Articles by Matt Bobkin

Flight of the Conchords

Live in London

PUBLISHED Mar 5, 2019

Flight of the Conchords are comedians first and folk musicians second, and their songs are all punchline. That's why their two studio album...

Exclaim! Contributors Take Over the Exclaim!/Comedy Records Standup Showcase

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2019

Whenever we publish a negative comedy review, comedians always clap back at us with a "Well then, why don't you try doing some comedy?" So...

Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words

By Ennio Morricone and Alessandro De Rosa

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2019

The oscillating trill and dampered wahs of Ennio Morricone's iconic theme to Sergio Leone's genre-defining spaghetti western The Good, The...

Watch Alexisonfire Play a Surprise Set in Toronto

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2019

Yesterday (February 15), Alexisonfire made their comeback official by releasing their first new song in a decade, "Familiar Drugs," and ann...

Yann Tiersen Created 'All' After a Near-Death Experience with a Mountain Lion

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2019

Asked about the thematic throughlines that bring together Yann Tiersen's new album All (out today on Mute Records), the musician is quick t...

Robert Sheehan Wants to Play Nathan from 'Misfits' Again — With a Catch

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

There's not much out there like The Umbrella Academy, the upcoming Netflix show based on the comic books by former My Chemical Romance fron...

Inside the World of 'The Umbrella Academy,' Netflix's New Family Drama Masquerading as a Superhero Show

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2019

You'd be forgiven for thinking that Netflix's upcoming series, The Umbrella Academy, was yet another entry in the ever-expanding superhero...

Yann Tiersen

All

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2019

There was something insular about Yann Tiersen's ninth album, 2016's EUSA. Sharing its name with the Breton word for Ushant, the French isl...