Tour w/Tim Barry

On June 18th in Philadelphia I will begin a Northeastern tour supporting one of my favourites, Tim Barry, alongside Allison Weiss! I'm also excited to announce a special celebration taking place June 24th at Lee's Palace in Toronto where the Northcote guys will join me as well, in addition to some other special guests. We will be performing songs from our upcoming album, we're so happy to share them with you for the first time. I am so thrilled and honoured to be a part of this tour and am looking forward to special night in Toronto! Tickets are available for all the shows now (links in the TOUR section), and you can get the Toronto tickets in particular at Rotate This, SoundScapes or TicketFly.

Stay tuned for more info on the new album, some new music, and some more tour dates.

Home From Tour

After five weeks and about fifteen thousand kilometres we played the final show on our run supporting The Gaslight Anthem in Columbus Ohio last Saturday night. The crowd at Newport Music Hall on High street was one of the best of the tour and the night put a cap on one of my favourite tours I've had the chance to be a part of. When I first started performing as Northcote in 2009, I was playing "My My, Hey Hey" by Neil Young, "Trusty Chords" by Hot Water Music and "59 Sound" by the Gaslight Anthem. I have been so fortunate to have supported some of my favourite artists and being on tour with the Gaslight Anthem was really exciting and inspiring. It's hard to pick out a highlight from the tour, we had a great time each night and really enjoyed meeting everyone at the shows. 

I wanted to say thanks to anyone who came to the shows who might be reading this. The crowds were very supportive and we had a blast being on those stages and celebrating with you. 

Next up, we are off April and May before a North East solo tour supporting Tim Barry alongside Allison Weiss in June. Tim is one of my favourite people I have met in music and I'm looking forward to getting back out. It's going to be a busy stretch starting with the Tim Barry tour especially August going into the fall. I'll be plenty busy at home in Victoria working on getting back out on tour and releasing new music. Stayed tuned for news and have a great Spring. 

Sincerely,

Matt 

PS - When we were on tour with Twin Forks in Canada back in November, we had the chance to record a Pinball Session in Guelph. I performed three of the songs from "Invisible Diamonds", you can download them for free, and check out all the other great sessions they have and the artists they support!

Tour w/The Gaslight Anthem

In the morning the guys and I will be hopping the first ferry off Vancouver Island to begin our journey out to the East Coast. We will meet up with our North American tour in New York City at Webster Hall (26th), Terminal 5 (28th) and Providence, RI (27th) supporting The Gaslight Anthem, alongside The Scandals and Sammy Kay!

I have been excited to meet up with this tour since the first day it was announced. In '08 (maybe winter '09), I drove from Regina to Edmonton to see a new favourite group called The Gaslight Anthem at Starlite Room. They have been one of my favourites ever since, and it's a thrill to supporting them years later. 

I am looking forward to returning to cities we played on the Devour tour with Dave Hause and the Minimum Overdrive Tour with Austin Lucas, Jayke Orvis and Jon Snodgrass. (Denver, Minneapolis, Richmond...) There are some new cities on the tour that I am looking forward to seeing as well: Providence, Indianapolis, Louisville and more!

The tour includes 4 shows in Western Canadian with The Gaslight Anthem (Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver)  and a special headline show with Sammy Kay in Saskatoon March 15th at Amigos. Tickets links for all the shows are in our TOUR section.

We are going to be playing some new and unreleased songs on this tour. The guys and I are looking forward to seeing you at the shows!