Articles by Matt Bobkin

Hollerado

River & Sky, Field ON, July 18

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2019

As Hollerado's headlining River & Sky set was about to begin, lead guitarist Nixon Boyd sat in a plane unable to land, circling some severa...

'The Farewell' Brings Humour and Heartbreak to Issues of Cultural Disconnection

Directed by Lulu Wang

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2019

For years, director Lulu Wang's family has been withholding her grandmother's terminal cancer diagnosis from herself, a story that earned W...

Toronto's "Slayer Swimmer" Immortalized on Budweiser Can

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2019

It's been over a year since Oshawa resident Chris LaRocque infamously got kicked out of a Slayer show at Toronto's Budweiser Stage and atte...

'Stranger Things' Actors Cary Elwes and Dacre Montgomery Discuss Being the New Kids, and the Duffer Brothers' Stunning Attention to Detail

PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2019

Nearly two years after the second season of Stranger Things arrived on Netflix, Stranger Things 3 is finally right around the corner. While...

Janet Weiss Leaves Sleater-Kinney

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2019

Sleater-Kinney's longtime drummer, Janet Weiss, has announced her departure from the band. The news comes mere weeks before the group relea...

'Stranger Things' Comes of Age in Its Horrifying, Heartbreaking Third Season

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2019

Stranger Things has always been a show about growing up. Focusing on a ragtag group of outcasts in small-town Indiana as they deal with sup...

Chance the Rapper's 'Acid Rap' and '10 Day' Mixtapes Come to Streaming Services

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2019

As Chance the Rapper gears up to release his "debut album" in July, he has now made his full back catalogue available on streaming services...

Wine Lips Jump High in New "Fly Swatter" Music Video

PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2019

Toronto garage-rock trio Wine Lips are currently on tour in support of sophomore album Stressor, released earlier this year, but that's not...