Manage Settings NEW YORK, NY - MAY 07: Matthew Sweet performs at the Heart on Fire:Concert for Ivan Julian benefit [+] show at City Winery on May 7, 2016 in New York City. Since the release of his breakthrough 1991 album Girlfriend, Matthew Sweet has established himself as one of Americas preeminent power pop artists. You have permission to edit this article. He wrote and recorded songs on four-track cassettes while in high school and joined the band The Specs. Ive never formally learned to play lead guitar from anybody, but Ive been around it enough that I have a feel for how to do it. While the guitar work of punks Richard Lloyd (Television) and Robert Quine (Richard Hell, Lou Reed) informs several of Sweets most celebrated albums, he goes it alone on Catspaw, handling lead guitar himself for the first time. Later this year, the Girlfriend album turns 30. It sort of made sense to me. I remembered having that kind of weird premonition when I was probably like 13. In fact, hes got plenty going on. Im saying, to hell with fate and gods and things like that. Like Dylan Thomas said, Rage against the dying of the light. Bolstered by a layer of chugging rhythm guitars, this pick-me-up anthem is his I Wont Back Down Rise above, take your place / Punch the world in the face, he sings. Apparent in tracks like Best of Me and album-opener Blown Away, the inner-turmoil harkens back to the angst of 1993sAltered Beast. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Watch on. So its not an unknown concept to fans of mine. Vocals, guitars, and pianos are given cavernous reverb, surrounded by grand percussion, Read our MAGNET Classics piece on the making of Sweets masterpiece, Girlfriend: A Rock N Fable To Mark The Passing Of Evil Genius Phil Spector, Styx Released Paradise Theatre 40 Years Ago Today, MAGNET Classics: The Making Of Matthew Sweets Girlfriend. Hasn't he always looked like a creepy motherfarker? I feel like it has the right kind of grasping going on in it - where it helps the album and it also helps kind of define what the vibe of it is. Sweet continued to evolve over a string of well-received albums in the early 2000s. Runtime: 0.428 sec (427 ms). Its even scarier if the teenager is gay and uncertain of the other persons orientation. He consistently shares his art pieces with his followers on Instagram. Remember Matthew Sweet? And making music was my first love. You might even imagine that its the cat thats got his tongue, looking at the seemingly menacing feline on the cover of the forthcoming Catspaw, which comes out January 15, 2021. There was nothing to do in the Midwest but drive around in our cars through miles and miles of flat land, he recalls, listening to that record, thinking about the people we loved who didnt love us back. (Photo by Al Pereira/Getty Images). The effect is reminiscent of Cheap Tricks debut LP or Big StarsRadio City, products of a bygone era of record-making when long-form flow and coherence the exact amount of time it took to share a joint with a friend or build up the courage for that first kiss were essential to a successful album. With Girlfriend, its never really been far away from me. WebSweet, Nebraska-born but also a college years scenester in Athens, Georgia (in the REM era) was sipping from a half-empty glass in the last chance saloon when he made his third album Girlfriend. 703-549-7500. birchmere.com. Find Matthew Sweet's email address, contact information, LinkedIn, Twitter, other social media and more. Theres all sorts of different ways of going at thinking about life.

And hes still checking accomplishments off the list Catspaw is the latest. WebGood Friend. The duo is joined by drummer Bill Vitt and bassist John Kahn, who soon became a lifelong Garcia collaborator. The politics have been crazy, which is frustrating. Why Did Elon Musk Change the Twitter Logo to the Dogecoin Cryptocurrency Meme? Nothing is too labored over and that was important. Image Credit: Paramount Network. I never really thought about it again until I had decided that I was going to play lead on this record. The cycle of anonymous cyber-bullying ends HERE in this very thread about Nothing Lasts. Matthew Murphy & Evan Zimmerman Comic complications pile on top of the jokes. And I really think of him kind of like a brother. Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs. He gets to put his penis into Suzanna Hoffs. So why did you wait so long to try lead guitar in the studio?It just been easier for me to get various people to play lead, and it was fun when I didnt know exactly what they were going to do. Also, he adds, its just very pandemic Im at a loss, you know? Check out the new track, below. He still sounds pretty good.And he occasionally gets to go on tour with this nice looking lady:[www.perfectpeople.net image 576x720]/she's 52//must have a picture up in her attic somewhere. And the funny thing is, it did. It will be sung by Hank Azaria in his role as Apu, who becomes the bands lead singer. Im saying, to hell with fate and gods and things like that. Like Dylan Thomas said, Rage against the dying of the light. Bolstered by a layer of chugging rhythm guitars, this pick-me-up anthem is his I Wont Back Down Rise above, take your place / Punch the world in the face, he sings.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'gratefulweb_com-large-mobile-banner-1','ezslot_5',114,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-gratefulweb_com-large-mobile-banner-1-0'); Catspawwas finished just before COVID-19 struck, but tonally it feels right on time. Earlier this year, he worked on an as-yet-unaired episode of The Simpsons in which Homer becomes obsessed with the bass guitar and puts together a garage rock band. That song is about defiance. Richard gave me the book, and I couldnt even begin to learn itit was really intense. The soft, natural psychedelia of Drifting and Hold on Tight provide subtle shifts in landscape, while the longing of Come Home once again reiterates Sweets uncanny ability to capture the wavelike motion of heartache. WHYY .org. Archived from the original on September 29, 2014. Retrieved November 25, 2014. ^ "Lloyd Cole's new album features Matthew Sweet & Joan as Policewoman; his son's band, BFA, playing shows". BrooklynVegan.com. Retrieved November 25, 2014. MATTHEW SWEET: I think its partly that Im a kind of isolated person. And it happens to have some doomy things on it that fit.

Matthew Sweets journey began with a move to Athens, Ga. in the early 1980s at the urging of his pen pal, R.E.M.s Michael Stipe. Click here to read them. I dont really go out much. I think a big influence over it is that I played all the lead guitar myself on it, and that pulls it together and makes it it all gel as one. male gynecologist should be illegal; dirt bike accident yesterday It was the kind of alternative rock record that outsider hipster kids at a rural high school would latch onto to separate themselves from the country and hard rock fans. Instead the show focuses on the awkward but endearing romance between the two leads. This time out, Sweet intensifies his reverence for guitar-oriented rock. We started looking in Lincoln and couldnt find something we liked there. Then Ill make the record and hopefully have everything done by next spring and tour next summer.. I try to think of it as glass half full. Thats really kind of a me thing, going way back, where the lyrics and the sound in the song will be opposed a little bit and I like that about it. It slotted in with what was happening in their lives, either when it came out or when they discovered it years later. 1 Single, K-Pop Girl Group NMIXX Reaches The Billboard 200 On Their First Try With Exprgo. Its spontaneous. Wow and here I thought *I** was the only one who remembered him. I was already worrying and steeling myself against some things in life. In 2006, he joined forces with Bangles frontwoman Susanna Hoffs to record a series of covers from the 60s, 70s, and 80s,Under the Covers, Vol. Im trying to get my head around getting older, I want to let go, I want to tell the ugly truth I want to do all kinds of different things in my head and they really popped out in these songs.. Thats just a thing in life that happens. Sweet doesnt ape this aesthetic precisely, he shuffles it around to his own liking, fully aware that this is the product of Late Nights with the Power Pop, one of the songs here that doesnt have as bold a hook as expected. I think a lot of the feelings in it were sort of universal. Sitting Still feat. Im sure theres a few of those on Catspaw, as wella couple of things where I couldve never jumped to that note, in reality. So they decided to look elsewhere -- as in their home state of Nebraska. 3 Set Called Out Press That Said the First Movie Would Flop: Just to Rub It in a Little Bit, John Wick Spinoff Ballerina, Starring Ana de Armas, Sets Release Date, RRR Star NTR Jr to Face Off Against Hrithik Roshan in Spy Universe Film War 2, Natasha Lyonne Shows Her Cards: The 'Poker Face' Star on Quitting Smoking and Wanting to Play More Feminine Characters, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pioneering Electronic Musician and Oscar Winner for Last Emperor Score, Dies at 71, Box Office: Dungeons & Dragons Rolls $38.5 Million in Opening Weekend, Lizzy Caplan on Her Surprise 'Party Down' Cameo and Hopes for Season 4, Jack Black Wants to Call Elon Musk's 'Bluff' on Removing Twitter Verification Checkmarks: Its Definitely Not Cool to Pay for It. Recently I heard catspaw again and started looking up definitions. I would be jealous of the man even if he looked like Johnny Vegas. But you very literally handled nearly every element of it in your home studio, from recording to instrumentation - everything but drums. For the Commanders, think again. No way am I a pioneer. really, subby? Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic. This one, I didnt maybe try as hard for that. On Catspaw, his 15th studio album, due out January 15, 2021 on Omnivore Recordings, Matthew Sweet cranks his vintage amplifiers and steps into a role previously played by some of his generations most unique and incendiary lead guitarists from Richard Lloyd (Television) to Robert Quine (Lou Reed) and Ivan Julian (Richard Hell & the Voidoids). Sick of Myself Matthew Sweet (1995) This song reminds me of my last days in Ann Arbor, before I started the long drive (& move) down to Austin. Matthew is funny, smart as a whip and a great storyteller. When I was a teenager, I was a bass player first - and played bass actually for many years before I started playing guitar or trying to write songs. It made it so that I could keep making records. It provides the sender plausible deniability. It was really satisfying. Matthew Sweet performs on stage at the Chicago Theatre - Chicago, Illinois, June 30, 1992. Weve started adding in Altered Beast songs, 100% Fun songs, working on coming up with a comprehensive set someday.. Mr. Sweet is still actively releasing new music: His last solo release came out in 2008. 'Catspaw,' the 15th studio album from Nebraska power pop artist Matthew Sweet, is now available [+] digitally, and on CD or vinyl, via Omnivore Recordings. But it is interesting that the album fits so well with a lot of the sentiments that are out there about being unsure about life being afraid of the hard parts, and hanging on dearly to the good parts.

Since Ive been making records - since pretty early on - I kind of, to some extent, lost my music fandom - in that, I usually want silence if Im not working on a record. MS: Ive always tried to have a wide range of songs on my albums. But despair is not the conclusion of Catspaw; one song, Challenge the Gods urges quite the opposite. It can get dark and sometimes a little desperate. He still sounds pretty good. Give A Little and Challenge The Gods sort of skew more positive, hopeful, while something like At a Loss goes the opposite way. Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. Im defiant. Its life or death. When community members submit a link, they also write a custom headline for the story. Then Im going to write them all, then do demos, which I havent done forever. For me, being an artist is ultimately a solitary thing, he allows. Earth, his 1989 follow-up on A&M, showcased a songwriter with extraordinary pop sensibility on the cusp of something greater. I just feel lucky.

To Almonds surprise, both Sweet and his manager were supportive. As a student at University of Georgia, he was immersed in the college towns burgeoning alternative rock scene, playing in pioneering acts like Oh-OK and the Buzz of Delight. As a student at University of Georgia, he was immersed in the college towns burgeoning alternative rock scene, playing in pioneering acts like Oh-OK and the Buzz of Delight. I would just take a deep breath and go for it. Id do two or three passes of the song and play along with it. I listened to Girlfriend on repeat for an entire day once on constant repeat. The Catspaw album was completed before the pandemic, but reading the credits, you might expect it was something he did under quarantine, since its as close to being completely DIY as anything hes ever done. In a way, pandemic life isnt that different than my normal life, he admits. In true Sweet fashion,Catspawsmischievous title was born from equal parts grappling with his own mortality and some television obscura from his childhood. This is a celebration of that in a little different light than just loving cats, maybe as a metaphor for your fate. But Ive made bronze cats for a Kickstarter that I did. There couldve been even more lead guitar, but I played it safe. . Think a third-string QB doesnt matter? 192 reviews of Dean & Deluca - Ritz Carlton "Today I visited Dean & Deluca, which opened to the public 9/14. Sweets music has appeared in numerous films, television shows, and games, including Austin Powers, Guitar Hero II, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Simpsons, and Scooby-Doo, among many others. But when I was mastering it with Bob Ludwig, the virus was in its very beginning stages and thats when we first discussed it, so Ill always think of Catspaw as my pandemic record. I spoke with Matthew Sweet about stepping out on lead guitar and the way Catspaw unintentionally manages to address turbulent times in America amidst pandemic. And we did play the album in its entirety. Im trying to get my head around getting older, I want to let go, I want to tell the ugly truth I want to do all kinds of different things in my head and they really popped out in these songs., In true Sweet fashion, Catspaws mischievous title was born from equal parts grappling with his own mortality and some television obscura from his childhood. Big deal. Anything that pops out, I feel like is really just through osmosis. Saw him live at the release party for his second album. It did a lot for me in my life. Talented though. MS: We always have a great time recording together. So I really cant say enough good things about him. WebCOVID update: Dean & Deluca - Ritz Carlton has updated their hours, takeout & delivery options. How are things in Omaha?Its been strange times for sure. The show, and Sweets music, will be pure power pop, down to opener Tommy Keene, who joined the tour late and is doing an acoustic set to start each night. Satanic_Hamster: Altered Beast was a farking great album. Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! On his last few tours, which marked the 20th anniversary of his 1991 masterpiece Girlfriend, Sweet Dr. Sweet studied at UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. I get to make some art for that. The fact that his solos on the albumraw and inventiveoften recall the work of Robert Quine and (especially) Televisions Richard Lloyd should come as no surprise. The reality is we wanted to go somewhere where we knew some people, said Sweet, a Lincoln native. Omnivore Matthew Sweet Catspaw trailer. Maybe Ive just had so much music in my head - and that combined with touring all of the time - maybe that was kind of enough music for me. ThoughCatspawis absent of his famous collaborators, their presence is felt in the mark they left on Sweets guitar work. Ive been running snakes around to all the rooms, getting the sounds in there.. This is at least partially due to how it was written and recorded: aside from excellent drumming by longtime collaborator Ric Menck (Velvet Crush), this is Matthew Sweets first entirely solo effort. After a few years in various non-start band projects, his first two solo albums had resolutely bombed. The Simpsons writers did the lyrics. The guy is maybe unsure how the person hes singing to feels. and other songs. Even from a young age, I was trying to like put a spin on aging. Nothing is too labored over and that was important. Success and people come and go in life, but I know I will always be making music and that it continues to be fun and intriguing that mystery of discovering what a song is going to become. Catspaw is the latest product of a remarkably fertile period that began when Matthew and his wife returned to his native Nebraska in 2013 after two decades of living and working in the Hollywood Hills. Shop Official Matthew Sweet Merch, Vinyl Records, Shirts and More. So he would turn me on to things that he knew I would like a lot. You need to create an account to submit links or post comments. Its still you. But you know, he put out 100% Fun, so he can pretty much do whatever the fark he wants.This. This is the solo discography for American alternative rock/power pop musician Matthew Sweet. OnCatspaw, his 15th studio album, due out January 15, 2021 on Omnivore Recordings, Matthew Sweet cranks his vintage amplifiers and steps into a role previously played by some of his generations most unique and incendiary lead guitarists from Richard Lloyd (Television) to Robert Quine (Lou Reed) and Ivan Julian (Richard Hell & the Voidoids). Parking is valet only at the Ritz and to get a validation you need to spend at least $30. Matthew Gray Gubler is a man of many passions. At 20, he left Georgia for New York City and a major deal with Columbia, where he released his debut solo album, Inside, in 1986. It took 10 years of workshops and rewrites before Girlfriend finally opened at the Berkeley Rep Theatre in 2010, but when it did, Sweet sent flowers to the cast and crew. This week, hell wrap up a tour with his band with shows in Omaha and Thursday at Vega -- I made sure they put some Nebraska shows on the tour because Im there now -- then hell begin work on a new album that he just got funded via a Kickstarter campaign. Matthew Sweet's Son of Altered Beast pushes the music of 1993 studio release Altered Beast further, providing new material for fans and giving others a chance to see another dimension of Sweet's work. Thats something that also occurred during the making of Girlfriend.Richard and Bob just really went wild, and we recorded them a few times and then went through it. Pyynk: (I) Almost forgot, Matthew Sweet did a longish stripped down set recently for Curt Smith's YouTube show, Stripped Down Live. A year later, amid the smoldering ashes of heartbreak and divorce and an escape from New York to the outskirts of Princeton, New Jersey, Sweet composed the songs that became 1991sGirlfriend, lighting the fuse for the creative triumph and commercial breakthrough that his longtime supporters in the industry knew to be inevitable. Catspaw was finished just before COVID-19 struck, but tonally it feels right on time. Aside from the hearty support of longtime drummer Ric Menck, Catspaw is all Sweet. After scoring a record deal with Columbia (and then with A&M), Sweet Im able to.. Spotify. I was just starting to write songs and play a little guitar and I had this thought: I wonder if when Im old and Ive been around music a really long time, I might suddenly just be able to play lead guitar without ever properly learning how. The guitar work on those albums really tickles my guitar nerd bone. The more you can do that, the more organic it is. He refined his style over decades of collaborating with great guitarists. The effect is reminiscent of Cheap Tricks debut LP or Big Stars Radio City, products of a bygone era of record-making when long-form flow and coherence the exact amount of time it took to share a joint with a friend or build up the courage for that first kiss were essential to a successful album. Lopez had been accused of asshole behavior, including bullying, screaming and generally making people on the show feel bad. We sold our house in November. My wife was furloughed in the spring but is now back at work, and theres a mask mandate. Im a practitioner., Throughout the half-hour interview, Sweet was clearly happy with everything that is going on in his life and career, which is continuing, unlike most of his late '80s/early '90s contemporaries. Bill Berry / Peter Buck / Mike Mills / Michael Stipe. Here is what our favorite BAU agent from "Criminal Minds" has been doing with his time off the show. I mean, part of thats just my age, but also, I think it fits the moment., The title of Catspaw was inspired by a 1967 episode of Star Trek. One of the great things was theres this giant black cat thats terrorizing Spock and Kirk, and they built a little set where it looks like its giant and had it run through the little hallways, he laughs. I kind of felt like I dont want to be out here (L.A.) at retirement age and never having got to know anybody. Image Credit: Paramount Network. There's a neat video of an accoustic performance of Different Drum floating around YouTube when did Susanna Hoffs learn to sing on key? How important was it to strike that balance? The moment Matthews exit became obvious was when host Jeff Probst showed up at Tika. 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It was recorded in his home studio and finished just before the pandemic, and its timing feels somehow appropriate. Yeah, definitely, says Sweet, calling in from his home in Nebraska, where he recorded the new album. He was the first drummer who I just felt right with when we played together. Hes also released a couple albums of 80s covers with Susanna Hoffs (of the Bangles). Yeah, he got fat.

I dont know what to say,' he laughs. And it worked pretty well., Sweet didnt need quarantining to develop a DIY aesthetic, the way so many have. Catspaw was recorded in his beloved home studio, Black Squirrel Submarine (named in part for the dark wooden interior). And I remember thinking one time, along that line of thought, I wonder if when Im old, Ill just be able to play lead guitar - even though Ive never really learned to do it. Oftentimes when I make albums, Ill have really different instrumentation and really different kinds of songs, and this album just is a little different in that greater consistency., I didnt think about being afraid to follow in the other guitarists footsteps, he says. Its as much of a studio as Ive ever had, Sweet said. All Rights Reserved. You do cover a range of emotions on the album. One can always claim, Oh, I just like the music.. They loved the wholeness of it, says Matthew. 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The 90s rock stars love songs inspired a musical about two gay teenagers, As Giannis Antetokounmpo rules, Johnny Davis has his moments in Wizards loss, Near replica of original 9:30 Club opening with Foo Fighters concert. We just really see eye to eye on things. Woke up. Good Friend. WebIn 1996, Sweet contributed the song "Happiness" for the film Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy, the song "Dark Secret" for the film The Craft, and the song "Swan Song" for the film Bed To me it was just like fun because it was a little bit different. He received pledges of $55,781 from 781 backers, the extra funds allowing him to hire publicists and promote the record on radio. The two albums he made with Susanna Hoffs are quite good. But I had this little kind of vision and, low and behold, I made an album and I played lead guitar on it. I remember seeing his awesome video for "Girlfriend" on MTV back when MTV didn't suck what a great video. I kind of feel Omaha is going to be good for art. If you don't plan on People think the Girlfriend album was more autobiographical than it was, Sweet says, but I did write it during a time when I went through a big breakup and then fell in love again, so it touches on both of those themes. Onstage, the songs are performed by an all-female rock-and-roll quartet and then picked up by the only two actors: Lukas James Miller as Mike and Jimmy Mavrikes as Will. MS: Well, I think thats been creeping into my music.