‘We are pretty awesome’: Meet indie rock’s new supergroup
The Hard Quartet, featuring Pavement’s Stephen Malkmus and Dirty Three’s Jim White, are coming to Australia.
By Barry Divola
The Hard Quartet: Jim White, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney and Emmett Kelly.Credit: Atiba Jefferson
It’s the night of the US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Matt Sweeney – best known for New York math-rock band Chavez and as a Zelig-like guitarist who has played with artists including Billy Corgan, Dixie Chicks, Guided By Voices, Iggy Pop, Johnny Cash and Neil Diamond – is sitting in his apartment in Manhattan’s East Village, chrome-domed, moustachioed and wearing a tank-top and silver necklace.
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