000/02/01/kahn/index.html?source=rss On the scattered "Passport," Khan's musical shortcomings upstage a compelling multiple-personality crisis. Sharps & Flats By Carlene Bauer Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/15/mogwai/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/12/15/mogwai/index.html?source=rss Mogwai's migrainous wankery has absolutely no potential for popular appeal. Gimme indie rock! By Jeff Stark Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/log/1999/10/01/matador/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/log/1999/10/01/matador/index.html?source=rss Like indie rock itself, the Matador Records birthday party with Yo La Tengo started beautifully and devolved into a self-reflexive in-joke. Sharps & flats By Douglas Wolk Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/07/15/belle/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/07/15/belle/index.html?source=rss Pastoral pop group Belle and Sebastian finally re-release their out-of-print debut "Tigermilk," a copy of which once sold for $1,200. The excellent disc is worth the long wait, if not the inflated auction price. Sharps & flats By Amanda Nowinski Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/07/08/swordsmen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/07/08/swordsmen/index.html?source=rss Proudly synthetic, the electronic duo 2 Lone Swordsmen prove that man is more intelligent than machine. Chuck E. Weiss By Seth Mnookin Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/03/02/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1999/03/02/review/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine Critical Mass By Salon's music critics Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/12/24/cov_24feature/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1998/12/24/cov_24feature/index.html?source=rss Twenty Salon critics pick the year's best albums. Home Movies by Charles Taylor: Melodrama queen By Charles Taylor Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/col/tayl/1998/07/15/14tayl/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/col/tayl/1998/07/15/14tayl/index.html?source=rss Sex, violence, passion and death come to a raging boil in Almodovar's paean to romantic kitsch. Jimmy Page and Robert Plant By John Milward Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/05/06/review/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/05/06/review/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a weekly music review roundup in Salon Magazine. Liquor Giants By Gina Arnold Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/04/30/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/04/30/sharps/index.html?source=rss every other day at a time -- matador; something special for the kids -- blood red vinyl Sharps and Flats: Tommy Keene By Gina Arnold Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/02/26/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/02/26/sharps/index.html?source=rss Live Flesh By Charles Taylor Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/02/20/liveflesh/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1998/02/20/liveflesh/index.html?source=rss Charles Taylor reviews 'Live Flesh,' directed by Pedro Almodóvar and starring Liberto Rabal and Angela Molina Mark Eitzel By Jerry Dannemiller Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/01/15/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1998/01/15/sharps/index.html?source=rss Pizzicato 5 By Michelle Goldberg Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1997/09/17/sharps970917/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/feature/1997/09/17/sharps970917/index.html?source=rss Guided By Voices By Mark Athitakis Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/06/19/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/06/19/sharps/index.html?source=rss Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine Barbara Manning - "1212" By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/06/13/sharps970613/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/06/13/sharps970613/index.html?source=rss "Brighten the Corners" By David Fenton Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:11:00 PST http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/03/17/sharps/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/1997/03/17/sharps/index.html?source=rss Sharps and Flats is a daily music review.