Articles by Ariel Matheson

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  Protest the Hero

  Aggressive Tendencies on Exclaim! TV

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2016

  Having recently come off of their fourth album, Canadian metal outfit Protest the Hero knew they were ready for a change. With a mutual und...

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  Clairmont The Second

  "Eyes On Me" / "Lames (All I Hear)" / "Wicked" on Exclaim! TV

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2016

  The man says it himself: He likes to jump. And, much to Clairmont The Second's delight, the Toronto-based rapper had the whole room bouncin...

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  Human Music

  "Sending Messages"/"Dark Zone" (Live at SappyFest) on Exclaim! TV

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2016

  Winnipeg-based trio Human Music seemed right at home when we caught them performing in Thunder & Lightning bowling alley, in Sackville, New...

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  Foxes in Fiction

  "March 2011" / "Rearrange" / "Into the Fields" on Exclaim! TV

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2016

  The weekend of Wavelength Music Festival 2016 marked some of the coldest days of Toronto's winter season, a cluster of dark days and nights...

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  Fuck the Facts

  on Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

  PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2016

  Self-described "Canadian bastardized grindcore" troupe Fuck The Facts released their first independently produced LP, Desire Will Rot, last...

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  Neck Deep

  "Can't Kick Up The Roots" / "Gold Steps" / "Head to the Ground" Live at HMV Underground

  PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2016

  Wrexham, UK pop-punk fivesome Neck Deep recently made the long journey overseas to visit fans in North America, with the Canadian leg marki...

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  Four Year Strong

  "One Step at a Time" on Exclaim! TV

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2016

  It's hard to believe that Tiny Record Shop made room for the big sounds and powerful voices of Four Year Strong's Dan O'Connor and Alan Day...

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  August Burns Red

  on Exclaim! TV Aggressive Tendencies

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2016

  Last December, August Burns Red brought their latest record, Found in Far Away Places, on tour; when they swung through Toronto, we caught...