Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks

Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, February 22

PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2014

While most Torontonians were calling it an early night in anticipation for the following day's gold medal hockey game, a select handful of...

Factor

"Miami Nights" (ft. Paranoid Castle)

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2014

While most of us gave up on our New Year's resolutions weeks ago, Saskatoon-based hip-hop producer Factor (a.k.a. Graham Murawsky) is still...

The Wind Rises

Hayao Miyazaki

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2014

In one of the first scenes of The Wind Rises, the 26th feature from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, the film's lead protagonis...

The Flatliners

Tour Vlog: Part 2 (on Exclaim! TV)

PUBLISHED Feb 20, 2014

Video blogs (better known colloquially as "vlogs") aren't just for socially awkward teenagers and unimaginative journalism students anymore...

Tacocat

'NVM' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2014

Sickly sweet Seattle pop punk quartet Tacocat have been consistently dishing out steamy singles of riot grrrl-meets-the Archies surf rock s...

BOIDS

'We Stalk Each Other Like Animals' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2014

Montreal-based punk rock nerds BOIDS (which, according to their Facebook page, stands for Boys of Intelligent Design & Style) have been tea...

Sam Roberts

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2014

Sam Roberts has been misinterpreted for far too long. Since his 2002 arrival with debut EP, The Inhuman Condition, Roberts has been —...

Get the Latest From Junius, William Fitzsimmons, Devin Cuddy and More in Our Music/Video Roundup

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2014

For those lucky enough (or unlucky enough, depending on how you look at it) to be living in Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan, today (Febru...