Matthew Dear

Matthew Dear

DJ-Kicks

PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2017

Expectations run high when guys like Matthew Dear get behind the controls of acclaimed mix series like DJ-Kicks; his 2006 mix for Fabric re...

Matthew Dear Revives Audion Moniker for 'Alpha'

PUBLISHED May 17, 2016

Prolific electronic pop performer Matthew Dear is a man of many musical monikers, but the artist has chosen to work under his Audion handle...

Matthew Dear Delivering Expanded Edition of 'Beams'

PUBLISHED May 29, 2013

Apparently Matthew Dear sold his last LP Beams short when he issued it last fall, as the avant-pop performer is getting set to deliver an e...

Matthew Dear

Gorge Amphitheatre, George WA, May 24

PUBLISHED May 29, 2013

Despite the sparsely attended state of the Chupacabra dance tent, Matthew Dear brought an intense performance this evening. Dressed in shar...

Matthew Dear

"Earthforms" (video)

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2012

Now that Matthew Dear's Beams has been out for the better part of a month, fans of the dark pop auteur are probably more than familiar with...

Matthew Dear

Beams

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2012

Beams is the fifth album proper released under Matthew Dear's name and is also his least electronic-sounding record to date. Over the cours...

Matthew Dear Talks the Songwriter Motivations of 'Beams'

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2012

Matthew Dear's music has always been an inventive hybrid of techno and pop, but Beams, his forthcoming album, is his most indie-friendly re...

Matthew Dear Can Have Both

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2012

Matthew Dear's music has always existed in a hybrid state, confidently straddling the unlikely boundaries of techno and pop but Beams, his...