matthew sweet Archive
21 Oct 2023
Take Five: Matthew Sweet Obscurities
Matthew Sweet embodies the best qualities of what is known as power pop. His inerrant sense of melody, knowing way with a hook, accessible lyrics and superb taste in musical […]
19 Jun 2023
Album Review: The Salt Collective – Life
In late 2019 I named The Loneliness of Clouds as one of my favorite releases of the year. At the time, the group (not exactly a group, but I’ll get […]
06 Mar 2023
Interview Roundup: Matthew Sweet
While I tend to some pressing matters (good stuff), I’m taking an opportunity to cast an eye back over the nearly 4500 blog entries here on Musoscribe. For the next […]
02 Apr 2021
Matthew Sweet: 10 Albums That Changed My Life
This feature appeared previously in Goldmine Magazine. Matthew Sweet’s winning combination of alternative rock textures and classic pop values and helped propel 1991’s Girlfriend and 100% Fun (1995) to Gold […]
11 Mar 2021
Album Review: Matthew Sweet — Catspaw
Matthew Sweet’s mix of hard rock crunch, indelible melodic sense and razor-sharp hooks has served him well over the course of more than a dozen solo albums and collaborative projects. […]
21 Sep 2018
Concert Recap: Matthew Sweet at the Visulite Theatre, Charlotte N.C. May 25, 2018
After a couple albums’ worth of searching for his signature style, Nebraska-born Matthew Sweet struck creative and commercial gold with his 1991 album Girlfriend. Sweet’s winning voice and thoughtful lyrics […]
23 May 2018
Hundred-word Reviews for May 2018
There’s so much great new music that it’s difficult to keep up with it all. I’m here to help, but it’s tough for me to keep pace as well. To […]
02 Sep 2017
Matthew Sweet on Tomorrow and Thereafter
Nearly six years passed between the release of Modern Art, Matthew Sweet’s 11th album, and 2017’s Tomorrow Forever. In the interim, the songwriter-guitarist released a third album of covers with […]
01 Sep 2017
Matthew Sweet: Tomorrow is Here (Part 2)
Continued from Part One… Crowd funding an album is a new experience for Matthew Sweet, and so far it’s been a very positive experience. The campaign for Tomorrow Forever took […]
31 Aug 2017
Matthew Sweet: Tomorrow is Here (Part 1)
Matthew Sweet started out making music in his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska. Moving to Athens for college, he fell in with the vibrant music scene there, playing with Oh-OK and […]
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