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Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs — Under The Covers, Volume 2

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By Ian Gormely (CHARTattack) July 20, 2009 3:10 pm
Matthew Sweet has liberally borrowed from '60s and '70s pop rock for the entirety of his career. So it seemed like a no-brainer when he decided to record a series of albums comprised of tracks from the period. That he chose Susanna Hoffs, who as a member of The Bangles similarly looked to the 1960s for inspiration during their '80s heyday, was...
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Matthew Sweet — Living Things

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) September 21, 2004 3:34 pm
After several years and some ill-received efforts that got bogged down in the black hole known as "overproduction," Matthew Sweet has been taking steps to strip down, first with his folky harmony trio, The Thorns, and now with his newest album, Living Things. Different instrumentation like steel drums on "The Big Cats Of Shambala,...
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The Thorns — The Thorns

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By Joanne Huffa (CHARTattack) May 20, 2003 10:24 am
Have you ever felt middle-aged? Listening to this collaborative effort by Matthew Sweet, Pete Droge and Shawn Mullins makes me feel my mortality - and I love it. While Droge's career never lived up to the buzz that initially surrounded him (his biggest claim to fame is an appearance on the Dumb And Dumber soundtrack), Mullins and Sweet have...
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Matthew Sweet — Time Capsule: The Best Of Matthew Sweet 1990-2000

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By Chris Burland (CHARTattack) October 23, 2000 1:36 pm
Matthew Sweet has always led a charmed life in the eyes of most music critics since the release of his universally cherished album Girlfriend. Since then he has been trying to re-capture this moment of pure power-pop bliss with Altered Beast, 100% Fun, Blue Sky On Mars and In Reverse, unsuccessfully. Time Capsule, a "greatest tracks...
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Matthew Sweet's Free At Lee's

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By Alex Ristic (CHARTattack) November 5, 1999 1:38 pm
What to expect was the question on many people's minds before Matthew Sweet took the stage for his The Edge 102 radio station-sponsored show at Lee's Palace. You see, the show was a promotion and the only way to get in was to call and receive tickets from the radio station, meaning not every one in attendance would necessarily be a Sweet fan....
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Pumping: Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs - Under The Covers Vol. 2

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By The Stereo (CHARTattack) May 6, 2009 10:31 am
This started out pretty shit with Sweet (we're blaming him) clearly indulging his jones for songs nobody knows, but it picks up in the second half, at least familiarity-wise. It's all still a wee bit tepid. At least Susanna Hoffs is still hot, right?
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Matthew Sweet Talks Business

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By James Tennant (CHARTattack) October 15, 2008 3:43 pm
Matthew Sweet just put out his 10th album, Sunshine Lies, so ChartAttack felt the time was right to speak with the highly regarded power-popper. Here's what he had to say: ChartAttack: You've been busy. Matthew Sweet: I have been very busy. This is a really busy time for me, but it's happy time because I love just making my record how I wanted...
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Matthew Sweet Enjoys Pot(tery)

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By James Tennant (CHARTattack) October 3, 2008 3:26 pm
To the mainstream world, Matthew Sweet probably seems like a one-hit wonder. "Sick Of Myself" was everywhere in 1995, but nothing before or since has grabbed the public's attention so firmly (though Guitar Hero II introduced his classic single "Girlfriend" to a whole new generation). It's a shame, really, that the general...
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Matthew Sweet Tells Sunshine Lies

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 5, 2008 4:00 pm
Matthew Sweet, known for such '90s hits as "Girlfriend" and "Sick Of Myself," will release his first solo album in four years when he drops Sunshine Lies on Aug. 26 via Shout! Factory Records. Sweet recorded the 13-track Sunshine Lies at Los Angeles' Lolina Green Studios and produced and mixed the album himself. Former...
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Matthew Sweet's Free @ Lee's Palace

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Photographer: 
Keith Carman
Venue: 
Lee's Palace
City: 
Toronto
Date: 
November 1, 1999

SXSW Day 4: Hurra Torpedo, Steve Wynn, The Pretenders And Lots Of Microbrews

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean was in Austin, Texas last week for the South By Southwest Music Festival. Here's his report on his final day of concert-hopping. Stuff magazine threw a party at The Velvet Spade and I arrived at 12:30 p.m., just in time to catch the strangest band I saw the entire time I was in Austin. Norway's Hurra Torpedo were a...
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Matthew Sweet And Susanna Hoffs Go Under The Covers

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By Phil Villeneuve (CHARTattack) February 15, 2006 3:00 pm
Matthew Sweet and The Bangles' Susanna Hoffs have transformed into Sid 'N' Susie for a collaboration album of their favourite '60s pop and folk tunes. Under The Covers Volume 1 will be released via Shout! Factory April 18 and features the two singers doing their own takes on songs by The Beatles, The Zombies, The Who, The Beach Boys as well as...
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Matthew Sweet Goes Au Naturel

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By Shannon Whibbs (CHARTattack) November 4, 2004 4:00 pm
Over the course of his career, Matthew Sweet has done time with a number of major record labels: Columbia, A&M, Zoo Entertainment and, until recently, Volcano records, an offshoot of Jive. Not including his involvement with The Thorns, Sweet's last major-label release was his greatest hits compilation, Time Capsule, in 2000. Now Sweet has...
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