Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Teenanger

Keep Things Moving

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2015

With their third studio album, Singles Don't $ell, noisy Toronto punk act Teenanger reached their biggest audience yet, gaining fans far be...

Sidney York

Feel the Love

PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2015

To call 2014 a landmark year for independent Calgary synth-pop duo Sidney York would be an understatement. With trips abroad (Singapore and...

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Piano Man

PUBLISHED Mar 26, 2015

For an old-fashioned guy, Tobias Jesso Jr. sure knows how to get people on the internet talking. Since posting his demos online in the summ...

Tobias Jesso Jr. Talks Breaking Big with 'Goon'

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2015

In 2015, there's perhaps no solo artist more hyped than Tobias Jesso Jr.   Since his demos first appeared on YouTube, the Vancouver-bred si...

The Gunman

Pierre Morel

PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2015

If you didn't know it already, or hadn't figured out after hearing his "joke" at this year's Academy Awards, Sean Penn is kind of a dick. B...

All This Mayhem

Eddie Martin

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2015

The best sports documentaries aren't just about a single athlete, team, or event, but the emotions and relationships behind them. Australia...

Tobias Jesso Jr.

Goon

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2015

Don't believe the hype for one second: Tobias Jesso Jr. is in no way, shape or form "cool" — at least traditionally speaking. After a...

'71

Yann Demange

PUBLISHED Mar 13, 2015

Like all civil wars, The Troubles, which lasted in Northern Ireland from 1968 to 1998, is truly difficult to understand. Thankfully, French...