Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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  Ray LaMontagne

  Part of the Light

  PUBLISHED May 16, 2018

  After stepping into the tone zone with Dan Auerbach for 2014's unexpected rock breakout Supernova, enigmatic folk artist Ray LaMontagne rec...

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  Fu Manchu

  Clone of the Universe

  PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2018

  Southern California stoner rock gods Fu Manchu are the musical equivalent of a van with an interplanetary dust-up painted on its side. Thei...

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  Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots)

  'Glory Days' (album stream)

  PUBLISHED Jan 25, 2018

  Canadian punk rock rabble-rousers Pkew Pkew Pkew (gunshots) first gained some attention back in 2012 with their gang vocal-heavy debut EP,...

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  No Age

  Snares Like a Haircut

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2018

  No Age make music you don't so much consume as become acclimated to.   For over a decade, the L.A. art punks have crafted hazy, wondrous al...

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  Here are the Top 7 Noel and Liam Gallagher Quotes of the Year

  2017 in Lists

  PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2017

  "Has-beens shouldn't present awards to gonna-bes," Oasis's Noel Gallagher once famously said after accepting an award from INXS's Michael H...

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  Last Flag Flying

  Directed by Richard Linklater

  PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2017

  The journey has always been more interesting than the destination for Richard Linklater. His best movies emphasize winding conversations th...

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  CUFF.Docs: Manson: The Voice of Madness

  Directed by James Buddy Day

  PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2017

  Charles Manson has long been an enigma, a symbol for the disenfranchised and a hero for society's most depraved.   It's been nearly 50 year...

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  Justice League

  Directed by Zack Snyder

  PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2017

  It's hard to believe that Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher's flamboyant, brash take on the caped crusader, was once the most panned picture...