Articles by Matt Bobkin
How the Dears Are Coping with Isolation: 'Minecraft,' Teaching Kids to Engineer, Throwing Potatoes in the River
PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2020
Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak aren't just the co-leaders of Montreal rock stalwarts the Dears — they're also a married couple. As th...
How TOPS Are Coping with Isolation: 'Star Trek,' Spy Movies and Eating Like Kids
PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2020
Montreal quartet TOPS may have had to cut their European tour short due to the global COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, but they're still se...
Rae Spoon Diagnosed with Cervical Cancer
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2020
Folk singer-songwriter Rae Spoon has been diagnosed with cervical cancer. In a post on Medium shared earlier today, Spoon shared that they...
Watch Sam Roberts and His Children Perform an Adorable Version of "We're All in This Together"
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2020
Sam Roberts may be separated from his namesake band due to physical distancing in an effort to slow the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pande...
Support Independent Canadian Movie Theatres with Virtual Screenings of New Movies
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2020
Movie theatres across the globe have been shut down in order to slow the global coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which has caused many film...
How FET.NAT's Olivier Fairfield Is Coping with Isolation: Learning Trumpet, Film Soundtracks and Listening to Vangelis
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2020
Olivier Fairfield has been holding it down for years as the drummer for acts like Timber Timbre, Andy Shauf and Last Ex, but his most notab...
These Fantasy and Science Fiction TV Series Will Help You Escape Our Bleak Reality
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020
With society on lockdown and nearly everyone self-isolation, we're all looking for entertainment to distract us from the stresses of real l...
Absolutely Free's Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg Announces Debut Album as Memory Pearl
PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2020
Moshe Fisher-Rozenberg is best known as a member of Toronto experimental rock troupe Absolutely Free and for collaborating with Alvvays, Fu...
