Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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...

Kim Churchill

Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 27

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2014

Generally, when one thinks of a one-man band, they probably imagine some sort of hackneyed performer, playing multiple instruments at a bir...

Adrian X

Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2014

As Grammy-award winning artist Adrian X (real name Adrian Eccleston) and his backing three-piece took to the main stage early Saturday (Jul...

Super Friendz

Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2014

At times, it appeared as if Halifax-bred four-piece the Super Friendz were about to fall apart at the seams. The early goings on of their s...

San Fermin

Island Stage, Guelph ON, July 26

PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2014

To call Brooklyn-based baroque pop collective San Fermin's Saturday (July 26) afternoon performance at Hillside over the top would be an un...

Tegan and Sara

Main Stage, Guelph ON, July 25

PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2014

Perhaps Hillside's most pop-centric performance of the entire weekend, Friday night festival headliners Tegan and Sara wowed the sizable (a...

A Most Wanted Man

Anton Corbijn

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2014

As far as final movie roles go, Philip Seymour Hoffman's last completed portrayal of a character in Anton Corbijn's A Most Wanted Man leave...

Alvvays Discuss the Long Road to Their Debut LP

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2014

As members of Two Hours Traffic and the Rankin Family, Alec O'Hanley and Molly Rankin are basically Maritime music royalty. However, having...