Articles by Matt Owczarz
The Dirty Nil's 'Free Rein to Passions' Is Lighthearted and Lean
PUBLISHED May 26, 2023
From humble underdog beginnings to JUNO Award-winning fame, the Dirty Nil have risen to become a finely-tuned, fan-favourite mainstay of th...
Pkew Pkew Pkew's 'Open Bar' Is a Bit of a Dive
PUBLISHED May 12, 2022
Pkew Pkew Pkew won over listeners with their everyman personalities and apathetic outlook, singing about working terrible day jobs, growing...
Montreal's DISHPIT Unleash Post-Punk Devastation on 'DIPSHIT'
PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2021
Following the sudden closure of their record label, Montreal-based DISHPIT's long-delayed debut album is finally seeing the light of day as...
PUP's 'This Place Sucks Ass' EP Rocks Ass
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2020
Scrappy Toronto punks PUP return with their first batch of new material since snagging a Juno Award for their acclaimed third full-length e...
Kevin Morby Finds Tenderness in Isolation on 'Sundowner'
PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2020
In March 2020, the pandemic hit and Kevin Morby, like everyone else, had to stop what he was doing — prepping for another round of tour dat...
Mother Tongues Give Psych Fans 'Everything You Wanted' on Debut EP
PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2020
Marrying noise rock with dreamy shoegaze and psych pop in unholy matrimony, Toronto-based Mother Tongues' debut EP, Everything You Wanted,...
Glutenhead's Self-Titled EP Sounds Like It Was Fun to Make, Which Is Why It's Fun to Listen To
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2020
In August of 2019, Toronto's Glutenhead came onto the scene with the debut full-length album, Glugen Frau. Now, with a full six-piece band...
Bananagun's 'The True Story of Bananagun' Is a Worldly Collection of Psych and Funk
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2020
What started out as the brainchild of Australian multi-instrumentalist Nick van Bakel has grown into a quintet, and with the recent release...
