Articles by Matt Bobkin

Holy Two
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 2
PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2018
French synth-popsters Holy Two harnessed the power of performance to give their dramatic tunes the live renditions they deserved. Opening w...
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2018
Yamantaka // Sonic Titan have always been like a tornado to their influences, sucking up a disparate series of inspirations — ranging from...
Yonatan Gat and the Eastern Medicine Singers
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1
PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2018
Yonatan Gat has finally met his match. The guitarist and master improviser is best known for his visceral live shows where he and his colla...
Karkwatson (Karkwa and Patrick Watson)
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 31
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2018
It's easy, when wrapped up in the tricky language narratives that ensconce French Canada, to place Karkwa and Patrick Watson in separate wo...
Galaxie
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 31
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2018
Galaxie do one thing, but they do it pretty well: the electro-rock project helmed by Olivier Langevin crafts upbeat, danceable rock with pl...
Lydia Képinski
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 31
PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2018
Lydia Képinski definitely knows how to make a great first impression. The singer was nowhere to be found as her three band mates began with...
Nakhane
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 30
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2018
"Spiritual music needs more anal sex in it." That sentence alone embodies Nakhane's MO. The South African pop iconoclast, who draws on fi...
Hubert Lenoir
Festival de Musique Emergente, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 30
PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2018
The latest breakout star to emerge from Quebec has yet to play a show west of his home province, but could you blame him? With the fervour...