Matt Nathanson

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singer-songwriter, acoustic, acoustic rock, indie, rock… see all

Acerbic, self-aware and irreverent, Matt Nathanson sings beautifully cathartic songs that threaten to break your heart. But then, just when you need it most, says something so wholly inappropriate, or recounts a hilarious story (often one that inspired a song) with such detail and candor, that you can’t help but fall in love.

“The way that I joke with people onstage is the way I establish a connection,” the Massachusetts-born, San Francisco-based musician explains. “It’s like introducing yourself if you’re hanging out with someone at a party. You want to talk to them and break the ice so you can have a dialogue and interaction.”

Armed with a 12 -string guitar, an arsenal of confessional songs, a cello player named Matt Fish, and the dictum, “It’s one thing to be depressed, quite another to be depressing,” Nathanson has channeled his self-professed need to be the center of attention into an impressive career as an independent artist. Not content to wait around to be discovered, he self-released and toured in support of five acclaimed albums: Please, 1993; Ernst, 1997; Not Colored Too Perfect, 1998; Still Waiting for Spring, 1999; and When Everything Meant Everything, 2002.

Thanks to a wildfire word of mouth buzz, Nathanson has built a loyal and impassioned grassroots following that drives countless miles to see him play, tapes his live shows, keeps track of his witty bon mots on fan sites and debates the meaning of his poetic lyrics. His website logs well over a million hits a month.

1	Car Crash full track	1,064
2	Laid	937
3	Come On Get Higher full track	877
4	Gone full track	587
5	Angel full track	531
6	Suspended full track	509
7	I Saw full track	496
8	Curve of the Earth full track	489
9	Sad Songs full track	438
10	Bent full track	404
11	All We Are full track	398
12	To The Beat Of Our Noisy Hearts full track	384
13	Little Victories full track	362
14	Pretty the World full track	333
15	Heartbreak World full track	290

Top Albums

Beneath These Fireworks
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Some Mad Hope
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Still Waiting for Spring
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Ernst
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TroglikesPie wrote:
Thursday morning

i love the dire straits cover.

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vacantlips wrote:
Thursday morning

New interview with Matt from Outside Lands... http://www.themilkcarton.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3029

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xm0701kx wrote:
Monday afternoon

terrific~~~

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drakoman wrote:
last month

Angel... great song

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dindydee wrote:
last month

one of my favorite songs by him

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bredfield wrote:
last month

let me know what you think...

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bredfield wrote:
last month

hey. if you like matt you will probably like me... People say i sound like him :)

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negblanc wrote:
last month

Best singer-songwriter... acoustic songs from his new ep are so great...

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ryanismygod wrote:
last month

i agree. !!!. the voice!! he is the new 'voice'. for me anyhow. yay.

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hyper_hannah wrote:
last month

I love him. His lyrics is beautiful.

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mintlisten wrote:
last month

His voice is beautiful.

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red_fullmoon wrote:
last month

he writes beautiful songs :) and his voice has this somehting. love him.

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StudleyUK wrote:
last month

Fall tour announced! Desperately trying to organise a trip across from the UK! http://www.mattnathanson.com/tour

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OnFingertips wrote:
last month

Makes me happy and sad at the same time...:)

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I3es wrote:
last month

beautiful song

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micr0phone wrote:
last month

i'm becoming addicted.

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Laralizzie wrote:
last month

He's my all-time favoritest.

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atreides481 wrote:
last month

I just heard Curve of the Earth... awesome!

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ShamanIlgin wrote:
July 2008

nice^^

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sweetdemise wrote:
July 2008

How is Bent so far down on the charts?!

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Events

Sep 28 Matt Nathanson The Music Mill, Indianapolis, United States
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Oct 2 Matt Nathanson Nokia Theatre, Times Square, New York, United States
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Oct 4 Matt Nathanson Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, United States
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