![]() ![]() Sophie built her reputation as a DIY artist, recording her own songs and releasing them for free on Bandcamp over the last few years. Soccer Mommy is the project of Sophie Allison, a nineteen-year-old Nashville native and musical wunderkind. ![]() Matthew Sweet is in town for a show at City Winery and we couldn't be more stoked that he has agreed to stop in at Grimey's for an intimate, in-store set. Matthew Sweet is back with his first new batch of tunes in 6 years! 'Tomorrow Forever' is the name of the new album and, although those NYC art punks are no longer along for the ride, members of The Zombies, The Bangles, The Jayhawks and Velvet Crush are, along with that trademark Sweet tunefulness. Above all, he made intelligent, substantive music that was also fun as all hell." -Paste Magazine. ![]() Though he wrote simple, singalong songs, he overlaid them with the frenzied guitar of New York art punks Richard Lloyd (Television) and former Voidoids Robert Quine and Ivan Julian. Those records established Sweet as a gifted scholar and writer, mining rock history to resolve endless contradictions: Hooks and melody dominated his songs in unabashed tribute to his idols, yet he developed an immediately distinctive style of his own. In just eight years, Sweet churned out five albums-Girlfriend (1991), Altered Beast (1993), 100% Fun (1995), Blue Sky On Mars (1997), and In Reverse (1999)-of perfect pop songs. "Matthew Sweet's '90s run is nothing short of miraculous. ![]()
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