My only complaint is that it's not really a retrospective look at what the label has achieved. Silkworm isn't on here. Neither is Mecca Normal or Come or Teenage Fanclub or Chris Knox. It would make sense if Matador were only featuring bands currently on the roster, but that's obviously not the case since Guided By Voices is on here. With three CD's worth of music you'd think they'd be able to represent the back catalogue pretty well.
Some bands are even on here twice.
I'd take a Bailter Space track over Mogwai any day. I guess they have their reasons. Even if Matador decides to partner up with a major again it still has a better track record than any corporate label. Let's just hope the standards stay the same.