Matthew Sweet

Power Pop Rock 

Giving It Back: Matthew Sweet’s 100% Fun Turns 30

March 14, 2025March 14, 2025 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 100% Fun, 1995, 30th Anniversary, Matthew Sweet, Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Zoo Entertainment

Is it his greatest album?

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Sharing Horizons That Are New to Us: If I Were a Carpenter Turns 30

September 20, 2024September 20, 2024 Melody Esme 0 Comments 4 Non Blondes, American Music Club, Babes In Toyland, Dishwalla, If I Were A Carpenter, Johnette Napolitano, Karen Carpenter, Marc Moreland, Matthew Sweet, Redd Kross, Richard Carpenter, Sheryl Crow, Shonen Knife, Sonic Youth, The Carpenters

Looking back on a seminal, if flawed, tribute album to The Carpenters

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Power Pop Rock 

Troubled Times: Fountains of Wayne’s Utopia Parkway Turns 25

April 8, 2024April 8, 2024 Dave Steinfeld 1 Comment 1999, Adam Schlesinger, Brian Young, Chris Collingwood, Dar Williams, Fountains of Wayne, Jellyfish, Jody Porter, Korn, Material Issue, Matthew Sweet, that dog., The Cars, The Posies, The Rembrandts

A reminiscence on the band’s greatest album

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Pop Power Pop Rock 

If She Knew What She Wants: Susanna Hoffs At 65

January 17, 2024February 19, 2024 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 65th birthday, California, Carly Simon, Debbi Peterson, Fleetwood Mac, Los Angeles, Matthew Sweet, Michael Steele, Rod Stewart, Roxy Music, Susanna Hoffs, The Bangles, The Go-Gos, The Pretenders, The Smiths, Vicki Peterson

Celebrating the brilliance of a power pop icon

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Rock 

Farewell to The Chance in Poughkeepsie, NY

October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 Ron Hart 1 Comment Chai Developers, Faith No More, Fishbone, GWAR, Hatebreed, Helmet, John Entwistle, Johnny Cash, Matthew Sweet, New York, Orange 9mm, Poughkeepsie, Quicksand, Soundgarden, The Band, The Chance, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Misfits, The Who, Theater, Weird Al Yankovic, Wilco

Saying goodbye to a storied New York rock club

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: The Salt Collective Shares “The Pebble In My Hand”

May 2, 2023May 2, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments Anton Barbeau, Benoit Lautridou, Chris Stamey, Fred Quentin, Gene Holder, Juliana Hatfield, Life, Matthew Caws, Matthew Sweet, Mitch Easter, Peter Holsapple, Propeller Sound Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Stéphane Schück, Susan Cowsill, Television, The dB's, The Pebble In My Hand, The Salt Collective, Will Rigby

The Peter Holsapple-assisted track appears on the collaborative new album Life, produced by Chris Stamey

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Power Pop Rock 

LISTEN: Matthew Sweet Talks Girlfriend 30 Years Later

October 22, 2021October 30, 2021 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Girlfriend, Greg Leisz, Ivan Julian, Lloyd Cole, Matthew Sweet, Richard Lloyd, Robert Quine, Zoo Entertainment

The alternative rock great chats exclusively with Rock & Roll Globe about his forever masterpiece

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Matthew Sweet: Year of the Cat

January 18, 2021January 18, 2021 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments Athens, Catspaw, Girlfriend, Ivan Julian, Linda Stipe, Matthew Sweet, Oh-OK, Omnivore Recordings, Richard Lloyd, Rick Menck, Robert Quine

After spending 30 years working alongside such fiery gods as Robert Quine, Ivan Julian and Richard Lloyd, the power pop great himself takes lead guitar duties on his excellent new album

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Rock 

Altered Beast at 25

July 25, 2018September 4, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, Ivan Julian, Matthew Sweet, Rick Menck, Television

Looking back at Matthew Sweet’s monster of a masterpiece

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Punk Rock 

RNRG Live Music Report, Vol. 1

June 7, 2018April 12, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments Marshall Crenshaw, Matthew Sweet, Mitch Easter, Ric Menck, Smithereens

Edited by Ron Hart

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