Matthew Sweet
- Music Reviews
- January 15, 2021
Catspaw (Omnivore Recordings). Review by James Mann.
active/freeze sees these two well-established sonic architects pointin…
Italian cinematic scores and the pioneering work of Ennio Morricone are rever…
Andrea Thompson’s highlights from the Dark Horse Tavern’s programming for this year’s Atlantis Conference, including Flair, Smithwick Machine, and Rev Seven.
The album art of the new Cypress Hill release shows the members of Hill posin…
Like Aretha Franklin (arguably her only peer with as much natural ability in …
Moving together to create something that exists beyond the combined talents o…
Famed Los Angeles Power 106 jock, DJ Enrie, returns to Moonshine for the seco…
I think this is a short CD for people with short attention spans. Clocking in…
Initially reminding me of Garbage (yeah… the band), Eleven mix that synth t…
You’d be hard-pressed to find more plastic looking airbrushed guys than the f…
I try like crazy to stick to a positive view on life. The operative word is "…
Not only is Stephin Merritt one of the most revered songwriters around, he’s also one of the most prolific, with the massive three-disc 69 Love Songs and records from alter-egos the 6ths and the Future Bible Heroes out in just the last year. Randall Stephens caught up with Merritt in a rare moment between projects to try to catch up.
Kid 606, originally from Venezuela (now in San Diego), is a self described "e…
What we have here, damas y caballeros, is an astounding pastiche of just abou…
Men are scum. My ex-girlfriend said so when I faxed her a break-up letter. So…
Hesher, Queens-native Chip Love, is a genre-hopper in the highest degree and …
The sounds solidify into electronic paisley waves. Techno bubbles bursting in…
One of the newer third parties on the scene, the Natural Law Party proposes to "bring the light of science into politics." Rhoda Koss offers an fascinating and intriguing profile of this upstart party and their Presidential platform.
This is a reissue of Big Ass Truck’s 1998 release (originally on Peacock Reco…
It’s become very trendy to make influential references to Nick Drake, especia…