Best New Bands » kristian matsson http://www.bestnewbands.com News, Reviews and Interviews Wed, 07 Feb 2018 02:08:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 The Tallest Man On Earth Celebrates His Album Release At The Wiltern http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-tallest-man-on-earth-celebrates-his-album-release-at-the-wiltern/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-tallest-man-on-earth-celebrates-his-album-release-at-the-wiltern/#comments Thu, 14 Jun 2012 23:09:52 +0000 Two years ago, I saw Kristian Matsson (a.k.a. The Tallest Man On Earth) for the first time in Portland’s swanky Doug Fir Lounge. He was supporting his sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, and though I was only familiar with a selection of tracks on the album, the Swedish singer-songwriter blew me away. On Tuesday night,

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]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/the-tallest-man-on-earth-celebrates-his-album-release-at-the-wiltern/feed/ 1 Album Review: Tallest Man On Earth, There’s No Leaving Now http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-tallest-man-on-earth-theres-no-leaving-now/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-tallest-man-on-earth-theres-no-leaving-now/#comments Wed, 13 Jun 2012 23:57:50 +0000 It’s been two years since Kristian Matsson released his sophomore album, The Wild Hunt, and subsequent EP, Sometimes The Blues Is Just A Passing Bird, under his moniker, The Tallest Man On Earth. In the interim, fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from the Swedish folk master. With the release of There’s No Leaving

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  1. The Tallest Man On Earth Review: Sometimes the Blues is Just a Passing Bird This five-song EP from The Tallest Man On Earth follows his masterful full-length The Wild Hunt with songs of love, loss, and insecurity. These themes are nothing new to Kristian Matsson, who always seems to be still nursing an old...
  2. Artist Profile: The Tallest Man On Earth There’s a comforting nostalgia in the songs of The Tallest Man On Earth, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, almost like sipping a warm cup of tea in your favorite old sweater. The plucking of his guitar and crackly wail of his...
  3. Album Review: Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Here It’s been a momentous three years for Alexander Ebert. In the short amount of time, he has reexamined his life and his musical direction. Coming from the raucous pop of Ima Robot, the musician created a side project based around...
]]> http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/album-review-tallest-man-on-earth-theres-no-leaving-now/feed/ 0 Artist Profile: The Tallest Man On Earth http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/artist-profile-the-tallest-man-on-earth/ http://www.bestnewbands.com/interviews/artist-profile-the-tallest-man-on-earth/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:00:00 +0000 There’s a comforting nostalgia in the songs of The Tallest Man On Earth, a.k.a. singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson, almost like sipping a warm cup of tea in your favorite old sweater. The plucking of his guitar and crackly wail of his distinctive voice are enough to garner Bob Dylan comments abound, but Matsson’s sincerely-crafted folk tunes

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