Thanks to all who came out to see the first live performance of MATTOWAX on Saturday night - it was a small, stripped-down affair but had a great intimate feel to it and we were thrilled to play a lot of this material live for the first time. Thanks to Brian Jacobs and Lisa Starke for filling out the lineup this time around, and of course to Todd Marrone for providing the visuals and the opportunity to play! Hope to see you again soon…the next EP is well underway and will definitely be released in 2008 - stay tuned!

Hi all -

The first official live performance by MATTOWAX will take place at the Milkboy Coffee Acoustic Cafe, which is located at 824 West Lancaster Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA (610-527-0690) - on Saturday night, June 7th.  The show is part of the “Artstravaganza”, helmed by our own Todd Marrone - and will feature live sets by both MATTOWAX and The Hulihees. The MATTOWAX set is particularly exciting since we will be playing several new songs for the first time, including the much-asked-for “Most Likely To Succeed” off of the latest EP. We’ll also be using some new looping technology to get a fuller sound in small acoustic environment with less players and less volume…we’re very excited about it!

Of course, an evening with The Hulihees is always worth coming out for - there will be plenty of Handsome Ron’s signature tunes and banter, in a stripped-down acoustic format…so, lots of “New” even for those familiar with the “Old”.

The Artstravaganza will feature:

1. Todd’s Month-Long Art Show: “Withdrawn”, a series of discarded library books on which he paints on the covers and rigs them to hang on the walls. In his words, “it will be literally liter-tastic.”

2. The aforementioned June 7th Reception Musical Performance

3. The June 7th Reception Art Performance: Todd will join the bands on stage to make a couple of live paintings. He’ll also hand out FREE custom artwork to patrons and adoring fans.

Everything kicks in at 8:00 PM - we look forward to seeing you!

In a very cool recent development, we just received word from a German publishing company that they’re interested in a publishing contract for the track “Most Likely To Succeed” off of the new EP! We’re still working through the details to figure out what that will entail and how it’ll work, but this is an exciting first step into the publishing world for us. Hopefully the first of many!

Thanks for checking out our new website - this is one of the many things we’re doing to gear up for the big push once the new EP is out this Fall. Be sure to drop a line to tell us what you think!