Matt Wertz has posted a special Christmas song on his myspace. You can also check out his Advent Calendar which has a link to a special deal or surpise for every day of advent!

Matt Wertz Interview #2
November 6, 2006 in Malibu, CA

First off, this interview follows up on some of the questions I got to ask Matt earlier this year and you can read those here. Second, I have to appologize it took me this long to post this interview, but here it is! Questions are in bold, Matt’s responses are in normal type.

First things first, who are you?

My name is Matt Wertz, I’m a pop star…an aspiring pop star from Nashville, TN.

Matt Wertz & Jars Of Clay
November 4th & 5th, 2006
Pepperdine University & Biola University
Pepperdine: 8.5
Biola: 8
Tour Overall: 7.5

Julie Watanabe

Adie Camp - As the former frontwoman of rock ensemble The Benjamin Gate and songwriter Jeremy Camp’s wife, Adie has, for better or worse, no lack of ties to the music industry. This Tuesday, her first ever solo album Don’t Wait debuts through BEC Records. Her music is undeniably pop laced with acoustic rock, and despite being lumped into a competitive genre that’s already overpopulated, Adie manages to beat out much of her stake. For an idea of her style think catchy choruses like early Michelle Branch mixed with soft spoken vocal insight reminiscent of Anna Nalick. Check out “Your Way” on her myspace.
Myspace

Since my introduction to Matt Wertz’s music earlier this year I have not ever stopped short in telling anyone and everyone about it. Matt’s first two releases capture all of his emotions but also those of the common listener. His new record, ‘Everything In Between’ was recently released digitally on Nettwerk.com as well as through a pre-order linked above.

Here are some albums that will be in stores tomorrow.

New Found Glory - Coming Home
Nevertheless - Live Like We’re Alive
Static Age - Blank Screens
Matt Wertz - Everything In Between
Fear Before The March Of Flames - The Always Open Mouth
Silverstein - Discovering The Waterfront: Special Edition CD/DVD
Hope Conspiracy - Death Knows Your Name
Ambitions - Question
Envy On The Coast - Envy On The Coast
Heavy Heavy Low Low - Everything’s Watched, Everyone’s Watching
Valencia - This Could Be A Possibility (Re-Release)

You can find three new featured bands including New Found Glory, The Static Age, and Matt Wertz up on the main page. We are also streaming Nevertheless’s new album, Live Like We’re Alive, all this week so be sure to give that a listen.

Trevor Bivens

The Receiving End of Sirens - “Between the Heart and the Synapse” is such a beautiful album that is underappreciated. It’s a sprawling epic full of emotion, energy, and some of the best musicianship to be heard in the past few years. While being out for a while, it never gained the momentum it should have. If you have the time and dig bands with spaced out music, narrative lyrics, and an edge that make them have a sound all their own, check this album out and fall in love.

Myspace | Pure Volume

Devin Henderson

This is the interview I did with Matt Wertz in Seattle on June 5, 2006. Later that evening, I was fortunate enough to see Dave Barnes and Matt Wertz play a capacity crowd at the Crocodile Cafe in one the most memorable concert experiences of my life. Do yourself a favor and check out Matt and Dave’s music, as well as the organization they are involved in:

The Mocha Club

Thanks to Emily & Nettwerk Management!

I am in bold type and Matt is in the normal type.
Introduce yourself in whatever way you please.

Artist: Matt Wertz
Album: Today & Tomorrow EP
Label: None
Purchase: Aware Store
Release Date: 2005

Overall: 9.6
Music: 9.5
Lyrics: 9.7
Production: 9.6

Matt Wertz is very much a native of the solo-songwriter scene. Touring the nation countless times with friend and producer Dave Barnes, recording two previous full-lengths, and about working on his third record, Matt took five songs written over the last five years and recorded them, in one day. The recording process was lightly explained in the liner notes of the record. Very relaxed and sometimes multiple musicians ‘crowded around one mic’, a very back-to-the-basics approach was taken. I read these notes before listening to the record, and expected a something less in quality than his last two CDs. Fortunately, I was completely off with my predisposition.