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The Matinée has emerged as one of the west coast’s premier independent bands. Blending a passion for fine ale and finely crafted tunes, The Matinée offer a unique spin on a roots-rock sound that is quickly attracting both national and international audiences. Writing songs that paint pictures of empty bottles and broken hearts, & broken bottles and empty hearts, their collection of songs has now come to life.

Following their first release in July 2007, The Matinée embarked on two highly successful cross-Canada tours. With songs ‘Mama’ and ‘San Diego’ charting nationwide on Canadian College Radio, the band’s live show has struck a chord with audiences across the country. Combined with their recent addition to the B.C. Schizophrenia Reachout Program, The Matinée has performed for more than 25,000 high school/college students this year alone.

With four more Canadian tours under their belt and a follow up album scheduled for this coming Fall, 2009 looks to be a highly anticipated sequel for The Matinée. As they continue with their hard-nosed, do it yourself, blue collar work ethic, there is little doubt that this show is worth the price of admission. Hold on to your seats… it’s showtime for The Matinée!

The Six Fine Men Of The Mighty Matinée Are: Matthew Rose - Guitar, Pedal Steel, Vocals
Matthew Layzell - Vocals, Harmonica
Geoff Petrie - Guitar, Percussion, Vocals
Mike Young - Bass, Vocals
Dave Young - Keys, Mandolin, Vocals
Peter Lemon - Drums, Vocals

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The Matinée and the Artstarts Program

The Matinée are pleased to announced our involvement with The B.C. Arts Council's 'Artstarts' Program.  Starting in the new school year, The Matinée will be travelling across the province to various h...
Posted by on Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:18:00 GMT

New Myspace Page Design!

Helllooooooo all you beautiful people!In addition to releasing 5 songs from our new EP........... we have also gone and had a new page layout made for our Myspace.We enlisted the best designer ever, M...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:34:00 GMT

New EP Is Finally Done!!!

Soooo..........The wait is over. Especially for uzzzzzz! Finally, we have our new EP finished and ready for you to start a love/hat relationship with!These 5 songs were narrowed down from an original ...
Posted by on Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:09:00 GMT

New Music Wtf ??!!??

So, after touring our slef-titled debut for the past year and a half, we are set to start work on our follow-up. The first record was primarily a collection of songs penned by Matt Rose & Matt Layzell...
Posted by on Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Mothers Day!

Hey y'all, We have re-released our song "Mama" in light of the fact that Mother's Day is coming up this Sunday May 11th! Don't forget to call your mom.... flowers don't hurt either..... and.......you ...
Posted by on Fri, 09 May 2008 09:55:00 GMT

A Mothers Day Gift from The Matinée

May 1st, 2008  Just in time for Mother's Day (May 11th), indie-roots rockers The Matineé have re-released their song "Mama" and the accompanying YouTube video for free! Based in Vancouver, Canada, Th...
Posted by on Mon, 05 May 2008 13:25:00 GMT

The Matinée and THE REACHOUT TOUR!

The Matinée is excited to announce that we've teamed up with THE REACHOUT TOUR in collaboration with The B.C. Schizophrenia Society!The Reachout Tour travels around B.C. to high schools and colleges r...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:35:00 GMT

Album Now Available on iTunes!!!

Hey y'all ! Our debut album is finally out on iTunes ! Go to this link to find it : http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum? id=268079847&s=143455 or simply search out 'The Mati...
Posted by on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:26:00 GMT

Album Review from 92.7 CFFF!!

The alt-country-pop-squad "The Matinee" are making some honest footprints across Canada. Their self-titled 2007 release is a clean and crisp collection of songs to drink, dance and live with. - Darla ...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:42:00 GMT