Articles by Matt Bobkin

TEKE::TEKE Showcase Many Possibilities of Their Kaleidoscopic Psych Rock on 'Shirushi'
PUBLISHED May 10, 2021
No one else is doing it quite like TEKE::TEKE. The Montreal-based psych septet became known internationally on the backs of their fearsome...
Listen to Vanille Cover the Rolling Stones in French
PUBLISHED May 5, 2021
Montreal-based label Bonbonbon has been offering up plenty of sweetness as a hub for the city's many Francophone psych acts, and the treats...
Montreal Art-Rockers Dresser Announce Debut Album 'Seventeen Blocks and Then Some'
PUBLISHED May 4, 2021
It's been two and a half years since Montreal art-rock trio Dresser dropped their self-titled EP, and they've finally announced a follow-up...
Former TEEN Member Lizzie Loveless Announces Debut Album
PUBLISHED May 4, 2021
Halifax-born, New York-based musician Lizzie Lieberson was known for being a member of psych rockers TEEN alongside her sisters until the b...
Toronto's boy wonder Aims to "Hoodwink" in New Single
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2021
Talented Torontonian Ryan Faist is a filmmaker by day, boy wonder by night. The garage rock project is set to drop a new album, Kinda Blue...
Pkew Pkew Pkew's Ryan McKinley Announces Dream Pop EP as Moral Pleasures
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2021
Ryan McKinley is best known as a singer-guitarist in Toronto punk rockers Pkew Pkew Pkew, but he's taken an entirely different approach for...
DillanPonders Gets Nate Husser and Snotty Nose Rez Kids for "KING OF THE TOWN" Remix
PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2021
In January, Toronto's DillanPonders declared himself "KING OF THE TOWN," and now he's teamed up with hip-hop breakout stars from across the...
Calgary Rapper A.Y.E. Celebrates All Things "BLACK" in New Video
PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2021
Calgary rapper A.Y.E. honoured all facets of Blackness in his single "BLACK," released in February, and how he's furthered the celebration...