Dominant Fiction
est. 1999
Update :: 06.02.08
" →The Dominant Fiction Store just got a makeover! New Prints of new Drawings!!!!! And Copper!
♥Matt has brgun creating hand-engraved copper bracelets with his drawings etched into them! see them here>>>!
♪♫ Matt is in the studio recording a new album. (?)
Update :: 04.18.08
♪♫ The Ghastly City Sleep Eastern U.S. Tour was a complete success. Matt took a large number of Polaroid Photographs of the Journey.
♠ Matt is busy painting in Brooklyn. New things on the horizon, stay tuned.
♥ :-*Plastic Shores members have a Blog, check it out, it's good... edited by Plasticshores and affiliates, Plasticblog features smart politics, sharp wit and keeps a watchful eye on this fucked-up world of ours, often appropriately pointing fingers and whenever possible, letting you know how you can help make a difference. Keep up the good work.
Eτ╡ ♪ "Found in Brooklyn" art show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope is over. The series Imminent Domain by Matt Boyle was on display for two months and was sold. Thanks to Lisanne & everyone who came out, + thank you and congratulations to Ann on her new artwork.
Update :: 01.29.08
Been a while...
♥ :-*Plastic Shores has new music up, and as usual, it's unusual and evocative. {keep up the good work, plasticshores♥}
Eτ╡ ♪Matt Boyle is participating in "Found in Brooklyn", an art show at Freddy's Bar in Park Slope.The Show is Saturday, Feb 2nd 2008. Matt has contributed three new oil paintings.
Art Opening is from 7 to 9 PM.
Music starts at 9.
Freddy's is located at:
485 Dean Street Brooklyn, NY 11215
phone: 718.622.7035
That's the corner of Dean Street and 6th Avenue in Brooklyn.
ä« ☺Matt is going on tour with Ghastly City Sleep in March. Tour dates are popping up on the myspace page, stay tuned!
Update :: 11.28.06
Here are some pics from the lucky cat show with Captain #1 and Seamonster.November 12th, 2006.
Update :: 11.27.06
My computer was dead for a while, we kinda shut down. but now we're back. played a show earlier this month with friends. been layin' low. i lost about 2-3 albums worth of material that was on my old computer. all of the data on my harddrive became corrupt. although i'm still trying to recover it, i have already started an entirely new album. tentatively called "the messenger" or maybe the original idea "coquina".lots of work to do.if anyone has any ideas about data recovery, please email me at mboyle@dominantfiction.com
UPDATE :: 8.29.06
First, we are proud to annouce the opening of our online store, where you can find everything for sale by the collective, including music, artwork, and eventually some apparel, too. Lots of expansion is on the horizon for this page... right now there's a few items up >>>Please take a LOOK! <<< (you may also access this page via the far right button in our navigation bar, which should follow you around our site in case you get lost)
Dominant Fiction and Just Me Records are teaming up to bring you a fall tour of the Northeast. This should include a Brooklyn show featuring Military Junior... stay tuned!
Ted Hayes of Limina Studio (one door down from Dominant Fiction studio) has invited Matt Boyle to collaborate on the scoring of a dance piece in New York City. More info on this soon.
Matt Boyle's new painting series will be on display at Interior Motives Gallery in St. Petersburg, Fl, September 9th in conjunction with the monthly St. Pete gallery walk. He plans to be there in person.
UPDATE :: 8.12.06
The Northeast tour was a complete success. The Branching Tree Tour took Bicycles & Gravel, Matt Boyle, Captain #1, I Have Read Other Books Besides The Catcher in the Rye, current_working_directory, Plastic Shores, Dorian and Matt Goddamn Shame all over the USA east of the Mississippi. We met a number of great people and had a lot of fun nights. Everyone is back in their home cities but the Barre-Os are still rattling our hearts (see Bikes tour blog for that reference). The summer tour might be over but we have plenty of media documentation to remember those great 3 weeks. Currently, all of the digital photos and videos are being compiled. There will be a Branch Collection Documentary this winter, but the trailer should be ready by the end of the August. In the meantime, check out the Bicycles and Gravel Myspace tour blog for a tour break down (they are still updatingit, so you might as well subscribe to it.)
UPDATE :: 7.08.06
~ t h e . B R A N C H . C O L L E C T I O N . T O U R ~
Dominant Fiction, Poorfish Records, and Just ME Reocrds team up to bring you the Branch Collection tour!!! Featuring performances by Matt Boyle, Plastic Shores, current_working_directory, Bicycles and Gravel... and songs from all three collective labels.At each show we're bringing an impressive collection of merchandise which includes cds by MAtt Boyle, plastic shores, current_working_directiory, bicylces and gravel, the quiet, lowleaf, captain #1, enoch, I have read books other than the catcher in the rye, and the goddamn shame, plus silkscreened t-shirts, buttons, stickers, and more!
The tour started in Athens, GA, moved to TN, caught up with Matt Boyle and Ted Hayes in Chicago, IL > Kent, OH > Pittsburg, PA > Albany, NY > Brooklyn, NY > and NYC. Tomorrow we're off to Massachusetts, then back to Philadelphia, and on to Washington, D.C., were Dominant Fiction will head home to Brooklyn. Wanna see photos of what we've done so far? We thought so > go here!!
UPDATE :: 5.08.06
SHOWS + TOURS!!!!
Dominant Fiction is hosting a show THURSDAY JUNE 8th at LAILA LOUNGE - 113 N7th (btw Wythe & Berry) Brooklyn (williamsburg), NY, featuring photography by Erin Boyle, Paintings and drawings by Matt Boyle, music catered by DJ Tedbot, and performances by Plastic Shores, Matt Boyle + Coatquills, PLUS a few extra suprises!!! You won't want to miss this one!
The Branch Collection { Domiant Fiction, Poorfish, and Just Me Records } is taking its members on an East Coast Tour, and it all begins late June. In two weeks we hope to hit GA, Chicago, Ohio, Philly, NYC, MA, VA, NC & SC!!!!!!!!!!!! For more details, go HERE!!! (more on this as it develops... STAY TUNED!)
UPDATE :: 4.24.06
Lots going on in the Domfic camp lately!!! OUR FIRST NEW YORK SHOWS!!!!
Erin and Matt Boyle have a joint art show planned for June, at which dominant fiction will be hosting its second " 1 5 A - s t y l e " extravaganza, featuring photography by Erin Boyle, Paintings and drawings by Matt Boyle, music catered by DJ Tedbot, and performances by Plastic Shores, Matt Boyle + Coatquills, PLUS a few extra suprises!!! You won't want to miss this one! Join us at LAILA LOUNGE - 113 N7th (btw Wythe & Berry) Brooklyn (williamsburg), NY on THURSDAY, JUNE 8th (or 15th... the exact thursday will be posted soon!)
Matt Boyle also has a painting exhibition shceduled for JULY at M Shanghai Bistro & den featuring a new series involving layers of complex stained-glass washes with silk-screened prints!
Stay tuned!! More info of these events coming soon!!!!
UPDATE :: 3.03.06
Matt Boyle has updated his online illustration portfolio!!! Check out new the new Drawings and illustrations! Matt is currently working with mAik (Anarchy in the Age of Dinosaurs) on a spring drawing show, possibly at ABC No Rio in Manhattan. Stay tuned for details!
UPDATE :: 12.14.05
Jason Schultz and Military Junior continue making waves from Saint Petersburg and the WWW with their debut album "When You Get Lost on Those Brick Streets." Get Your Copy Today!
Matt Boyle's new album Affinity (DF1205) will be available after Dec 17th on this website. Special edition copies with a 20-page illustrated booklet will be available at this year's La Superette art show Dec 17th and 18th at Exit Art - 475 10th Ave @ 36th Street in Manhattan. The booklets + CD will be on sale for $12. If you can't make it out to the show and are interested in this special edition copy, you may purchase it online here at dominant fiction for a LIMITED TIME. After this date, the standard edition of the album will be on sale here for $5. You may download sample MP3s from Affinity from Matt's Page.
UPDATE :: 11.27.05
Jason Schultz and Military Junior continue making waves from Saint Petersburg and the WWW with their debut album "When You Get Lost on Those Brick Streets."
Matt Boyle has finally decided to announce a "no turning back" release date for his upcoming album "Affinity." Rumor has it that it may be December 17th. The long awaited follow-up to 2004's " Maroon" will have a whopping 15 tracks, including the latest versions of previously released singles... the track list is OUT!!
1. A Mandolin
2. Silent Planes
3. An Empire Without You
4. Affinity
5. On an On
6. We May Never Let Go
7. IOU:)
8. In the WAke of Winter '05
9. Existential Problem
10. One Good Night
11. NYC Dream (II)
12. A Shelf for a Past I Would Like to Forget
13. I Can't Believe It
14. Seasons I've Not Yet Survived
15. Lost in Some Kind of Dream
UPDATE :: 10.03.05
Everyone's Busy! Military Junior has officially released their debut album!! get your copy today @ www.militaryjunior.com . They're also playing a couple of shows this fall, so check out tour dates. Coatquills are currently rehearsing new material and writing their first album. matt boyle has pushed the release date for his next solo efforts to mid-october due to "existential problems" (one of the albums singles). stay tuned for details!
UPDATE :: 09.11.05
Military Junior is planning to release their debut album, "if you get lost on those brick streets" ... for those of you who haven't heard dominant fiction's only currently fully operational touring band, you owe it to yourself to check them out HERE<<<<. to those who have the demo and / or other tracks, this is the much anticipated full-length recorded and mastered in atlanta, GA over the past year... we've been privy to a promotional release, and its amazing !!!! for more information, visit www.militaryjunior.com
Matt Boyle has officially set a release date for new twin albums... separate and simultaneous :: "Affinity" and "Coatquills" available October 1st. Affinity is the next true solo release, and "coatquills" is actually a new band, featuring Jessie Shaffer (models to burn, nuemes, plastic shores), Nick Dennany (panic narrative, plastic shores) and Virgil Disgrac3 (neumes, www.epiphanus.net). Look for special album previews at Indyreview.net and Isound.com this month.
UPDATE :: 08.25
New York is beautiful and continues to treat us well. As soon as some of us get jobs and some funds, we'll be putting together a Dominant Fiction promo comp.Coatquills are currently writing their self-produced first album... expect a pre-release three-song promotional CD soon. stay tuned for more updates, more frequently.
UPDATE :: 08.05
The website re-design effort is in full effect. Feel free to browse the site, and we'll be updating links and filling in the blanks as the month moves on.