Matmos live in concert.
ON TOUR

Matmos

28
critic concert reviews
experimental

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

79
%
Based on 
28
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Critic Consensus

Based on 28 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Matmos is rated as an impressive live performer, with worthwhile shows overall. Matmos concert reviews describe live shows and performances as engaging, adventurous, chaotic, and predictable.

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Latest Release

Return to Archive (November 3, 2023)

Artist Info

Genre
experimental
Origin
San Francisco, United States (1995 - present) (1995 – present)
Bio
Matmos is an experimental electronic music duo originally from San Francisco but now residing in Baltimore.
Has Performed With
So Percussion

Critic Concert Reviews

Exclaim (Canada)

August 22, 2019
90
%
Matmos MUTEK, Montreal QC, August 21

musicOMH (UK)

June 11, 2019
90
%
Drew Daniel throws out this deadpan quip early in Matmos‘ set. He’s referring to a giant blue pill shaped object that the duo sample on one of their tracks tonight.

Exclaim (Canada)

December 9, 2016
80
%
The Front is a historic artist-run centre that has tirelessly promoted experimental music since 1973 in a city that eats itself every decade so it's remarkable that it's still here in the wake of so many waves of gentrification.

The Quietus (UK)

October 26, 2016
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The mode of the music changed, from Bartok to Schoenberg, but the orchestral fabric of opera remained the same.

Grateful Web (USA)

October 24, 2016
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Matmos Live In Concert In the USA

Berkeley B-Side (USA)

June 11, 2015
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Song Exploder hosts dynamic duo Matmos at Megapolis Audio 2015

Undertoner (Denmark)

June 7, 2014
75
%
Jazzhouse, Copenhagen, Denmark on June 5, 2014

Past critic reviews published in

Soundblab (UK), Bearded Magazine (UK), LA Music Blog (USA), The Georgia Straight (Canada), The Skinny (UK) and more

Image Credit

Joe Mabel [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons