Articles by Matthew Ritchie
PyPy
'Pagan Day' (album stream)
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2014
Montreal's psychedelic garage rock scene has been going strong for a few years now thanks to groups like Red Mass, Duchess Says and CPC Gan...
Au4
"Planck Length" (video)
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2014
Long-running electronic pop ensemble Au4 (which is made up of brothers Ben and Aaron Wylie) have been riding high ever since the release of...
Naturally Born Strangers
"A Gun & A Pack of Sandwiches" on Exclaim! TV
PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2014
Ever since the release of his eighth mixtape, In My Opinion, back in 2013, Toronto-based MC Rich Kidd has become one of the hottest names i...
Monogrenade
'Composite' (album stream)
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014
Celestially tinged rock act Monogrenade gave fans a look towards the future last December when they shared a cryptic trailer for their upco...
Del Barber
'Prairieography' (album stream)
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014
Whether it's singing about finding the perfect girl or being a teller of tall tales, no other singer-songwriter epitomizes the Prairie expe...
Ark Analog
'Dirty Power'
PUBLISHED Jan 27, 2014
After releasing their debut single last summer and playing a select number of Canadian dates, Toronto-based electro-pop duo Ark Analog R...
Factor
"War with Yourself" (ft. Myka 9)
PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2014
Saskatoon hip-hop producer Factor (a.k.a. Graham Murawsky) had a pretty good 2013, thanks in large part to his creepy concept album Woke Up...
Amanita Bloom
'Neither the Sea Nor the Land' (album stream)
PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2014
While hometown heroes in their native Montreal, the folk-pop foursome known as Amanita Bloom have been mostly absent from Anglophone radars...
