Matt and Bubba Kadane

Matt and Bubba Kadane is an American musical duo that consists of two brothers, Matt Kadane and Bubba Kadane.^[1] They have founded three indie rock bands, serving as producers, songwriters, vocalists, and guitarists in all of them. The first, Bedhead, released three well-received studio LPs before it was disbanded.^[2][3][4] The brothers reformed as The New Year in 2001,^[5][6][7] and in 2012 they formed the group Overseas with David Bazan and Will Johnson.^[8]

Matt & Bubba Kadane
Origin	Wichita Falls, Texas
Genres	Indie rock, rock and roll, slowcore
Years active	1980s–present
Labels	Trance Syndicate, Touch and Go Records, Plexifilm
Website	BubbaKadane.com

Discography

Bedhead

Main article: Bedhead (band) § Discography

Albums

• 1994: WhatFunLifeWas (Trance Syndicate)
• 1996: Beheaded (Trance Syndicate)
• 1998: Transaction de Novo (Trance Syndicate)

Singles and EPs

• 1992: Bedside Table/Living Well (Direct Hit Records)
• 1993: The Rest of the Day/I'm Not Here (Direct Hit Records)
• 1994: 4-songCDEP19:10 (Trance Syndicate)
• 1996: The Dark Ages EP (Trance Syndicate)
• 1998: Lepidoptera/Leper (Trance Syndicate)
• 2000: Macha Loved Bedhead (Jetset Records)
• 2024: Atmosphere/Disorder (split 7" of Joy Division covers with Codeine) (Numero Group)

Compilations/Live albums

• 2014: 1992–1998 Box Set (Numero Group)
• 2015: Live 1998 live album (Numero Group)

The New Year

Main article: The New Year (band) § Discography

• 2001: Newness Ends (Touch & Go)
• 2004: The End Is Near (Touch & Go)
• 2008: The New Year (Touch & Go)
• 2017: Snow (Undertow Music Collective)

Overseas

Main article: Overseas (band) § Discography

• 2013: Overseas

Soundtracks

• 2004: Music from the Film Hell House (Plexifilm)^[6]

Performance/production credits

Performance and production credits for Matt and Bubba Kadane

Yr	Release title	Artist(s)	Label	Matt	Bubba	Role
2001	S/T	Chris Brokaw, Viva Las Vegas	Acuarela Discos	Yes	No	Performance
2002	Consonant	Consonant	Fenway Recordings	Yes	No	Performance
2002	Italian Platinum	Silkworm	Touch and Go	Yes	No	Keyboards
2003	Love & Affliction	Consonant	Fenway Recordings	Yes	No	Performance
2003	"It Looks Like You" (UK #75)	Evan Dando	Bar/None Records	Yes	No	Performance
2004	It'll Be Cool	Silkworm	Touch and Go	Yes	No	Keyboards
2005	Incredible Love	Chris Brokaw	12XU	Yes	No	Performance
2006	Music from The O. C. Mix 6 (track "The End's Not Near")	Various (Band of Horses)	Warner Bros. Records	Yes	Yes	Writers
2006	Chokes	Silkworm	Comedy Minus One	Yes	No	Performance
2006	An Idiot Not To Appreciate Your Time (track "Clean'd Me Out”)	Various	Genuflecting	Yes	Yes	Performance
2007	2-song 7-inch	Tre Orsi	Works Progress	No	Yes	Producer
2008	Takes (track "Bedside Table")	Adem	Domino Recording Company	Yes	Yes	Writers
2010	Devices and Emblems	Tre Orsi	Comedy Minus One	No	Yes	Producer
2010	Casual Victim Pile (track "The Engineer")	Various	Matador Records	No	Yes	Producer

Further reading

Interviews

• Interview with Matt Kadane^[usurped] (Deathrockstar, July 2003)
• Bubba Kadane Interview (Bandega.com, 2007)
• "Interview with Matt Kadane". OVRLD: Austin Music First. November 22, 2013.
• "Interview with Musician Matt Kadane". Aesthetics for Birds. December 17, 2013.
• "Interview with Matt and Bubba Kadane (Part 1) and others (Part 2)". Secret Decoder. November 12, 2014.
• Interview with Bubba Kadane (Culture Creature, 2017)
• Interview with Matt Kadane (Aquarium Drunkard, 2017)
• Audio Interview with Matt Kadane (WRFI Radio, NY, 2018)
• Audio Interview with Matt and Bubba Kadane (Aquarium Drunkard, 2022)
• Interview with Matt Kadane (The Guardian, 2023)