Matt and Bubba Kadane

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Matt & Bubba Kadane
Origin Wichita Falls, Texas
Genres Indie rock, rock and roll, slowcore
Years active1980s-present
Labels Trance Syndicate, Touch and Go Records, Plexifilm
Website BubbaKadane.com

Matt and Bubba Kadane is an American musical duo that consists of two brothers, Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane. [1] They have founded three indie rock bands, serving as producers, songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists in all of them. The first, Bedhead, released three well-received studio LPs before it was disbanded. [2] [3] [4] The brothers reformed as The New Year in 2001, [5] [6] [7] and in 2012 they formed the group Overseas with David Bazan and Will Johnson. [8]

Contents

Discography

Albums with Bedhead

Singles

Albums with The New Year

Albums with Overseas

Soundtracks

Performance/production credits

Performance and production credits for Matt and Bubba Kadane
YrRelease titleArtist(s)LabelMattBubbaRole
2001 S/T Chris Brokaw, Viva Las VegasAcuarela DiscosYesNoPerformance
2002 Consonant Consonant Fenway Recordings YesNoPerformance
2002 Italian Platinum Silkworm Touch and Go YesNoKeyboards
2003 Love & Affliction Consonant Fenway Recordings YesNoPerformance
2003"It Looks Like You" (UK #75) Evan Dando Bar/None Records YesNoPerformance
2004 It'll Be Cool Silkworm Touch and Go YesNoKeyboards
2005 Incredible Love Chris Brokaw 12XUYesNoPerformance
2006Music from The O. C. Mix 6(track "The End's Not Near")Various (Band of Horses) Warner Bros. Records YesYesWriters
2006 Chokes Silkworm Comedy Minus One YesNoPerformance
2006An Idiot Not To Appreciate Your Time(track "Clean'd Me Out”)VariousGenuflectingYesYesPerformance
20072-song 7-inchTre OrsiWorks ProgressNoYesProducer
2008Takes(track "Bedside Table")Adem Domino Recording Company YesYesWriters
2010Devices and EmblemsTre Orsi Comedy Minus One NoYesProducer
2010 Casual Victim Pile(track "The Engineer")Various Matador Records NoYesProducer

Further reading

Interviews

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References

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  3. Raggett, Ned (1994). "Bedhead Review: What Fun Life Was". Allmusic . Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  4. Bush, Nathan (February 1998). "Bedhead Review: Transaction de Novo". Allmusic . Retrieved 2014-05-16.
  5. "What Fun Life Is". Dallas Observer . February 15, 2001. Archived from the original on January 25, 2005. Retrieved 2014-05-13.
  6. 1 2 Interview: The New Year (Matt and Bubba Kadane) by Stephen Raywood
  7. Pitchfork Media review for The End is Near Archived 2008-06-07 at the Wayback Machine
  8. "David Bazan & Kadane Brothers Form Indie Super-Group". Violent Success. 2012-05-01. Retrieved 2013-07-02.