Articles by Matt Yuyitung

mxmtoon's 'dawn' EP Shows Pop Success Is in Her Grasp If She Wants It

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2020

mxmtoon's biggest asset as an artist is her willingness to embrace her own quirks, which the 19-year-old singer-songwriter and Animal Cross...

The Pack A.D. Go Out in Style on 'It was fun while it lasted'

PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2020

As the title suggests, this is the Pack A.D.'s final record... kind of. The Vancouver garage rock duo of Maya Miller and Becky Black say th...

Real Estate

The Main Thing

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2020

Real Estate are one of those bands that it might take a few listens for their intricacies to truly register. You might start thinking this...

Holy Fuck

Deleter

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2020

Holy Fuck's biggest strength has always been their ability to turn reckless abandon into dance floor catharsis. Their best work embraces un...

Capitol

Dream Noise

PUBLISHED Nov 25, 2019

There's nothing terribly groundbreaking about Capitol's style, and they'll be the first ones to admit that. "We drew inspiration from some...

White Reaper

You Deserve Love

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2019

In 2019, it's a rite of passage for newer rock groups to endure speculation about whether or not rock is dead. Sure, the music doesn't occu...

White Reaper Take Their Good Times Seriously on 'You Deserve Love'

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2019

When asked where White Reaper are as a band in 2019, frontman Tony Esposito keeps it pretty literal. "We're all in the van together, on a h...

Patrick Watson

Wave

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2019

Stop me if you've heard this one before: a singer-songwriter struggles with personal loss and trauma, and then composes an emotionally cath...