Music review: Matthew Sweet
A.V. Club (Free subscription) | 08/26/2008
A power pop master gets the old gang back together.
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The Real Return of Matthew Sweet
Twangville (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
About 18 months ago I wrote an optimistic piece about the potential return of 1990’s power pop master Matthew Sweet. weet had recently posted a a medley of new songs being considered for the album, all rich with the boisterous guitars and pop melodies that made 1991’s Girlfriend so magnificent. Fast-forward, or slow-forward as [...]
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CD of the Day, 2/14/08: Three Hour Tour-B Side Oblivion
Absolute Powerpop (Free subscription) | 02/14/2008
Now here's a blast from the past. Darren Cooper and Three Hour Tour have actually been around since 1989, but have been dormant for the last 10 years (stuck on Gilligan's Island, perhaps'). So it was a nice treat to see them release B Side Oblivion early this year. Despite the title, this isn't a collection of B-sides, rarities, etc. - it's 10 new power-poppin' tracks. Cooper really enlisted the help...
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Around the Blogosphere: Posies, Pixies, Elefant, Producers, Zombies, Blondie, Sonic Youth, Beulah, Apples in Stereo, L'Audible, Blondie, CCT
Powerpopulist (Free subscription) | 08/28/2007
It only took two stops tonight to fill the loving cup to overflowing. The ever-faithful Gary at Retro Music Snob had great stuff on his own, but toward the end of the list below you'll see it segueing into Knut's superb Sunday-theme post over at Eardrums. Woof. (Not sure why I barked, it just felt right.) Actually, I'm not really into theme posts, but that doesn't matter because these are great
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Bitter Peace
Hot Stof (Free subscription) | 06/07/2007
Me and my colleagues are busy with the last few weeks of this school year and that's why I'm even busier than normally. Busy and tense because we have no idea how much work we shall have after the summer. The municipalities aren't obligated any more to buy the integration courses from schools like ours. We shall have to tender for the work and we're not the cheapest proposer. This probably will mean...
