Matador Records
Located: New York
Founded: 1989
Genres: Punk, Alternative Rock, Indie Rock
Parent Company: Beggars Group [50% stake]
Affiliated Labels:
Status: Defunct (2002)
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Now acquired by Beggars Group, the storied label continues to operate independently with a focus on artistic freedom and innovation.
Algiers
- 2015 - Algiers
- 2017 - The Underside of Power
- 2020 - There Is No Year
- 2023 - Shook
Arsonists
- 1999 - As the World Burns
- 2001 - Date of Birth
Belle & Sebastian
- 2015 - Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance
- 2019 - Days of the Bagnold Summer
- 2022 - A Bit of Previous
- 2023 - Late Developers
Carseat Headrest
- 2011 - Twin Fantasy
- 2015 - Teens of Style
- 2016 - Teens of Denial
- 2020 - Making A Door Less Open
- 2025 - The Scholars
Cat Power
- 1996 - What Would the Community Think
- 1998 - Moon Pix
- 2000 - The Covers Record
- 2003 - You Are Free
- 2006 - The Greatest
- 2008 - Jukebox
- 2012 - Sun
Guided by Voices
- 1995 - Alien Lanes
- 1996 - Under the Bushes Under the Stars
- 1997 - Mag Earwhig!
Helium
- 1995 - The Dirt of Luck
- 1997 - The Magic City
Iceage
- 2013 - You're Nothing
- 2014 - Plowing Into the Field of Love
- 2018 - Beyondless
Interpol
- 2002 - Turn On the Bright Lights
- 2004 - Antics
- 2010 - Interpol
- 2014 - El Pintor
- 2018 - Marauder
- 2022 - The Other Side of Make Believe
Kurt Vile
- 2009 - Childish Prodigy
- 2011 - Smoke Ring for My Halo
- 2013 - Wakin on a Pretty Daze
- 2015 - B'lieve I'm Going Down
- 2017 - Lotta Sea Lice [ft. Courtney Barnett]
- 2018 - Bottle It In
Large Professor
- 2002 - 1st Class
Liz Phair
- 1993 - Exile in Guyville
- 1994 - Whip Smart
- 1998 - Whitechocolatespaceegg
Mary Timony
- 2000 - Mountains
- 2002 - The Golden Dove
Pavement
- 1992 - Slanted and Enchanted
- 1994 - Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain
- 1995 - Wowee Zowee
- 1997 - Brighten the Corners
- 1999 - Terror Twilight
Queens of the Stone Age
- 2013 - ...Like Clockwork
- 2017 - Villains
- 2023 - In Times New Roman..
Stephen Malkmus [Pavement]
- 2001 - Stephen Malkmus
- 2003 - Pig Lib
- 2005 - Face the Truth
- 2008 - Real Emotional Trash
- 2011 - Mirror Traffic
- 2014 - Wig Out at Jagbags
- 2018 - Sparkle Hard
Superchunk
- 1990 - Superchunk
- 1991 - No Pocky for Kitty
- 1993 - On the Mouth
The New Pornographers [Neko Case]
- 2003 - Electric Version
- 2005 - Twin Cinema
- 2007 - Challengers
- 2010 - Together
- 2014 - Brill Bruisers
Yo La Tengo
- 1993 - Painful
- 1995 - Electr-O-Pura
- 1997 - I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One
- 2000 - And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out
- 2003 - Summer Sun
- 2006 - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
- 2009 - Popular Songs
- 2013 - Fade
- 2015 - Stuff Like That There
- 2018 - There's A Riot Going On
- 2020 - We Have Amnesia Sometimes
- 2023 - This Stupid World
