Articles by Matt Bobkin

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  Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Builds a Better World on 'Theory of Ice'

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2021

  The Earth is dying. The planet's temperature is slowly creeping upward, and age-old climate patterns are hurtling wildly out of order. And...

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  Odonis Odonis Announce New Album 'Spectrums'

  PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2021

  Toronto industrial outfit Odonis Odonis have never stuck to a sound for too long, from the moody synthscapes of 2016's Post Plague to the i...

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  Billy & the Devil, Canada's Newest Outlaw, Releases Debut Single

  PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2021

  The outlaw is having a moment. Whether it's Orville Peck's queer take on classic cowboy iconography or Lil Nas X's genre-blending approach,...

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  Fiver Announces New Album with the Atlantic School of Spontaneous Composition

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2021

  Last year, Fiver (a.k.a. Toronto-based singer-songwriter Simone Schmidt) joined forces with a trio of Halifax music scene fixtures, dubbed...

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  Islands Return with 'Islomania,' Their First Album in Five Years

  PUBLISHED Mar 3, 2021

  Five years since Islands dropped their double-header of Should I Remain Here at Sea? and Taste, the band have finally announced a follow-up...

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  Laurence-Anne Announces Sophomore Album 'Musivision'

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2021

  After her 2019 debut album Première apparition landed on that year's Polaris Music Prize long list, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Lauren...

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  Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Release Surprise Album 'Carnage'

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2021

  In January, Nick Cave revealed that he and longtime collaborator Warren Ellis had recorded a new album titled Carnage. Now, the duo have su...

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  Nick Cave and Warren Ellis Find Beauty Amid Today's 'Carnage'

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2021

  Nick Cave is sounding restless again. The legendary Australian musician had been sounding uncharacteristically pensive and reflective since...