Articles by Matthew Ritchie

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  Journey / Steve Miller Band

  Bell Stage, Quebec QC, July 6

  PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2014

  If Saturday at Festival d'été focused on the next generation of hip-hop, Sunday found the francophone capital revisiting the ghosts of dad...

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  Manakamana

  Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez

  PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2014

  Although technically classified as a documentary, Manakamana is less like a film and more like a moving piece of poetry. Produced by the...

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  José Contreras

  'José Contreras' (album stream)

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  As frontman for long-running indie rock outfit By Divine Right, José Contreras has seemingly done it all. That is, except release his own s...

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  The Rebel Spell

  'Coastal Frequencies' (live video)

  PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2014

  Earlier this month, we introduced Coastal Frequencies, the new Vancouver-based web series, co-presented with Exclaim!, by filmmakers Justin...

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  Example

  'Live Life Living' (album stream)

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2014

  Although relatively unknown in North America, singer-songwriter/producer/rapper Elliot John Gleave — more commonly known by his stage...

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  The Rover

  David Michôd

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2014

  It's become sort of an annual tradition in the movie industry for Quentin Tarantino to come out of hiding once a year and openly heap prais...

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  Transformers: Age of Extinction

  Michael Bay

  PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2014

  It appears Michael Bay has taken a break from bastardizing Generation Y's favourite childhood cartoons long enough to deliver a somewhat en...

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  USA Out of Vietnam

  Crashing Diseases and Incurable Airplanes

  PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2014

  Much like the American troops' withdrawal from the Vietnam War, USA Out of Vietnam's debut disc is a polarizing affair, depending on whethe...