Articles by Matthew McKean
Danny Michel
White & Gold
PUBLISHED Nov 13, 2018
It's axiomatic that one new Danny Michel song is better than no new Danny Michel songs and five new songs are maybe not as good as ten. But...
Steven Page
Discipline: Heal Thyself, Pt. II
PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2018
Close listeners of Steven Page's music, from his days with Barenaked Ladies through his solo work, know that he doesn't shy away from serio...
Ben Kunder
Better Human
PUBLISHED Jul 31, 2018
It can take a bunch of listens sometimes to really appreciate a record. Not Ben Kunder's Better Human, which shines from the get-go. For...
Horse Feathers
Appreciation
PUBLISHED May 14, 2018
Horse Feathers are probably the best band you're not currently listening to. If the Portland, OR-based folk-country outfit aren't on your r...
El Coyote
El Coyote
PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2018
El Coyote is what happens when a group of über-talented musicians spend an extra-long Montreal winter playing music together. The result is...
Megan Bonnell
Separate Rooms
PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2018
Megan Bonnell's new release, Separate Rooms, is a powerful collection of reflective, genre-defying pop-folk balladry. In other words, more...
The Olympic Symphonium
Beauty in the Tension
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2018
With Beauty in the Tension, the Olympic Symphonium return with another dreamy, low-key folk gem. The New Brunswick-based quartet's fifth st...
Glen Hansard
Between Two Shores
PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2018
Along with 2012's Rhythm and Repose and 2015's Didn't He Ramble, singer-songwriter Glen Hansard completes something of a low-key folk trilo...
