The Matinee

The Matinee “Silver Bullet” – I got a fast car…

October 31, 2024 Jonathan Aird 0

Vancouver’s roots-rocker The Matinee have a new release ‘End of Scene – B-Sides EP‘ out tomorrow. The band explain the title, saying: “We’ve been holding onto these songs for a while, and now feels like the […]

Video Premiere: The Matinee “Cut to Pieces”

December 13, 2023 Andrew Frolish 0

Check out the new single from Vancouver band The Matinee. ‘Cut to Pieces’ features a propulsive bass that drives the song’s rolling rhythms and makes you want to get moving. Over the top, Matt Layzell delivers […]

Jingle Bells Friday – probably time to get that tree up…

December 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0

It is a vexed question – when to put the tree up? Some do it in November, some wait for Christmas Eve and some don’t have a tree at all. And really it’s all about what […]

Cover artwork for the album 'Change of Scene' by The Matinee

The Matinee “Change of Scene”

September 19, 2023 Andrew Raw 0

Enjoyable, sunny and laid-back country-rock inspired by road trip. The Matinee’s ‘Change Of Scene’ is a mostly laid-back and sunny country-rock album that brings visions of summer and beaches to mind as one listens to it, […]

Can’t Live With It, Can’t Live Without It: Tom Waits

August 5, 2026 2

The musical influence of Tom Waits over the last seven decades has spanned far beyond what one might define as americana. His deep, gravely voice, has been described as having been soaked in a vat of […]

Paul McClure “The Good And The Bad Of It”

August 5, 2026 0

The Rutland Troubadour returns for album number four. Paul McClure, on his fourth album, decided to go to pastures new and left the rural north and travelled south to East Sussex and the fine Bex-Pop Studios […]

Artists with Hearts of Gold contribute to two more albums of Neil Young covers