Articles by Matt Bobkin

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  VICTIME's Simon Provencher Announces Debut EP 'Mesures'

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2021

  Simon Provencher — the guitarist of noisy, Quebec City-based dance-punks VICTIME — is exploring new ground with his debut solo EP, Mesures,...

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  Toronto Slacker Rockers PACKS Sign to Royal Mountain / Fire Talk

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2021

  Toronto-based singer-songwriter Madeline Link turned her solo project, PAX, into a full band some time ago. Now, the slacker rockers have b...

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  TEKE::TEKE Detail Debut Album 'Shirushi'

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2021

  Last November, Montreal-based J-rock fusion group TEKE::TEKE announced they had signed to Kill Rock Stars ahead of their debut album, Shiru...

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  'Trompe-l'œil' Turns 15: How Malajube (Almost) Broke the Language Barrier

  PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2021

  Malajube's Trompe-l'œil fits right in with many other indie rock records that came out of Montreal in the mid-'00s. It takes the elements o...

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  Cheekface Turn Doomscrolling into a Dance Party on 'Emphatically No.'

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2021

  There's a line from Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines that I invoke often when talking about the role of therapy in my life: "I should hav...

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  Fleece Share Sultry New Single "Do U Mind? (Leave the Light On)"

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2021

  Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away, and Fleece are starting their celebrations early. The Montreal-based psych quartet have shared...

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  Montreal's Ouri Shares Intimate "Shape of It" Live Video

  PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2021

  When Montreal-based experimenter Ouri releases something new, you never know what you're gonna get. Her late 2020 output touched on soft el...

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  'The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings' Is Absurdly Maximalist

  PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2021

  Pop quiz: how many of the Besnard Lakes' first five albums are double LPs? Appreciators of the Montreal outfit's maximalist psych-rock voya...