Matthew Sweet
USA
Born: 06 October 1964
Genres: Pop/Rock
Styles: Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Pop/Rock, College Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Power Pop, New Wave, Punk/New Wave
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After spending the '80s as an unappreciated jangle pop guitarist with Oh-OK and Lloyd Cole, as well as a solo artist, Matthew Sweet emerged in 1991 as the leading figure of the American power pop revival. Like his British counterparts Teenage Fanclub, Sweet adhered to traditional songcraft, yet subverted the form by adding noisy post-punk guitar and flourishes of country-rock, resulting in an amalgam of the Beatles, Big Star, R.E.M., and Neil Young. Recorded with guitarists Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine, Sweet's third album, Girlfriend (1991),...
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