I want to wind up my selections from the Matthew Sweet/Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers series of recordings with a quick dip into Vol. 3 (the 80 s). On this disc they cover the decade in which they themselves emerged as professional musicians and perhaps go the deepest below the surface. I wasn t familiar with more than four or five of the originals covered on the disc s 14 tracks, yet it
Indie Spotlight column recommends tributes to Brian Wilson (by Jem Records) and Bob Dylan (by Paradiddle Records), then albums by Barrett Martin, Neal Casal, Abe Partridge and Brian Straw are worth a strong mention as well.