Venerable indie label Matador Records has had one of the most consistently impressive rosters for newer music during their existence. The list includes Pavement, Interpol, Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Sonic Youth, Liz Phair, Yo La Tengo, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and scores more. This month, as the label prepares a 21st anniversary celebration at the Palms Resort in Las Vegas, they will chronicle that successful run in Matador at 21, a six-disc box full of notable tunes from Matador artists and some unreleased material.

The set will have five discs of remastered cuts from the label's tenure between 1989 and 2010, plus a sixth disc of live material recorded for Matador's 10th anniversary in 1999 and unreleased until now. The box also features an 85-page book of liner notes and (rather cheekily) a set of poker chips. Another interesting note is that all proceeds from sales of the box - including artist royalties, which the performers have agreed to donate - go to three charities (The Jane Addams Hull House Association, The Ali Forney Center and The Heart Institute at Children's Hospital Los Angeles), a show of musical good form if ever there was one.

The fifth disc will be available as a double-vinyl sampler called Matador Today, but the asking price for this good cause of a set isn't too bad ($35 for six discs), so if you really like what you see you'd do well to give it a go over here. Hit the jump to review the track list. (And a special thanks to Mark B. for the tip about this set.)

Various Artists, Matador at 21 (Matador OLE-1000, 2010)

Disc 1: The Pre-Dawn (1989-1992)

1. Teenage Fanclub - Everything Flows
2. H.P. Zinker - Dancing Days
3. Superchunk - Slack Motherfucker
4. Dustdevils - Throw the Bottle Full
5. Railroad Jerk - These Streets
6. Come - Fast Piss Blues
7. Bettie Serveert - Kid's Alright
8. Chain Gang - Cut Off the Drug Czar's Head
9. Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 - More Glee
10. Unsane - This Town
11. Circle X - Compression of the Species
12. Toiling Midgets - Mr. Foster's Shoes
13. Bailter Space - The Today Song
14. Pavement - Perfume-V

Disc 2: The Years of Milk and Honey (1993-1995)

1. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Afro
2. Yo La Tengo - Big Day Coming
3. Railroad Jerk - The Ballad of Railroad Jerk
4. Helium - Superball
5. Pizzicato Five - Baby Love Child
6. Liz Phair - Mesmerizing
7. Pavement - Silence Kit
8. Guided by Voices - Game of Pricks
9. 18th Dye - Whole Wide World
10. Chavez - Peeled Out Too Late
11. Come - String
12. Moonshake - Secondhand Clothes
13. Guitar Wolf - Midnight Violence Rock 'n Roll
14. San Francisco Seals - Back Again
15. Bardo Pond - Rumination

Disc 3: Days of Whiskey and Tears (1996-2001)

1. Boards of Canada - Telephasic Workshop
2. Spoon - Waiting for the Kid to Come Out
3. Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
4. Chavez - You Must Be Stopped
5. Silkworm - Tarnished Angel
6. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flavor Part 1 (Beck)
7. The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - Flavor Part 2 (Mike D)
8. Pole - Fliegen
9. Cat Power - American Flag
10. Belle & Sebastian - We Rule the School
11. Mogwai - Helps Both Ways
12. Arsonists - Backdraft
13. Large Professor - 'Bout That Time
14. Cornelius - Tone Twilight Zone
15. burger/ink - Flesh & Blood
16. Pavement - You Are a Light
17. Arab Strap - Blood
18. Matmos - L.A.S.I.K

Disc 4: Don't Call It a Comeback (2002-2007)

1. Interpol - Hands Away
2. Cat Power - He War
3. Yo La Tengo - Today is the Day
4. The New Pornographers - From Blown Speakers
5. Dizzee Rascal - Fix Up, Look Sharp
6. Dead Meadow - Good Moanin'
7. Mogwai - Kids Will Be Skeletons
8. Mission Of Burma - The Setup
9. Early Man - Death is the Answer
10. Belle & Sebastian - Dress Up in You
11. Pretty Girls Make Graves - All Medicated Geniuses
12. Cat Power - Love & Communication
13. Shearwater - Johnny Viola
14. Brightblack Morning Light - Everybody Daylight
15. Lavender Diamond - You Broke My Heart
16. Jennifer O'Connor - Tonight We Ride
17. Earles & Jensen - Just Farr a Laugh: The Yogurt Machine
18. Stephen Malkmus - Discretion Grove

Disc 5: Matador Today (2008-2010)

1. Fucked Up - Son the Father
2. Sonic Youth - Sacred Trickster
3. Kurt Vile - Amplifier
4. Yo La Tengo - Nothing to Hide
5. Jay Reatard - There is No Sun
6. Times New Viking - Move to California
7. Harlem - Friendly Ghost
8. Ted Leo & The Pharmacists - Bottled in Cork
9. The New Pornographers - My Shepherd
10. Cold Cave - Youth and Lust
11. Interpol - Summer Well
12. Shearwater - Castaways
13. Esben and the Witch - Marching Song
14. Girls - Lust for Life
15. Magic Kids - Superball
16. Delorean - Stay Close
17. Cat Power - Metal Heart
18. Perfume Genius - Learning
19. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash

Disc 6: Unreleased Live Recordings from the 10th Anniversary Concerts, New York City, September 23-25, 1999

1. Pavement - Here (Live)
2. Pavement - Trigger Cut (Live)
3. Pavement - The Hexx (Live)
4. Pavement - She Believes (Live)
5. Pavement - Unfair (Live)
6. Pavement - Zurich is Stained (Live)
7. Pavement - Debris Slide (Live)
8. Pavement - Spit on a Stranger (Live)
9. Come - New Coats (Live)
10. Bardo Pond - Walking Stick Man (Live)
11. Bardo Pond - Tommy Gun Angel (Live)
12. Cat Power - Good Woman (Live)
13. Cat Power - Naked, If I Want To (Live)
14. Cat Power - You May Know Him/Sea of Love (Live)
15. Mogwai - Ex-Cowboy (Live)