The duo of Susanna Hoffs and Matthew Sweet may be the perfect assimilation of vocal chops and instrumental savvy, as shown on a pair of recent albums titled Under The Covers (Shout! Factory), with volume one re-examining big hits from the ’60s and volume two tackling the ’70s. The track record for Hoffs and Sweet speaks for itself. Hoffs’ band, the Bangles, was the only member of the hallowed Paisley Underground scene to sell more than a handful of records, cracking the national top-30 no fewer than eight times from 1986-89. Sweet’s breakthrough album was 1991’s Girlfriend, which paved the way for later power-pop classics like Altered Beast and 100{e5d2c082e45b5ce38ac2ea5f0bdedb3901cc97dfa4ea5e625fd79a7c2dc9f191} Fun. The pair plans to take an acoustic version of their Under The Covers act on the road in September, but in the meantime is guest editing magnetmagazine.com all this week. Read our Q&A with them.
Susanna Hoffs: Go-go dancing is fun to watch and fun to do. There is a groovy vibe and beatnik spirit in these dances and a charming awkwardness to the moves, like the Jerk, the Swim, the Frug, the Watusi, the Twist and the Pony. Terri Garr and Toni Basil did some stellar go-go dancing on The T.A.M.I. Show, which was filmed at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in 1964 and featured musical performances by the Rolling Stones and James Brown. And who can forget the adorable Goldie Hawn in a bikini and psychedelic body paint, dancing on Laugh-In? Video of go-go dancing to the Byrds after the jump.
