The Matinee December 13th returns to its global roots with 9 new songs. Well, one is a cover, but it sounds like a new song. Let’s get to the music.   Aurora Blue – “Cool Woman” (Orillia, ON, Canada) RIYL: Tennis, Bec Sandridge, Alvvays With the arrival of Alvvays, a wave of harmonious and melodic indie rock has overtaken the […]

In this October 7th issue of The Matinee we bring you 6 bands all in different stages of their careers, all putting out superb music. One with new music for the first time in close to 20 years, a brilliant yet relatively unknown band, a well-loved band heading out on their farewell tour, and a couple of bands right in the thick of […]

On fossil jane‘s Facebook page, Olivia Price describes her solo project as a 23-year old “trying to figure out how to become a real person”. At first, the description comes across as humorous and self-deprecating, but upon closer examination the carefully chosen words are serious and introspective. This also applies to her choice of “fossil jane” as her moniker, which […]