Articles by Matthew McKean

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  Steven Page

  Heal Thyself Pt. 1: Instinct

  PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2016

  Steven Page's deluxe voice is easily one of the best in Canadian music.   If I'd said "the best," you'd argue, and that's not why we're her...

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  Glen Hansard

  A Season on the Line

  PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2016

  Glen Hansard's last record, 2015's Didn't He Ramble, was so good there wasn't enough space on it for the title track.   On his new four-son...

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  Michael Feuerstack

  Adult Lullabies

  PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2016

  Adult Lullabies, Michael Feuerstack's new release, is a five-song companion to last year's incredible The Forgettable Truth, which, if ther...

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  Ben Hermann

  Windows Wide Open

  PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2015

  Ben Hermann's music has a wistful, beautiful quality to it. The Toronto-based, North Bay native's first full-length record, Windows Wide Op...

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  Glen Hansard

  Didn't He Ramble

  PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2015

  Glen Hansard accomplished a rare feat back in 2007, winning a "Best Original Song" Oscar, with Czech singer Markéta Irglová, for an indie-f...

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  Reichenbach Falls

  The Traitor Shore

  PUBLISHED Sep 14, 2015

  Switzerland's Reichenbach Falls feature prominently in English pop culture: J. M. W. Turner painted the liquid landscape more than once; Sh...

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  Noah Gundersen

  Carry the Ghost

  PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2015

  Noah Gundersen is passing through an inward, studious phase; he's reading philosophy and searching for meaning, and Carry the Ghost, the Se...

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  Kalle Mattson

  Avalanche

  PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2015

  Way back in 2014, Kalle Mattson released his remarkable and intensely personal record Someday, the Moon Will Be Gold, which earned widespre...