Brady Likes Music

RUBINE IS LIVE, BABY! The album is streaming everywhere. I am greatly thankful for the press on the record, and the support it has gotten so far. The album peaked at NUMBER SEVEN on the Chicago Ambient charts via Bandcamp. The rest of the cassette run sold out within a few days of the album going live on the 8th and was totally gone by the 13th. That's insane to me, I am so humbled by the love for the record. Please keep bumping it! Share it with friends, stream it, tell people, tell your dogs, I dunno. The solo Bandcamp has done really well lately, it's gone from 20 something followers to over 50 in the span of a few weeks and this is the most any of my records has been downloaded. It's crazy to even begin process the success of it compared to prior records. As far as press goes, Rubine was featured on Chicago Soundcheck's Fresh Tracks, which you can check out here. Many thanks to Brian Shamie for the feature and support with both my own projects and Vanity Contest. ...

Hey people, My new record “Rubine” drops April 8th. The latest single "Mouth of Canyon" is currently available on Bandcamp for streaming. You can pre-save the album through your streaming service of choice, include your email if you want to be entered to win a FREE cassette copy of the album! Tapes are limited to 20 copies, with a wider CD release this summer. Thanks for the support. About “Rubine”: “An abstract collision, seemingly still from the outside. Rubine’s synth-driven textures slowly evolve through slick and careful orchestration. This is electronic minimalism at its very best-and whether it’s intention is as so, one cannot help but truly meditate upon the inner workings of the mind and soul when experiencing this record.” Bandcamp: https://bradymatteson.bandcamp.com/album/rubine Streaming Pre-Save: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/bradymatteson/rubine

  Hey people, So a year ago Sleeper was released! If you're interested, I dropped some of the extra photography from the sessions. There's no demos or b-sides or anything, I only recorded everything I put on the record. Check it out below and if you'd like to download the album on me, you can find the BandCamp codes for it here . Brady

Pictured: alternate cover art, taken from the physical editions of the album. “You are now listening to 103.5 Dawn FM. You’ve been in the dark for way too long. It’s time to walk into the light and accept your fate with open arms. Scared? Don’t worry. We’ll be there to hold your hand and guide you through this painless transition. But what’s the rush? Just relax and enjoy another hour of commercial ‘free yourself’ music on 103.5 Dawn FM. Tune in.” The Weeknd is one of the biggest artists on the planet right now, if not THE biggest artist out there. His previous album, 2020's After Hours , was a mammoth success that smashed record after record, charted endlessly, and sold thousands of copies. You've been living under a rock if you haven't heard  Blinding Lights or Save Your Tears over the past two years. Culminating in a glitzy, glamorous Super Bowl LV Half Time set, designed after the imagery and motifs of After Hours' Vegas settings. So how do you follow up THE bigg...

pictured: me, a week ago 2021 was an... eventful year. Certainly more eventful than 2020, but equally, if not more scarring. With wrapping up my sophomore year of college and entering my junior year, there were plenty of ups, downs, and opportunities. Didn't love it, didn't hate it though! Some sure-fire highlights were getting to interview Ilan Rubin , completing the Capstone Challenge with Braven, and managing to pull a lot of really cool things together behind the scenes I can't quite talk about, music-wise. Speaking of music, some amazing albums came out this year. My list of favorites is below. I wanted to thank you folks for being good to me, I'm thankful I've made as many new friends this year as I have. It's been a really tough one emotionally and to have good people to turn to is a privilege. I'm glad I managed to get back to my job and glad I'm able to do what I do. A big struggle has been keeping motivated in just... all aspects of my life. I ...

Alright. It's officially colder out. Trees look dead, you wanna go out less. You need some comfort music to ease that seasonal depression. Brady's got you covered. It's pretty simple. I'm gonna gush about some albums. I'll link each one too. Some records I'll have more to say about than others. There's no specific order. Here goes nothing! Alessandro Cortini - Avanti I wanted to bring this one up first since I figured it was the most appropriate for this sort of weather. It's fuzzy, warm synths layered over delay and reverb. The record was made as a soundtrack to Cortini's home videos, which had no audio to them whatsoever when he discovered the original tapes. The record is a stunning piece of music and it was my gateway to discovering tape recorders as instruments, and my gateway to his solo work. Can't recommend it enough. Fennesz - Black Sea Fennesz is one of those artists I wish I found out about sooner. Black Sea is dark. It's murky and...

So my busiest weekend of the year is winding down. It felt so good to be doing more proper, LOUD live shows.  Last night at Liar's Club was fucking excellent. It was a super tight gig and we absolutely nailed it in typical Creeps fashion. I remembered why we don't do the paper suits much though, man. I was so dehydrated by the end of the show, even just wearing the suits for three songs I feel like I exhausted SO much more energy just because it was so fucking hot on stage. I was boiling. However, we ripped through the set and I was so glad we were first. It was an easy night! I loved the acoustic gig Vanity Contest did in August but man, being at an actual venue was a breath of fresh air. I felt so much more in my element. The visuals, the whole vibe we were going for was a lot more along the lines of what we're about. We debuted some new material from [REDACTED], and even played Eyes Open for the first time (glad we didn't at the acoustic gig). People were super rece...