Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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  Constantines

  Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  You can always tell how many hardcore Constantines fans are in an audience at one of their sets by the amount of people who shout out "turn...

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  Colossal Jam IV (ft. Daniel Lanois, Elaquent and Nels Cline Singers)

  Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  Only the organizers of Guelph, ON's annual Hillside Festival could bring together three disparate acts and create such an otherworldly and...

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  Daniel Lanois

  Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 25

  PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2015

  Screw all the crap that comes out of the tar sands, Daniel Lanois is Canada's most valuable export. For years now, the Greenbelt-based soni...

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  Ryley Walker

  Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 24

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2015

  The spirit of roving '70s roots artists and (to a lesser extent) the Grateful Dead is alive and well in the sounds of folk-leaning, Midwest...

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  Michael Franti & Spearhead

  Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 24

  PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2015

  It's hard to think of an artist that epitomizes the ideals of Guelph, ON's annual Hillside Festival quite like Californian singer-songwrite...

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  Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein

  Tim Kirk

  PUBLISHED Jul 20, 2015

  Producer Tim Kirk's (The Nightmare, Room 237) feature directorial debut, Director's Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein, is one strange beas...

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  Robbery

  Fire Lee

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2015

  Fire Lee's Robbery is a hard film to define. Although it won't see its premiere in its native Hong Kong for a few more months, and last nig...

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  Deathgasm

  Jason Lei Howden

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2015

  Kiwi director Jason Lei Howden's new horror comedy Deathgasm is a cinematic wet dream for gore-obsessed teenage metal fans.   The film star...