Come on, you had to know it would take more than a move from Milwaukee to Austin to keep Muzzle of Bees guru Ryan Matteson away from Brew City music.
In addition to running the Muzzle of Bees blog and booking the city's best gigs under the blog's auspices, Matteson also worked a day job promoting the shows at The Pabst and Riverside Theaters and Turner Hall Ballroom.
Not long before he left to take a music industry job in Texas, he started a label, Ten Atoms. The first release was a vinyl 10" by Conrad Plymouth.
Now, Matteson has announced that Eric & Magill's 10-song debut, "All Those I Know," one of the best records of the past year, is coming out today on a limited 12" vinyl LP via Ten Atoms.
The disc is the dreamy pop creation of Ryan Weber (Decibully, The Promise Ring, Camden) and Eric Osterman (Camden) and features a slew of guests, including Mike Kinsella (Cap'n Jazz, Joan of Arc, Owen), Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors), Kimberly Burke (Shearwater), Todd Bell (Braid, Hey Mercedes) and Davey von Bohlen (Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Maritime), as well as members of Collections of Colonies of Bees, Juniper Tar, The Championship and Fever Marlene.
The LP, limited to 300 copies, has a hand-screened cover created by artist Eric Hancock. It is the third Ten Atoms release. The previous was Strand of Oaks’ "Pope Killdragon."
Check out the track, "You Make It So Good," and then order the record now. That's an order!
Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he lived until he was 17, Bobby received his BA-Mass Communications from UWM in 1989 and has lived in Walker's Point, Bay View, Enderis Park, South Milwaukee and on the East Side.
He has published three non-fiction books in Italy – including one about an event in Milwaukee history, which was published in the U.S. in autumn 2010. Four more books, all about Milwaukee, have been published by The History Press.
With his most recent band, The Yell Leaders, Bobby released four LPs and had a songs featured in episodes of TV's "Party of Five" and "Dawson's Creek," and films in Japan, South America and the U.S. The Yell Leaders were named the best unsigned band in their region by VH-1 as part of its Rock Across America 1998 Tour. Most recently, the band contributed tracks to a UK vinyl/CD tribute to the Redskins and collaborated on a track with Italian novelist Enrico Remmert.
He's produced three installments of the "OMCD" series of local music compilations for OnMilwaukee.com and in 2007 produced a CD of Italian music and poetry.
In 2005, he was awarded the City of Asti's (Italy) Journalism Prize for his work focusing on that area. He has also won awards from the Milwaukee Press Club.
He has be heard on 88Nine Radio Milwaukee talking about his "Urban Spelunking" series of stories, in that station's most popular podcast.
