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Matthew Good — Vancouver

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 9, 2009 3:37 pm

Matthew Good's fourth solo album, Vancouver, is a concept disc about his experiences in the city of the same name. If the album sounds like it'd be at home a lot earlier in this decade, that's with good reason and that's not a diss. Musically, Vancouver has a lot in common with 2001's The Audio Of Being, the final album released by the Matthew...

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Matthew Good — Live At Massey Hall

By Sarah Kurchak (CHARTattack) November 4, 2008 11:51 am

When it comes to live albums, "less talk, more rock" is generally a rule to follow. But in the case of Matthew Good's double disc offering, more banter would've been nice. That's not to say the musical part of this equation is lacking. Live At Massey Hall is a well-rounded look at his career so far, with its mix of solo material and old...

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Matthew Good — Hospital Music

By Shaun Hatton (CHARTattack) August 7, 2007 9:01 pm

Matthew Good is depressed. In promotional material for this album he writes, "I remember being in the shower drinking beer thinking to myself that something wasn't right." Hospital Music is his attempt at confronting his past and making the listener share his pain. On "99% Of Us Is Failure" and the opener — the unnecessarily nine-and-a-half-...

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Matthew Good — White Light Rock & Roll Review

By Aaron Brophy (CHARTattack) June 15, 2004 4:14 pm

Matthew Good has definitely been studying at the altar of Neil Young. First he's a folkie, then he's in a rock band, then he's doing solo acoustic records, then symphonic ones... and now we get White Light Rock & Roll Review, technically Good's second proper solo record. But while Young was always able to shift effortlessly from "Sugar...

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Matthew Good Announces Fall Canadian Tour

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) July 5, 2011 2:01 pm

Blog activist, mower of lawns and cat owner Matthew Good has just announced a cross-country fall tour.Starting Oct. 9 in everyone's favourite cottage country punch up destination, The Kee To Bala, Good will perform 33 dates stretching from Quebec to British Columbia before finishing up with a pair of hometown gigs at Vancouver's Vogue Theatre Dec...

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I Read The News Today... For June 17, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) June 17, 2011 3:35 pm

Those of you who are still stuck in 2005 can check out a new Clap Your Hands Say Yeah track below. "Same Mistake" will appear on their new Hysterical album, which is out Sept. 20. Liam Gallagher is not attending Noel Gallagher's wedding because he's touring with Beady Eye. Convenient excuse. Man, their mum's...

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Matthew Good — Lights Of Endangered Species

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) June 3, 2011 3:51 pm

Matthew Good and longtime producer Warne Livesey — who's worked on every Matthew Good album, solo and with his former band, with the exceptions of Last Of The Ghetto Astronauts, Hospital Music and Vancouver — first had the idea to record this album, featuring extensive orchestral arrangements, a good 14 years ago. But then some things got in the...

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Matthew Good Overcame Bandsaws, Scary Pianos To Make Lights Of Endangered Species

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) May 31, 2011 12:20 pm

Matthew Good says his new Lights Of Endangered Species album was the easiest and least stressful record he's ever made. But putting it together wasn't without its challenges. The disc, which is released today, is a sharp departure from much of the material in Good's discography. It features extensive orchestra arrangements and some instruments you...

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I Read The News Today... For May 26, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) May 26, 2011 3:58 pm

Dropkick Murphys! Surfing! Hollerado! Boarding! KO! Surfing! Drugs! Hopefully no rain! Wakestock has been announced! Speaking of the Dropkick Murphys, they're launching a massive North American tour this summer, which means you have no reason not to pretend you're Irish. Calgary singer/songwriter Michael Bernard Fitzgerald will play a live,...

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I Read The News Today... For April 1, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 1, 2011 3:48 pm

In case any of you out there actually still care about The Prodigy, they'll release a live CD/DVD/Blu-Ray called World's On Fire on May 24. Yeasayer are touring North America this spring to get all weird on you 'n' shit. —MySpace The Get Up Kids and Saves The Day are touring together this June. ... Crap, my emo-metre just broke. —Alternative Press...

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Matthew Good's New Song Has Flute In It

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 21, 2011 1:22 pm

UPDATE: Matthew Good has just informed us not only does the record include flute and Cor Anglais, but it also features trombone, trumpet, bassoon, clarinet, French horn and saxophone. Matthew Good's new Lights Of Endangered Species album comes out May 31, and at least one of its songs will have flute on it."In A Place Of Lesser Men" features Good...

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I Read The News Today... For March 16, 2011

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) March 16, 2011 2:59 pm

In case you've been wondering what Feist has been doing, she showed up randomly at Chilly Gonzales' show in Los Angeles on Saturday, covered a Tweet song and then dunked Peaches in a pool. Good for her. —The Hollywood Reporter Turns out Ezra Levant doesn't like Matthew Good very much. —Toronto Sun Hamilton, Ont.'s Sandman Viper Command are...

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Matt Good Playing Free Show Before Soccer Championship

By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) November 5, 2010 10:35 am

Matthew Good is a soccer fanatic. He's displayed his passion for the sport many times during his career. Some of you might remember that the video for the Matthew Good Band's "Load Me Up" sees Good sliding onto a sopping wet soccer pitch. I can fondly recall a MuchMusic special on Good just after the release of his 2003 Avalanche debut album in...

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Salmon Festival To Honour Majestic Fish With Three Days Grace, Sloan, Matt Good

By Adam Kovac (CHARTattack) June 3, 2010 4:39 pm

Fuck the beaver... er, um, that came out wrong. What I meant to say is that beaver is totally overrated. Cripes, this is going from bad to worse. OK, forget about the beaver. When it comes to Canadian animals, the salmon is clearly where it's at. It's got such a lovely pink and that unique aroma... Goddammit, I hope my mom doesn't read...

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Former Matthew Good Band Bassist Dies

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) February 2, 2010 11:46 am

Geoff Lloyd, former bassist for the Matthew Good Band, has passed away. Matthew Good took to his website on Sunday (Jan. 31) to say he was "in a state of shock" about Lloyd's death. "I remember a lot of things when I think of Geoff," Good wrote. "Like me, he suffered from extreme mood swings and depression, something...

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Matthew Good Playing Dale Earnhardt's New Year's Eve Party

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 22, 2009 4:14 pm

If you thought Matthew Good and race car driving were about as far away from each other as you could get, think again. Good will be the musical entertainment at a New Year's Eve party at Charlotte, N.C.'s Whisky River that will be hosted by race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tickets are $25 in advance through the bar's website and VIP...

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Matthew Good Is All Business, No Politics In Toronto

By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) December 21, 2009 5:18 pm

"I have this ongoing competition with myself to see how long I can go in a show before stopping the show," Matthew Good said six songs into the first evening of his two-night stand at Toronto's Massey Hall on Friday (Dec. 18). Good and his backing band took the stage and seemed to be all business as they ripped through six tunes — mostly from...

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