May 12th will see Matthew Ryan release his latest full-length, Hustle Up Starlings, a heart-on-the-sleeve collection of anthems that illustrate his reinvigorated love of language, noise, and cinema. Produced by Brian Fallon from The Gaslight Anthem, the 10-song set that […]
Boxers is the perfect Fall release – full of nostalgia, longing and self reflection, Matthew Ryan pulls on our heartstrings as he does the strings of his guitar. If Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs captured a moment in time for suburban kids, Matthew […]
It’s not that your mind wanders when listening to the sprawling yet ultimately pointed music of Matthew Ryan. It’s more that your mind makes connections. For example, when you get to the mostly rhetorical “How’d you get so drunk and […]
Volume and bluster be damned. A whisper always delivers more of an emotional haymaker, whether employed for pillow talk, halting confessions, or final farewells. Matthew Ryan’s hushed rasp, with words catching like vows destined to be broken, is one of […]
Matthew Ryan remains one restless soul. His fourth widely-distributed album (Ryan also has two limited-edition, website-only releases) finds the singer-songwriter overwhelmed by characters out of step with their lovers, themselves, and/or the world around them. It’s nothing new. The Nashville […]
Matthew Ryan’s third album shows a development of his already much-lauded songwriting skill and a voice that manages to be both raw and polished. Ryan has one of those love-it-or-hate-it voices, but like Dylan or Neil Young, it’s a sound […]
Well, here we go again, another singer-songwriter plucked from the Springsteen/Dylan branch of the rock ‘n’ roll family tree. Like we need it, right? But from seemingly out of nowhere comes Matthew Ryan, definitely not just another coffeehouse rocker. Hell, […]
