Articles by Matt Bobkin

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  Mares of Thrace Announce First Album in a Decade, 'The Exile'

  PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2022

  Nearly a decade since Mares of Thrace released their sophomore album The Pilgrimage, the mythology-loving, Alberta-based doom metal duo hav...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2022: Zoon, Pleasure Craft, boy wonder

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022

  After postponing our initial January plans, Exclaim!'s Class of 2022 concert series launched last weekend with two searing sets at Toronto'...

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  U.S. Girls, Weather Station Drummer Evan J Cartwright Announces Debut Album 'bit by bit'

  PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022

  You might not know Evan J Cartwright's name yet, but you've almost certainly heard him before — the Toronto-based musician is best-known as...

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  Did Godspeed You! Black Emperor's Long-Lost Cassette Finally Leak?

  PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2022

  As far as unreleased albums go, Godspeed You! Black Emperor's All Lights Fucked on the Hairy Amp Drooling has achieved a mythical status ri...

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  Exclaim! Presents the Class of 2022 Concert Series with Zoon, Breeze, Peeling

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022

  Following a break from in-person festivities in 2021, Exclaim!'s Class Of concert series is officially back in Toronto with live audiences...

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  R.I.P. Toronto Music Scene Staple Michelle Puska

  PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2022

  Michelle Puska, a tireless fixture of the Toronto music scene, died following a two-and-a-half-year battle with cervical cancer. Her death...

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  Carson McHone Announces Daniel Romano-Produced Album 'Still Life,' Shares Title Track

  PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2022

  Carson McHone is a woman of many talents. Not only did she take the cover photo to Exclaim! Magazine's October/November 2020 issue, which f...

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  Picastro Cover Velvet Underground, Elfin Saddle, the Silt on 'I've Never Met a Stranger' Covers EP

  PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2021

  Picastro may go down in history as Toronto's best-known secret. The ever-morphing folk-rock brainchild of Liz Hysen has steadily delivered...