MATTY///EBBER - ProfilesArchive

About Me

I'm Matty Webber: assistant promoter at DON'T DIE JUST YET, one half of SHOOT IN PARIS (djs), occasional freelance music journalist, unemployed the rest of the time, lover of football - especially Everton!

My Interests

"The Crazy Adventures of Me, Josh & Friends"

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who puts on nights similar to DON'T DIE JUST YET! Anyone who's a Christian and is involved in independent music, it feels like I'm the only one!

Music:

NEXT DJ PLAYLIST (Late of the Pier pre-LOTP set):
[it's inevitably going to change]

Pin Me Down - Cryptic (Phones mix)

Duchess Says - Cut Up

Dead Kids - I Love America

CSS - Rat is Dead (Rage)

Thomas Tantrum - Swan Lake

We Have Band - Oh!

Teenagers in Tokyo - Very Vampyr

Sportsday Megaphone - Young Lust

The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion

Pull Tiger Tail - Mary Jane

FAVOURITE BAND EVER:

For other ideas go and visit my club night page:

myspace.com/dontdiejustyet

Movies:

..Withnail & I, Kellys Heroes, Star Wars IV - VI, Little Miss Sunshine, Dead Man's Shoes, Pan's Labyrinth, A Clockwork Orange, Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Snatch, Lost in Translation

Television:

The OC, Only Fools & Horses, Scrubs, Family Guy, Match of the Day 2, Mock the Week, The Simpsons, The Day Today, Brasseye, The Armando Iannucci Show, Alan Partridge, Black Books, Porridge, Have I Got News For You, Phoenix Nights, Max & Paddy, Whose Line is it Anyway?

Heroes:

Stephen Malkmus, John Peel, Steve McManaman, Duncan Ferguson, Neville Southall, Kieran Hebden, Steve Lamacq, Tim Cahill, Ross Roberts, Hope of the States, Jarvis Cocker, Liam & Noel Gallagher, the people behind nights like Eat Your Own Ears and Liars Club, record labels like Warp, Constellation, DFA, Modular, Boys Noize, Merok, Ed Banger

My Blog

TOP 10 SOUNDS OF 2008

Well my 'review' of my 20 'Sounds of 2007' should be up before said year ends but for now I'm going to give you a run down of 10 bands who I think are gonna cause a stir/make a breakthrough/change liv...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 01:48:00 PST

TOP 10 ALBUMS OF 2007

I'm not concerned about musicianship, I just listen to something and decide if I like it and then think if the band performing could have done something better. That's why Radiohead and Interpol aren'...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:24:00 PST

TOP 10 TRACKS OF 2007

Last year I did a Peel-esque 'Festive 50' for my hospital radio show but due to the fact that I haven't been able to keep regular lists of what I've been listening to I've decided to downsize it to a ...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:07:00 PST

MiXTAPE pt 2::: 24/07/07

I have a looong car journey ahead of me (and my family) on Friday afternoon, so my first mixtape isn't enough! Here's what's on the next offering: Camera Obscura - If Looks Could KillFoals - Mathletic...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 06:04:00 PST

Sound of 2007 - Progress Report

So! How are my 'Sounds of 2007' getting on? 20. SHUT YOUR EYES AND YOU'LL BURST INTO FLAMES Had quite a bit of airplay on indie-radio shows and are heading out on a big tour with Hadouken! this autumn...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:34:00 PST

What's with all this weather? MiXTAPE: 03/07/07

So after much examining I'm back to mix up the minds of the patients of Wrexham Maelor Hospital. Check out all the bands you haven't heard of, I reckon you'll definitely love them!1. New Young Pony Cl...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 09:45:00 PST

NonProm: A GREAT BIG CLUNKING FIST OF FUN!

As the college year ends and attention turns to exams, revision and thoughts of "Oh no! Oh no! I'm gonna fail!" there is one ray of hope at the end of all the trauma - it may only be a short term cure...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Tue, 12 Jun 2007 08:36:00 PST

Sum Up Summer 220507

Tonight will be my first hospital radio show in ages! It's gonna be red hot action all the way: Foals - HummerThe Wombats - Kill the DirectorPigeon Detectives - I'm Not SorryMumm Ra - These Things Mov...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Tue, 22 May 2007 09:29:00 PST

Komakino photos

I hope these can sum up how incredible this gig actually was...though I don't think you can see the blood that was spilt or most of the carnage: KOMAKINO WALK ON STAGE: TUNING: THEN IT ALL KICKS OFF...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Sat, 12 May 2007 11:48:00 PST

A band thing...

I'm not doing a radio show (again!) tonight so I thought I'd keep you entertained with this... List 10 musical artists you like (do this before reading the questions below).1. Mumm Ra2. Komakino3. Pig...
Posted by MATTY///EBBER on Tue, 08 May 2007 07:34:00 PST