Yes- Matthew F***in Sweet- no modern power pop list is complete without him (listen up Yabels). Also shout outs to Candy Butchers, Velvet Crush, Jason Falkner and THE POSIES!!! Marshall Crenshaw continues to make great music- check out his last album Jaggedland. Also heard some 80's XTC today- whatever genre you call…

Yes- Matthew F***in Sweet- no modern power pop list is complete without him (listen up Yabels). Also shout outs to Candy Butchers, Velvet Crush, Jason Falkner and THE POSIES!!! Marshall Crenshaw continues to make great music- check out his last album Jaggedland. Also heard some 80's XTC today- whatever genre you call…

That was also how I first heard REM- on my local Midwest commercial rock station in 1986. It's probably now owned by Clear Channel or some other monolithic conglomerate, so today they would never take a chance on a relatively unknown artist (at least one that hadn't sold many records at the time). REM has been one of…

Thanks for the list Noel- I'm a huge fan of Pollard's music, but I just haven't had the time to listen to every album and pick out my favorites over the last few years, so there are probably several good songs I've missed. It also doesn't matter to me whether he releases an album as GBV, Boston Spaceships, solo, etc.-…

MTV Sunday nights in the late 80's- The Young Ones, followed by 120 Minutes…when I think about what has happened to MTV 25 years later, I just want to cry (I've heard there's a revival of 120 Minutes, so maybe there's hope).  I'm going to watch my DVDs of The Young Ones now after searching for XTC's "Mayor of…

Thank you AV Club! Matthew is one of the greatest artists of all time- "I've Been Waiting" is one of his best, but there are so many others.  If I had to pick one song as my all-time favorite in the history of music, it would be "We're The Same"- the most perfect harmonies ever. His latest, "Modern Art", is once again…

Matthew Sweet is my favorite artist of the last twenty years.  Every odd year in the 90's brought a new collection of brilliant songs, and he has continued to make great music into the 21st century, including a new album arriving on 9/27. I think it speaks more to the music industry and the taste (or lack thereof) of…