Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates
Dusty Fates at Sleepwalk, Williamsburg, Nov. 22 with Marvelle Oaks
Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates join Marvelle Oaks and The Ridgetones for a great bill on Friday, November 22, at Sleepwalk, 251 Bushwick Avenue, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Doors are at 7pm, music starts at 7:30. Tickets are $11 in advance and $12 at the door.
Free, outdoor show, October 25 at Antidote Apothecary in Greenpoint
Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates return to Antidote Apothecary in Greenpoint on Friday, October 25, for an intimate evening of new songs and deep cuts under crisp autumnal skies.
The Fates play at 7pm, followed by Ezekiel Healy at 7:45 and occasional Fate DW Hunter at 8:30.
Admission is free to this outdoor show!
Antidote Apothecary is located at 381 McGuinness Blvd., Brooklyn, NY.
Listen to Matt's conversation with Jedd Beaudoin on the "Into Music" podcast
Photo by Mark Richards
Jedd Beaudoin is host/producer of the nationally syndicated program Strange Currency. He created and hosts the podcast Into Music, which examines musical mentorship and creative approaches to the composition, recording and performance of songs.
In this conversation, Matt discusses his early musical development, collaborations and the process of writing Reindeer Soul. Listen now on Apple Music and Spotify
Video: "The Narrator" Live at DromFest '24
Thanks to our old friend Brad Searles of Bradley’s Almanac for posting this video from our performance at DromFest ’24 in Catskill, NY, on September 1, 2024:
Dusty Fates featured in SPIN!
l-r: Gerard Smith (bass), Matt Hunter (guitar/vocals), John Houlihan (drums), Jim Santo (guitar) (Photo by Mark Richards)
SPIN magazine asked us for our predictions for the New York Giants in the upcoming football season. We answered, sent a silly photo, and now here we are alongside Joey Santiago, Butch Vig, DMC of Run-DMC, and a shit-ton of other heavy hitters! Touchdown!
Dusty Fates to perform this Sunday at DromFest '24
Illustration by subtexture
Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates will perform this Sunday, September 1, 5 pm, at The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY, as part of DromFest ’24, a star-studded two-day indie-rock festival presented by Dromedary Records, the label that released our debut LP, Reindeer Soul, earlier this year.
For the bands performing inside the Avalon Lounge, the entire weekend’s sets will be streaming on WGXC-FM, the local noncommercial radio station. If you can’t make the show, tune in at Wavefarm.org.
We couldn’t be more excited to be part of this awesome event!
Scummy Watertower Artist Essay: "How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love Punk Rock" by Matt Hunter
Scummy Watertower today published Matt’s essay on growing up and discovering punk in Phoenix, Arizona, in the 1980s.
Sample quote:
Many, or at least too many, of my fellow Phoenicians were also more than a little nuts – often viciously so. (Blame the heat. We did.) And music could make already volatile people even crazier. This characteristic was on full display when national performers came through town. Local audiences booed Prince off the stage (opening for the Rolling Stones), broke a bottle over (then named) John Cougar’s head on stage, and chased the Beastie Boys off when opening for Madonna (!).
Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates to Perform at DromFest '24!
We’re honored to have been added to the stellar line-up for Dromedary Records’ DromFest ’24, Labor Day Weekend (August 30 – September 1) at The Avalon Lounge in Catskill, NY. Tickets for DromFest ’24 are on sale now!
The Dusty Fates are scheduled to perform indoors at The Avalon at 5pm on Sunday, September 1, on a fantastic bill with Tuscadero (rare appearance), Cathedral Ceilings, Cell (their first show in decades!), and Aeon Station (3/4 of The Wrens)!
BrooklynVegan has all the details
Reindeer Soul on sale now!
The debut album of Matt Hunter & The Dusty Fates, Reindeer Soul, is now on sale from Dromedary Records on Bandcamp!
Available as high-res digital files, CD, and two flavors of impeccably pressed 12” vinyl (digital download code included with physical merch)!
Listen now and get your copy of Reindeer Soul today!
Glide Mag premieres "Reindeer Soul" video on day before album release!
It’s Reindeer Soul Release Eve! Huge thanks to Glide Magazine for today’s premiere of the video for the title track! Filmed by Chris “smitty” Smith and featuring DW Hunter a/k/a D.W. Box, it’s an “Expansive & Atmospheric Stunner”! Watch & listen now!
‘“Reindeer Soul” features a raw vocal performance over the emotional twang of The Dusty Fates for an expansive, moving ballad reminiscent of Sparklehorse and Jason Molina. The psychedelic video shows Hunter navigating life with an odd sense of a long-forgotten emotion looming behind his every turn.’ — Glide Mag
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