Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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  Paper Lions

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  If there's one thing you can say with certainty about Paper Lions, it's that they're dedicated. Since their beginning in the P.E.I. music s...

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  Dinosaur Bones

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  Coming off last week's announcement that their sophomore LP was finally seeing its release in early August, moody Toronto five-piece Dinosa...

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  Wintersleep

  Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 15

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2013

  The boys in Wintersleep have come a long way since their early years as an avant-garde side project for East Coast songwriter Paul Murphy....

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  Sloan

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  Over the past two decades, Halifax pop outfit Sloan has dominated the Canadian music scene. Since their humble beginnings as the bastions o...

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  The Super Friendz

  The Great Hall, Toronto ON, June 14

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2013

  While label mates Sloan have always enjoyed a certain level of populist appeal in the Canadian rock scene, indie pop veterans the Super Fri...

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  Girlfriends and Boyfriends

  Handlebar, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  I feel bad for Girlfriends and Boyfriends, I really do. On the one hand, no one wants to play a 1 a.m. set at NXNE, especially at a tiny ba...

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  Fine Times

  Handlebar, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  You probably don't have to be a psychologist to diagnose that lead singer and Fine Times songwriter Matthew Moldowan may have a bad case of...

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  Valleys

  Handlebar, Toronto ON, June 13

  PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2013

  Montreal-based dream-pop duo Valleys surprised newcomers to the Handlebar on Wednesday night with their brand of cavernous-sounding dreamsc...