Articles by Matt Bobkin

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  Owen Pallett Releases Surprise Album 'Island,' Explains Its Evolution from Acoustic to Orchestral

  PUBLISHED May 22, 2020

  Last month, Owen Pallett said his latest album, Island, was "coming very soon" and he meant it — Island is out now via Secret City Records....

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  Jeff Rosenstock Surprise-Releases New Album 'NO DREAM'

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2020

  Jeff Rosenstock kicked off 2018 by surprise-releasing his third solo album, POST-, and now he's decided to revisit the approach with the fo...

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  Daniel Romano Has Released Yet Another New Album

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2020

  Keeping with his month-long tradition of releasing new music every Wednesday, Daniel Romano has dropped yet another new album. Spider Bite...

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  Aidan Knight Announces Self-Titled Album, Shares New Single

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2020

  Four years after delivering Each Other, Vancouver Island-based singer-songwriter Aidan Knight is back with new music. His upcoming self-tit...

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  Orville Peck's Backing Band FRIGS Release New EP

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2020

  Before they backed up crooning cowboy Orville Peck, FRIGS made their name as one of Toronto's buzziest post-punk bands. Now, the quintet ha...

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  Toronto Post-Punks FRIGS Prove They're More Than Orville Peck's Backing Band on Blistering New EP

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2020

  The members of FRIGS may have spent the last few years backing up Orville Peck, but surprise-released new EP RAVE AND RUPTURE IN MUSIC AS D...

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  Little Richard Dead at 87

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2020

  Rock'n'roll icon Little Richard has died at 87. The musician behind hits including "Tutti Frutti," "Long Tall Sally" and "Good Golly Miss...

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  Andre Harrell, Music Executive Who Discovered Diddy, Dead at 59

  PUBLISHED May 9, 2020

  Music executive Andre Harrell has died at age 59. The news was broken last night (May 8) by DJ D-Nice during his Instagram Live DJ set and...