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Song of the Day #5,822: ‘Sick of Myself’ – Matthew Sweet

I’ve always felt like I have the potential to be a big Matthew Sweet fan. I don’t really know any of his music, but I’m aware enough of his sound to get that he lands in the same general ballpark as a lot my favorites.

Sweet is a power pop singer-songwriter who hails from Athens, Georgia, and once formed a band with R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe. He has the DNA of an alternative rocker raised on 50s and 60s pop.

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Song of the Day #1,216: ‘Everything Changes’ – Matthew Sweet

I suspect that I should be a Matthew Sweet fan.

Sweet is a power pop singer-songwriter of exactly the sort I tend to like. Artists such as Squeeze, Barenaked Ladies, Fountains of Wayne, Owsley and mid-career R.E.M. are all cut from the same cloth.

But as with Neil Finn, another power pop practitioner I should follow, I’ve just never gotten around to listening.

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