Articles by Matthew Blenkarn

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  Rheostatics

  Brave New Waves Session

  PUBLISHED May 5, 2017

  The Rheostatics were darlings on CBC Radio's late-night programs throughout the late '80s and '90s. The Etobicoke art-rockers peddled a dor...

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  Moon Duo

  Occult Architecture Vol. 2

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2017

  Moon Duo yield vastly different results with the same basic setup on their second Occult Architecture album. Released in the dead of winter...

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  Guided by Voices

  August By Cake

  PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2017

  Through the 1990s and early 2000s, Robert Pollard was one of indie rock's slyest songwriters. As the leader of Dayton, OH's Guided By Voice...

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  Wire

  Silver/Lead

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2017

  Post-punk mainstays Wire were never likely to rest on their laurels. In the late '70s, they refused to play songs from their triptych of cl...

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  Various Artists

  Pentagon Black Compilation No. 2

  PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2017

  You needn't look far to find Pentagon Black's mission statement; on the Montreal label's first compilation, co-founder and Famines singer/g...

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  Harley Small

  Cassettes from the New Millennium

  PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2017

  Cassettes from the New Millennium is an apt name for Harley Small's debut album.   The Vancouver producer has worked with local indie bands...

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  Jay Som

  Everybody Works

  PUBLISHED Mar 8, 2017

  Bedroom recordings often forfeit audio fidelity for intimacy, but Melina Duterte proves that the right artist can balance both. As Jay Som,...

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  Tim Darcy

  Saturday Night

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2017

  Tim Darcy is no stranger to introspection. As the singer/guitarist of exuberant Montréal-based art-punk quartet Ought, he's wrought thought...