Matt Keating

"A brave and mature artist, Keating is one of the truly unique voices of the new wave of singer-songwriters. Like Mark Kozelek, he is not afraid of blending stripped-down acoustic folk with more outreaching and extrovert Americana, and he conjures up images of everyone from Dylan to Elliott Smith, from Giant Sand to Mark Eitzel -- and everyone in between. Considered and unassuming, the songs are delivered in such a casual manner that at times it's hard to actually notice the greatness of them until they sneak up on you after several listens."
-- Ink 19
- Ink 19

"Matt Keating falls somewhere between a slacker Violent Femmes and a more hungry, bitter Matthew Sweet. He bears a keen edge of cynical, disaffected ennui - pointed and biting, but pulling back from the brink of outright whining, serving up a cold dish camouflaged by the heat of a good tune. Guitars alternately chime with semi-acoustic Beatle-esque seduction, or slash in full electric anger. "
-- Roch Parisien, All Music Guide
- Roch Parisien

"If you yearn for honest songs that make the passage from artist to audience without contrivance or modification, Matt Keating is a cult hero worth cultivating... file it in the vicinity of Big Star's Sister Lovers, John Lennon's Plastic Ono Band, and Neil Young's Tonight's the Night"
-- Stereo Review
- Stereo Review