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Happy Birthday today (Oct. 6) to Athens, Georgia alternative pop singer/songwriter Matthew Sweet; he emerged in 1991 as a leading figure of the American Power Pop revival, adhering to traditional songcraft yet subverting the form with noisy post-punk guitar & flourishes of country-rock; recording with guitarists Richard Lloyd & Robert Quine, third album Girlfriend became a word-of-mouth critical & commercial hit in 1992; next albums Altered Beast (1993) & 100% Fun (1995) were also critically acclaimed & successful, before Matthew settled into cult status on subsequent releases; with ex-Bangle Susanna Hoffs, he released the tasty series of covers albums Under the Covers, Vol. 1 (2006, covering the 60s) & Vol. 2 (2009, covering the 70s) & (Vol. 3 (2013, covering the 80s); his most recent solo studio album, Modern Art, was released in 2011; in 2010, the musical Girlfriend, which used songs from Matthews album of the same name, was staged by the Berkeley Repertory Theatre; in 2012, he celebrated the 20th anniversary of Girlfriend with a tour which featured the entire album played from start to finish; in 2014, Matthew began a Kickstarter project to create a new studio album & 3D art project…
Posted on: Mon, 06 Oct 2014 22:02:20 +0000

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