Video Premiere: Matt Costa - "Good Times" (Live from Guitar Center)

Singer-songwriter Matt Costa, who released a self-titled album via Brushfire Records earlier this year, recently recorded an episode of the “At: Guitar Center with Nic Harcourt” podcast series. You can watch a video of Costa’s performance of “Good Times” in the player below. Listen to the podcast in its entirety here....  read more

Video Premiere: Matt Costa - "Matt Costa EPK"

Singer-songwriter Matt Costa recently announced the release of his forthcoming self-titled album. The record, which is set for release on Feb. 12 via Brushfire Records, consists of 10 tracks produced by Tony Doogan (Belle & Sebastian, Mogwai) and recorded in Scotland. It’s clear that Costa’s songwriting and sound has evolved, and you can watch him talk about the record in the video EPK for the album in the player below. kWidget.embed({ "targetId": "kaltura_player_1358449811", "cache_st": 1358449811, "wid": "_269692", "uiconf_id": "6100752", "flashvars": {}, "entry_id": "1_8ewvk706" });...  read more

Matt Costa: Unfamiliar Faces

The second album by this one-time competitive skateboarder...  read more

Matt Costa’s Unfamiliar Faces scheduled for fall release

The folk singer, whose music—according to Fader—is made for an audience that would “give its right nut to hear Nick Drake one last time,” will release his sophomore effort October 2. Unfamiliar Faces, besides making us yearn for Cheers, is Costa’s second album on Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. The ex-skateboarder locked himself in his Sacramento bedroom with his treasured possessions and wrote the new tunes. He later reteamed with No Doubt’s guitarist Tom Dumont to record. The 25-year-old has performed at Coachella, Bonnaroo and Lollapalooza and has headlined his own tours, which featured The 88, Elvis Perkins and The Watson...  read more