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KEVIN MATHEWS

About Me

I've been a songwriter for 30 years now. Have recorded 5 albums with the Watchmen (www.myspace.com/watchmen) and Popland (www.myspace.com/popland). I am also a music writer and you can find my work at www.powerofpop.com and www.soulalt.blogspot.com.So be a friend... still there's more...

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/07/2005
Band Website: www.powerofpop.com
Band Members: Me
Influences: The Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, The Byrds, Pink Floyd, Gram Parsons, Todd Rundgren, David Bowie, ELO, Genesis, Peter Gabriel, XTC, The Jam, The Police, Talking Heads, Roxy Music, Japan, Gary Numan, Ultravox, U2, Echo and the Bunnymen et al
Sounds Like: Elvis Costello, Robyn Hitchcock, Tim Finn, Grant Hart & John Lennon...
Record Label: KAMCO Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Me & My Guitar

In the 70s, I was always a fan of live albums. These live albums always served as greatest hits compilations of my favorite bands. Of course, the live album is more or less dead now but thanks to the ...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 06:18:00 GMT

My Musical

Hey there!So yes, I am gonna write a mini musical!No story yet but I'm recording a few demos and see how they can fit together...It's Killing Me is the first and I've posted here to get some feedback....
Posted by on Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:50:00 GMT

Hot Buritto #1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KVWNM1tWQo My personal tribute to the late great Gram Parsons. I hope :)
Posted by on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Kevin Mathews and the Groovy People

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqBX8pSKXX4 Thanks to Marina for this overview of our gig at Rock the Sub!
Posted by on Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:50:00 GMT

Omni

Alright, so I've been listening to the new MGMT album quite a bit and I love their retro synth pop bias. So I dug up an old tune that I haven't really used, some old lyrics - add in a new middle eight...
Posted by on Fri, 06 Jun 2008 20:01:00 GMT

Livin' for a Workin'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaikvwBXbMw A new song about the state I'm in ... as usual. ... and there's more ... PS Apologies for scary images ;-)
Posted by on Sat, 24 May 2008 20:53:00 GMT

THE LONG AND WINDING ROAD

OK, I've decided to move my personal blog over to http://soulalt.blogspot.com Come visit, y'hear!
Posted by on Sun, 06 May 2007 22:39:00 GMT

Timbre 4.5.07

Well, I did not expect this BUT I went to watch Timmy last night at Timbre (with poor Eric down with high fever - get well soon, man) and before the show, Ngak mentioned getting me on stage to sing a ...
Posted by on Fri, 04 May 2007 17:50:00 GMT

SINGAPORE DAY 19  22 April 2007

It's a blink of an eye and I'm back in Singapore. Sigh. I knew it would go by fast but I enjoyed every minute. New York is indeed the city that never sleeps although personally, I was in dreamland ev...
Posted by on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:22:00 GMT

NEW YORK!

Leaving for New York tonight and the anticipation is palpable. Though the 20 odd hour flight sounds daunting, I will be spending most of it catching up on my movie watching. I hope to meet up wit...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Apr 2007 16:58:00 GMT