Articles by Matthew Ritchie

The Trip to Italy

Michael Winterbottom

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2014

Whether it's Mr. Bean's Holiday or Jamie's Great Escape, British television programs have long been known to take their characters and send...

Land Ho!

Aaron Katz and Martha Stephens

PUBLISHED Aug 8, 2014

The remote country of Iceland has long been a land of rebirth. In the eighth and ninth centuries, the country was inhabited by Norse and po...

Soja

'Amid the Noise and Haste' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2014

International reggae all-stars Soja have built a hungry and dedicated fan base since the band's inception in 1997 thanks to tours with the...

Watch Red Bull TV's Lollapalooza Live Stream This Weekend

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2014

Since its inception in 1991, the annual Lollapalooza music festival has been a cultural tastemaker in the music world, hosting such diverse...

Guardians of the Galaxy

James Gunn

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2014

It's amazing what $170 million dollars can do. Five years ago, writer/director James Gunn was more commonly known for creating Troma-esque...

Girlfriends and Boyfriends

"A Flower" (video)

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2014

Girlfriends and Boyfriends have been toiling away in the dark depths of the Vancouver music scene for the past few years now, emerging occa...

T. Nile

'Tingle & Spark' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Jul 29, 2014

Canadian singer-songwriter T. Nile is a genre-bending chanteuse, mixing disparate elements of West Coast folk rock, straight-ahead country...

Jon and Roy

Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2014

Blame it on the stage's previous performer Kim Churchill's monstrous musicianship and bone-rattling beats, but Victoria folk trio Jon and R...