Matthew Bateman

Review | Buck 65 @ Venue – May 18th 2012

May 20, 2012
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When Darren and I first got inside, we noticed something very different about Venue that night. The crowd was from some mirror dimension, because it certainly didn’t reflect the image that I normally saw walking down Granville Street on a Friday night. There were plaid shirts, baseball caps, people were wearing glasses and as far [...]

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Review | Sleepy Sun with Hallow Moon @ The Biltmore Cabaret – May 10th 2012

May 13, 2012
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Doors were at eight for this evening’s festivities, so I figured I’d just go and show up half an hour late for what I thought would be the start of an excellent show. For once this actually panned out, as things didn’t get started until 10 PM. I’m going out on a limb and assuming [...]

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Review | Justice @ the PNE Forum – April 26th, 2012

April 29, 2012
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My drugs wore off, let’s go home. There’s a line that I think accurately describes about 50% of the crowd at the show that Justice and Breakbot put on this past Thursday. I was late on the bus, and on my lovely detour walk on E. Hastings and Main, I saw a drunk guy whip [...]

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Review | Loney, Dear at The Media Club

March 25, 2012
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This is why I love music. Those are the words I said to Stefan about three songs into the set. The night started with hunger and disappointment as the subway I wanted to grab food at had locked its doors just before I made it there. I’m sure I looked like a lion at a [...]

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Review | Islands at The RIO Theatre

March 12, 2012
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I hadn’t slept well in weeks, I was filled with peanut butter and jam sandwiches, and I’d spent the previous day to this day re-listening to the albums in a newest to oldest format; the perfect beginning for what was going to be a bit of an odd show. I took my usual route to [...]

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Review | Cuff The Duke at Electric Owl

November 5, 2011
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I’d never been to the Electric Owl before. It was very small, though it had a large selection of booze on display, which I thought was odd. There was a black display sign blocking off the area where the ropes didn’t cover… Oh, right. This is the entrance to the liquor store area of Electric [...]

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