Articles by Matt Bobkin

Shotgun Jimmie

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 3

PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2019

It can take time for the Sappyfest crowd to warm up to a performer, as with the previous night's Snotty Nose Rez Kids performance, but Shot...

FET.NAT

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 2

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2019

When you've spent your whole career operating under a banner of "Rock In Opposition," what do you do when your music suddenly takes off?...

Motherhood

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 2

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2019

Fredericton rock trio Motherhood took the Sappyfest crowd through their dizzying, genre-fucked odyssey. The living embodiment of one of tho...

Snotty Nose Rez Kids

Sappyfest, Sackville NB, August 2

PUBLISHED Aug 3, 2019

The night before Snotty Nose Rez Kids' Sappyfest set, the rap duo alleged that a patron at nearby bar Thunder & Lightning bet them $50 that...

PUP Cancel Florida Show to Perform at Polaris Music Prize Gala

PUBLISHED Jul 30, 2019

The Polaris Music Prize is set to award their 2019 winner at their annual gala on September 16 in Toronto, and have now announced the first...

Tool Reveal New Album Title

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2019

Tool have been slowly teasing their long-awaited fifth studio album, and now the band have announced another major detail: the album will b...

Netflix Cancelled 'Tuca & Bertie' and Fans Are Pissed

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2019

Netflix has cancelled animated show Tuca & Bertie after one season. The program starred Tiffany Haddish and Ali Wong as a pair of anthropo...

Watch the First Trailer for 'Zombieland: Double Tap'

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2019

The long-awaited Zombieland sequel, Zombieland: Double Tap, is finally coming this October. Now, the first trailer has arrived. Reuniting...