News
Henry St. Due Out This Friday via ANTI-
Apr 12, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) is releasing a new album, Henry St., this Friday via ANTI-. Now he has shared its third single, “Looking For Love,” via a music video. More
Henry St. Due Out April 14 via ANTI-
Mar 06, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) is releasing a new album, Henry St., on April 14 via ANTI-. Now he has shared its second single, title track “Henry St.,” via a music video and also announced some new fall tour dates. More
Henry St. Due Out April 14 via ANTI-
Feb 01, 2023
By Mark Redfern
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) has announced a new album, Henry St., and shared its first single, “Every Little Heart,” via a music video. More
Too Late For Edelweiss Due Out This Friday via ANTI-
Sep 19, 2022
By Joey Arnone
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) has announced the release of a covers album, Too Late For Edelweiss, which will be out this Friday (Sep. 23) via ANTI-. Matsson has also announced a spring 2023 European tour and has shared a cover of Hank Williams’ 1949 song “Lost Highway,” which will be featured on the upcoming album. More
His First New Music Since 2019
Jul 20, 2022
By Joey Arnone
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) has announced that he has signed to ANTI-. He has also shared a cover of Håkan Hellström’s 2008 song “För sent för Edelweiss.” More
Dark Bird Is Home Out Now via Dead Oceans
Sep 06, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Back in June The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) shared a brand new standalone single, “Time of the Blue.” Then last month he shared another new song, the delicate horns- and piano-backed “Rivers.” More
Dark Bird Is Home Out Now via Dead Oceans
Aug 17, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
Back in June The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) shared a brand new standalone single, “Time of the Blue.” Now he shared another new song, the delicate horns- and piano-backed “Rivers.” More
Dark Bird Is Home Out Now via Dead Oceans
Jun 15, 2016
By Christopher Roberts
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) has shared a brand new song, “Time of the Blue,” and a video for the track. You can listen to the studio version of the song below and then the video, directed by Rolf Nylinder, simply features Matsson performing the song on acoustic guitar. More
Dark Bird Is Home Out Now
Mar 22, 2016
By Joshua M. Miller
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka singer-songwriter Kristian Matsson) has shared A Short Film About Dark Bird Is Home, an eight-minute documentary about his most recent album Dark Bird Is Home. Tour dates in the US and Europe have also been announced. More
Watch WFUV Session, Including Cover of Merle Haggard's "If I Could Only Fly"
Jun 24, 2015
By Christopher Roberts
The Tallest Man on Earth (aka Swedish musician Kristian Matsson) have announced some more North American tour dates in support of Dark Bird Is Home, which came out earlier this year on Dead Oceans. More
May 21, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
While Jimmy Kimmel deliberately aired a rerun last night so as not to compete with Dave Letterman’s last show, the rest of the late night line-up continued with their regularly scheduled programs last night. More
New Album, Dark Bird Is Home Out Now
May 13, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
With his brand new album Dark Bird Is Home officially out in the world today, The Tallest Man on Earth, aka Kristian Matsson will kick off an extensive tour in support of the record later tonight. More
Plus Stream METZ and Mac McCaughan
Apr 27, 2015
By Katie LaBranche
There are several notable albums coming out in the next couple of weeks, but you can stream them ahead of time. More
Title Track From Upcoming LP
Apr 14, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
On May 12 musical artist Kristian Matsson, otherwise known as The Tallest Man on Earth, will return with his brand new album, Dark Bird Is Home. More
Feb 10, 2015
By Mike Hilleary
The Tallest Man on Earth, otherwise known as musical artist Kristian Matsson, has announced the release of his newest album Dark Bird Is Home. More
Mar 27, 2012
By Mike Hilleary
Swedish folk artist Kristian Matsson, otherwise known as The Tallest Man on Earth, has announced that he will release his third album There’s No Leaving Now on June 11 and 12 in the UK and U.S. respectively. More
Part of the Adult Swim Singles Program
Jul 08, 2011
By Laura Studarus
Recently, the Adult Swim Singles Program has taken it upon itself to deliver good music to the masses every Tuesday for the next ten weeks. More
Jul 07, 2010
By Laura Studarus
‘Tis the season…to announce a tour. Among the many hearing the call of the road is Swedish folky, The Tallest Man on Earth. We have the full dates. More
Plus Mumford and Sons, Public Enemy, Edward Sharpe, The xx, and more
Jun 03, 2010
By Wendy Lynch Redfern
Last weekend (May 29th - 31st), Sasquatch! ruled The Gorge with performances from Band of Horses, Dr. Dog, Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, My Morning Jacket, The xx, Public Enemy, Mumford and Sons, Dirty Projectors, Tallest Man on Earth, and many more. We sent Under the Radar writer/photographer Robin Bacior down to cover the action. Check out a full gallery of her photos here. More
Reviews
Jun 09, 2023
By Ben Jardine
The Tallest Man on Earth, aka Sweden’s Kristian Mattson, has built a career as a DIY guitarist and singer/songwriter. More
Oct 26, 2022
By Ben Jardine
If you’ve been at a Tallest Man on Earth show over the last 14 years, you’ve heard the song “För Sent för Edelweiss.” Originally recorded by Swedish singer/songwriter Håkan Hellström, the song would play when The Tallest Man on Earth (another Swede, Kristian Mattson) walked on stage. More
May 11, 2015
By Zach Hollwedel
Especially for longtime fans of his, it is hard to ever meet the music of Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, with any displeasure. More
Aug 08, 2012
By Ryan Hamm
Is there any more rightly despised genre of music than singer/songwriter? For most listeners, the very mention of the genre brings to mind some awful hours spent trapped in a college coffee shop, trying to stomach the “great new singer” a significant other is obsessed with. Too often, the genre is populated by earnest musicians who lack a good voice, good lyrics, interesting instrumentation, or some combination of the three. More
Jun 04, 2010
By Robin Bacior
Thousands of North Westerners packed the normally barren fields of George, WA with bare-bones camping gear and their most exotic festival apparel to witness the epic line-up of Sasquatch! 2010. The list was stacked, and showed why the festival had already sold out by early spring with performances by Mumford and Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and Vampire Weekend among others. More
Jul 14, 2009
By Paul Bullock
Cracker’s 1992 radio hit “Teen Angst (What the World Needs Now)” famously noted “What the world needs now/is another folk singer/like I need a hole in my head.” For the last 17 years, with a few notable exceptions, I have tended to agree with that sentiment. But after a recent Monday night, following the charming, confident performance of Kristian Matsson (aka The Tallest Man on Earth), I find myself scouring websites and record bins for new folk. More