Articles by Matthew Ritchie

Dead Ranch

'Antler Royal' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Manitoban metalheads Dead Ranch have been scorching up the Canadian underground for the better part of two years thanks to shows across the...

Odonis Odonis

"Are We Friends" (video)

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Industrially minded surf rock practitioners Odonis Odonis recently followed up the release of April's Better EP with a brand new track in t...

Quadron

"Hey Love" (Classixx remix)

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Electro-soul duo Quadron lit up the charts this past summer thanks to their excellent Vested in Culture/Epic Records sophomore LP, Avalanch...

Invasions Reveal Sophomore Album, Share Canadian Tour Dates and New Track

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Toronto-based garage rockers Invasions may have released their debut LP, Cult of the Half Moon, only a year ago, but the hard-rocking five-...

CJ Fly

'Thee Way I See It' (mixtape)

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Brooklyn-based hip-hop collective Pro Era continue to give West Coast weirdos Odd Future a run for their money, thanks to impressionable be...

The Melvins

"City Dump"

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Legendary sludge heroes the Melvins have had a pretty busy year, what with their 30th anniversary tour, classic rock shout-out covers LP, s...

Russian Circles

"1777"

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Chicago post-rock three-piece Russian Circles have emerged once again from the recording studio, this time on behalf of their fifth studio...

David Byrne Pens Editorial on How the 1 Percent Is Squeezing the Creativity out of New York

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2013

Talking Heads founder and frequent St. Vincent collaborator David Byrne has been known to put the guitar down from time to time and write s...