Articles by Matthew McKean

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  Nicholas Altobelli

  Mesocyclone

  PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2014

  California-born, Texas-based musician Nicholas Altobelli's Mesocyclone is a record about a breakup and transition that sounds and feels lik...

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  Stu Larsen

  Vagabond

  PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2014

  Having signed to Nettwerk, Australian singer-songwriter Stu Larsen documents his life on the road on his debut full-length, Vagabond. The r...

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  Ash & Bloom

  Let The Storm Come

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2014

  What do two sweet-sounding acoustic folk singer-songwriters who met in Hamilton ten years ago have in common with Simon & Garfunkel c. 1960...

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  First Aid Kit

  Stay Gold

  PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2014

  Swedish folk duo First Aid Kit might have been forgiven if their third studio album, Stay Gold, was merely above average. Their previous re...

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  The Seahags

  Tarnished Gold

  PUBLISHED May 30, 2014

  Saskatoon's old-timey country-garage band the Seahags, not to be confused with the glam metal band from San Francisco of the same name, are...

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  Jon and Roy

  By My Side

  PUBLISHED May 27, 2014

  Victoria's folk-rock duo Jon and Roy will put you at ease and help you to appreciate the simple things. By My Side, their fifth album, is u...

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  Miranda Mulholland

  Whipping Boy

  PUBLISHED May 13, 2014

  You can tell a lot about a musician by the company she keeps, and Canadian virtuoso fiddle player and singer Miranda Mulholland has played...

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  Marta Pacek

  Voodoo Dolls and False Alarms

  PUBLISHED May 12, 2014

  If you hold Marta Pacek's new record up to your ear, you can almost hear the ocean. Which is to say that you can take the alt-folk songstre...