Articles by Matt Williams

The Dirty Nil

Silver Dollar, Toronto ON, May 29

PUBLISHED May 30, 2015

Local heroes the Dirty Nil blasted the Silver Dollar on Friday (May 29), employing their no-frills, no-gimmicks brand of rock'n'roll to rig...

José Contreras

José Contreras EP

PUBLISHED May 29, 2015

There's nothing new on the José Contreras EP — a collection of Spartan versions of older tunes by the veteran By Divine Right frontma...

Hop Along Confront Death on 'Painted Shut'

PUBLISHED May 29, 2015

"Give me one second, I'm about to pass a cop."   The line goes silent for a few seconds. Frances Quinlan, head songwriter and voice of Phil...

Straight To Business

Straight To Business

PUBLISHED May 28, 2015

Carrying the torch high for Toronto's lo-fi slackers are Straight To Business, a fun-loving four-piece band of dudes who love fuzzy guitars...

Folly & The Hunter

Awake

PUBLISHED May 22, 2015

Montreal's Folly & The Hunter have perfected their clean approach to atmospheric, folk-pop glimmer to the point that they make it sound eas...

Mac McCaughan

Non-Believers

PUBLISHED May 6, 2015

Non-Believers, the first true solo effort from Superchunk's nasal frontman, is a departure from his main band's high-energy slacker rock. W...

Hop Along

Painted Shut

PUBLISHED May 1, 2015

There is no voice in popular music right now that quite comes close to the elastic immediacy of that of Hop Along's Frances Quinlan. It's t...

Girl Band

The Early Years EP

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2015

"Lawman," the opening track on The Early Years, begins by easing you in to Girl Band's world of noise with a sparse, simple beat and repeat...