To celebrate the complete awesomeness of Matthew hitting the road with a full band, we teamed up with our friends at Girlie Action to give away a pair of tickets to “opening night” - Monday Oct 1 at Mercury Lounge - NYC. He will be supported by Mobius Band, and Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities.

10 pm - Matthew Dear Live
9 pm - Mobius Band
8 pm - Skeletons & The Kings Of All Cities.

You can enter to win by filling out the form on the top right of our homepage

Matthew is out to support his most recent release “Asa Breed” on one of my favorite labels, Ghostly. We threw up “Pom Pom” back in June, go nab it now if you missed it the first time around.

Matthew Dear Live - Tour Dates
10/1 New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge
10/2 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
10/3 Charlotesville, VA @ Satellite
10/4 Washington, DC @ Rock n’ Roll Hotel
10/5 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
10/6 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
10/8 Austin, TX @ Emo’s
10/9 Dallas, TX @ Granada
10/11 Mexico City, MX @ MUTEK
10/12 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
10/13 Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig
10/16 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo
10/18 San Francisco, CA @ Mezzanine
10/19 Portland, OR @ Holocene
10/20 Seattle, WA @ Crocodile
10/21 Vancouver, BC @ Media Club
10/24 Minneapolis, MN @ Triple Rock
10/25 Madison, WI @ Cafe Montemarte
10/26 Chicago, IL @ Smart Bar
10/27 Cleveland OH @ Grog Shop
10/28 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace
10/29 Montreal, PQ @ La Sala Rossa

Incorporating his uniquely crafted textures alongside rhythmic influences from Brian Eno & David Byrne’s classic My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, plus a lyrical storytelling element from his Texas upbringing, Matthew Dear’s Asa Breed finds the Detroit-based electronic artist achieving new artistic heights – more robust, more accessible, and always with the (sometimes dark) heart that is the core of Matthew Dear songs.

Since his debut at the decade’s beginning, Matthew Dear has been championed as North America’s brightest new electronic talent. His 2003 debut, Leave Luck To Heaven, garnered unequivocal praise from the likes of Rolling Stone, Spin and Entertainment Weekly, and in the period since, Dear has conquered the international techno scene under the alias of Audion. But when it came time to return to his roots, there was only one path to take. With each track on this album, Dear tells a unique story about life and human relationships with his rich baritone voice and fusion of live and electronic instruments. In sum, Asa Breed represents a new feeling and a more expansive look into the psyche of an artist coming into his own.

“Asa Breed finds Dear mining a vein seldom explored in techno soul, whatever’s left of it. And that means this one isn’t just for the club kids. (Thank god.)”
- Detroit Metro Times

“A work of electronic focused song craft that leaves everything else in the dust…
A near perfect album.” (4.5 stars)
- URB Magazine