Slanted & Enchanted

Matador Records magnate Gerard Cosloy turns the 'live music capital' into a Casual Victim Pile

"...Gerard Cosloy, co-owner of Matador Records, one of the most..."

Jan. 22, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Long Waits at Record Pressing Plants Hinder Austin's Independent Record Labels

Production crisis disrupts the flow of local releases

"...Asked of the current state of vinyl pressing availability, Gerard Cosloy, an Austinite and co-owner of Matador Records, said..."

Nov. 12, 2021 Music Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Heaven Tonight

Toss punk. Flesh Lights coin fast-rock.

"...Flesh Lights' second full-length finally issues next week. Credit Gerard Cosloy's 12XU Records for Free Yourself, bearing Vandever's interest..."

Oct. 31, 2014 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Orange Is the New Weird

ATX indie-rock guitar god alert! The Young frontman Hans Zimmerman.

"...Matador co-founder and Austinite Gerard Cosloy (revisit "Slanted & Enchanted," Jan. 22, 2010) was..."

Aug. 22, 2014 Music Feature by Neph Basedow

Off the Record

Gary Clark Jr. and the Cactus Cafe go under the lens

"...full-time job; I'm not trying to create another," replied Gerard Cosloy about the relaunch of his indie label 12XU..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Throwing the first stone for the Chronicle Music Poll

"...Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy is reviving his boutique label 12XU to release..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Explosions in the Sky commemorates the Fourth of July, Harlem signs with Matador, floating down to Whitewater on the Horseshoe, and paying tribute to Sky Sunlight Saxon and the King of Pop

"...It certainly pays to have Matador Records co-head Gerard Cosloy prowling Red River regularly. Local garage-pop trio Harlem..."

July 3, 2009 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

SXSW music news and carryings on

"...yesterday at the Carousel Lounge as Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy and Butthole Surfer and former Trance Syndicate head..."

March 14, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Post-punk funk!

"...in Borzoi. Unleashed last fall on Matador Records maven Gerard Cosloy's homegrown 12XU Records, debut full-length A Prayer for..."

March 8, 2019 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Let the Music

Garage punk Orville Bateman Neeley III crosses over

"...of Money, came out this week on indie magus Gerard Cosloy's local imprint, 12XU Records...."

Sept. 18, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Big Day Coming: Yo La Tengo and the Rise of Indie Rock

All things indie through a Hoboken love story

"...Austinites will especially enjoy the sections on Matador head Gerard Cosloy's early years. It's a book aimed at music..."

June 15, 2012 Music Feature by Zoe Cordes Selbin

Organized Chaos (in Tejas)

Q: Just how heavy and hardcore is Austin's first-half-closing festival? A: Chaos in Tejas!

"...Red 7, 8:55pm The most promising act on Gerard Cosloy's latest local punk shooter, Casual Victim Pile II,..."

June 3, 2011 Music Feature

Rise Above

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

"...important SST was," recalls locally based Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy. "It was far and away the best label..."

Aug. 21, 2009 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Off the Record

Gimme All Your Lovin': Emo's heads East as John Kunz looks back; plus, Whiskey Shivers' single malt success

"...the Air Traffic Controllers free show there last Thursday. Gerard Cosloy took to his defense with mock-epic protest on..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Column by Austin Powell

Casual Victim Pile II

"...degrees of separation informs Matador Records' Southern bureau chief Gerard Cosloy's second installment of Beerland-centric punk, picking at the..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Headlines

"...• Gerard Cosloy, Austin-based co-owner of seminal indie label Matador Records,..."

Aug. 14, 2009 News Feature

Online Integrity

Music criticism 2.0

"...Drowned in Sound’s Sean Adams, and Matador Record’s co-owner Gerard Cosloy, brought up more pertinent concerns of the online..."

April 11, 2008 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Ballroom Dancing

SXSW panels

"...downsides of amateur online editing, while Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy noted the effects of snap-judgment journalism bleeding over..."

March 14, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

12 Can't-Miss Austin Bands at SXSW

Hip-hop, roots rock, pop, shoegaze, and more to keep your ears ringing

"...in Borzoi. Unleashed last fall on Matador Records maven Gerard Cosloy's homegrown 12XU Records, debut full-length A Prayer for..."

March 7, 2019 Music Post by The Music Staff

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"...point, very much by chance," explains Daniel. "[Matador majordomo] Gerard Cosloy came to that anti-South by Southwest showcase at..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Playback: Strange Brew Empties

Financial duress buckles South Austin listening institution

"...net exposure the following year on Matador Records co-owner Gerard Cosloy's local scene document Casual Victim Pile. Stephenson, Phillip..."

Jan. 20, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Friday SXSW Sleepers

"...Their 2014 debut, Put Together, on local Matador co-owner Gerard Cosloy's 12XU imprint, spools forth like a compilation of..."

March 18, 2016 Music Feature

Exit Interview: Trailer Space Owner Spot Long

Choosing happiness – even when going out of business

"...the undoing of it. I threw a party for Gerard [Cosloy, Matador Records co-owner and the man behind local..."

Oct. 15, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Xetas

"...proper anger on this debut LP from Matador head Gerard Cosloy's local one-two-fuck-you imprint, but its disarming emotional intimacy..."

April 3, 2015 Music Review by Kevin Curtin

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

First night SXSW Music recommendations and hints

"...Free Yourself, released late last year on Matador head Gerard Cosloy's local imprint 12XU Records, refines. – Nina & Raoul..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

Wednesday night SXSW blurbs

"...Bird stood out even in the superlative atmosphere of Gerard Cosloy's 2010 compilation, Casual Victim Pile. Rechristened as Mirror..."

March 14, 2014 Music Feature

The Gospel Truth

"...Matador co-owner Gerard Cosloy isn't adverse to saxophones, and neither is the..."

July 19, 2013 Music Review by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Interview: Dikes of Holland

Thursday, March 12, 11pm, BD Riley's

"...shit all the way upstairs, and we played for Gerard [Cosloy, co-owner of Matador Records] and one other guy..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Can't Stop The Bleeding

"...12XU showcase expertly curated by resident Matador Records co-founder Gerard Cosloy, that honor fell to Unholy Two. The Columbus,..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Playback

SXSW news and carryings-on

"...Kid, Lord Buffalo, and more. At night, Matador head Gerard Cosloy's local label 12XU presents six more bands including..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

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