Seminal neo-new wave pioneers The Rentals are back. They are currently rehearsing in Los Angeles preparing for their first worldwide tour in over ten years and, with only one Canadian date confirmed on July 25th at Vancouver, BC’s Richard’s On Richards, west coast music fans are prepping for one heck of a treat.

Matt Sharp (co-founder and former member of Weezer) is the main thread that runs through the history of The Rentals. It is his leadership and vision that provides the focus through…

We are very proud to announce that the track “Just Like Movie Stars” from the self-titled Matt Sharp debut solo album - released via Boompa Records - will be featured to appear in the new Rosanna Arquette documentary, All We Are Saying.

In an interview with the Independent, Arquette says that her new documentary, All We Are Saying, is a series of interviews with figures from the music world, including Joni Mitchell, Radiohead, Elvis Costello, her close friend Chrissie Hynde, Sting, Patti Smith, Mary…

Matt Sharp and Goldenboy are scheduled to play a one-night-only VIP show in London on November 11th. It is Matt’s first show in the UK in over 7 years!!! The show is invite only on Thursday 11th of November in Redux, 116 Commercial Street, London E1 6NF. Doors 7.30pm.

Matt’s UK label, Split Records, is giving away 35 tickets on a first come first served basis. For a free ticket please e-mail your ticket request directly to info@splitrecords.co.uk.

Also, European dates have been added for Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

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Boompa recording artist Matt Sharp (formerly of weezer and The Rentals) is at the Horseshoe Tavern (370 Queen St. W.) tonight!

Come down and hear him perform songs from his upcoming album Matt Sharp, in stores Oct. 26th.

Matt Sharp, former Weezer bassist and Rentals frontman, is a better person than he used to be. That’s because he moved to the tiny town of Leiper’s Fork, Tennessee, and holed up alone with his music.

“Sometimes you just need to check yourself a little bit, and music is the best thing for that,” he says on the phone from the road in Nebraska. “I do that quite a bit through music - just figure out how to treat people better and…

Boompa presents Matt Sharp and Goldenboy at the Media Club

MATT SHARP - Ten years after the landmark release of Weezer’s debut “Blue Album”, this charismatic ex-Weezer bassist and The Rentals frontman delivers Boompa Records, a bold and sensuous collection of beautifully understated songs that create an almost spiritual feeling for the listener. Backed by sparse musical accompaniment, Matt creates an atmosphere of extreme intimacy and honesty punctuated with potent silences, eerie aural textures and deeply personal lyrics. -www.mattsharp.net

“Matt Sharp throws himself wholeheartedly into the…

en years after the landmark release of weezer’s debut The Blue Album, one of the most influential records of the nineties, and five years after The Rentals hit sophomore album Seven More Minutes, the charismatic bassist and front man, Matt Sharp, breaks his musical silence and delivers a sparse, hauntingly beautiful self-titled acoustic record.

The Rentals and weezer it ain’t but what it is, is a beautiful collection of deeply personal songs, backed only by sparse musical accompaniment - inviting an extreme intimacy and…