Thursday, May 19 2011
Technicolor Revelations: A Conversation with Jon Lindsay
The talented new singer-songwriter chatted with PopMatters about his affinity for storytelling and collecting keyboards, and what inspired his debut LP, a collection of power pop songs that shine from Chicago to Charlotte.
Tuesday, July 21 2009
Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs: Under the Covers Vol. 2
These are power-pop covers of power-pop songs; straightforward versions that usually lay the guitar-pop sugar on even thicker than the originals did.
Tuesday, August 26 2008
Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies
Sweet has been low-profile for most of this decade, but Sunshine Lies is a great return to form for one of the best power-pop artists of the '90s.
Thursday, August 21 2008
The Bridges: Limits of the Sky
Debut album from young Alabama family is, despite its impeccable radio-ready polish, more than mere adolescent catharsis and focus-group appeal. Matthew Sweet produces.
Thursday, June 15 2006
Matthew Sweet: Girlfriend
Girlfriend sounds as vibrant and essential as it did when it hit the streets 15 years ago.
Tuesday, December 21 2004
Matthew Sweet: Living Things / Kimi Ga Suki
Perceived primarily as a purveyor of pure pop, Sweet seems to be the sonic inheritor of the plush soundscapes and taut packaging of the Beatles.
Thursday, March 30 2000
Matthew Sweet
For once, when an artist claimed to be happy to be spending the evening in D.C., the artist sounded wholly sincere, and not just because he apparently toured the White House earlier in the day.
