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Exclaim! Screenjams Presents 'Almost Famous' Published Dec 13, 2019Director Cameron Crowe has made a career out of iconic music moments. He got John Cusack to hoist a boombox over his head in 1989's Say An...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Experimental Music Figures of 2019 Published Dec 13, 2019The experimental music world plays by its own rules. Free of the trends and scenes that define other genres, avant-garde artists exist outsi...
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Best Cannabis Gifts for Your Friend Who Has Everything Published Dec 12, 2019Promotional consideration provided by Friendly Stranger. Picking out the perfect holiday gift is a difficult task, especially when the pe...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Dance and Electronic Albums of 2019 Published Dec 12, 2019This year in dance and electronic music, vintage sounds met the bleeding edge. The Chemical Brothers and Jacques Greene's old-school flouris...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Soul, Funk and World Albums of 2019 Published Dec 11, 2019Soul, funk and world music, by its very definition, covers a lot of ground — and 2019 is no exception. Artists like Lizzo and Anderson .Paak...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Folk and Country Albums of 2019 Published Dec 10, 2019"The stigma that country music is made for well-adjusted straight white men is just baloney," says current Exclaim! cover star Orville Peck....
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Canadian Musicians Tackle Mental Health on the Exclaim! Podcast Published Dec 09, 2019Royal Mountain Records' mental health fund helped to open up a much-needed discussion about the toll that the music industry can take on art...
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Exclaim!'s 15 Best Films of 2019 Published Dec 09, 2019All of 2019's top-grossing films were either superhero blockbusters (Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far From Home) or Disney reboots (The Li...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Metal and Hardcore Albums of 2019 Published Dec 06, 2019This year, metal and hardcore had something for everyone. Legendary acts like Slipknot and Tool ended lengthy studio droughts to give their...
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Best Cannabis Gifts for Your High Tech Friends Published Dec 05, 2019Promotional consideration provided by Friendly Stranger. Cannabis accessories are constantly evolving as the industry advances, and it ca...
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Exclaim!'s 10 Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2019 Published Dec 05, 2019This year in hip-hop belonged to the new guard, who continued to expand the culture to include all sorts of fresh viewpoints and perspective...
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Exclaim!'s 20 Best Pop and Rock Albums of 2019 Published Dec 04, 2019With the decade coming to a close, the trends and changes over the past ten years have begun to crystallize into the forms through which the...
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Vancouver's JFL NorthWest Reveals Initial Lineup with Bill Burr, Hannah Gadsby Published Dec 03, 2019Vancouver's Just for Laughs festival is returning to action in 2020, and organizers have now revealed the initial group of acts set to play...
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Exclaim! Gift Guide: The Best Coffee and Beers for 2019 Published Dec 03, 2019The holidays are the time for beverages. Whether warming up by the fire with a steaming mug of java or reconnecting with family and friends...
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Exclaim! Gift Guide: The Best, Weirdest and Most Collectible Music Merch of 2019 Published Dec 02, 2019What do you buy for the music fan who already has a streaming subscription and all of the vinyl they need? Forget T-shirts — we've rounded u...
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'The SpongeBob Musical' Is Coming to Toronto Published Dec 02, 2019In 2016, Stephen Hillenburg's iconic SpongeBob SquarePants characters made the leap from screen to stage with The SpongeBob Musical. Twelve...
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Best Cannabis Gifts for Your High Class Friends Published Nov 29, 2019Promotional consideration provided by Friendly Stranger As we enter the holiday season, everyone is trying to figure out gift ideas for f...
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Exclaim! Gift Guide: The Best Instruments and Music Gear of 2019 Published Nov 26, 2019For a musician, no gear collection is ever complete. Each year brings new equipment to make music more convenient and better-sounding — and...
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Exclaim! Gift Guide: The Best Music Books of 2019 Published Nov 25, 2019One of the best things about the holidays is the chance to put down your phone, step away from the computer and have some quiet relaxation....
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Exclaim! Gift Guide: The Best Blu-rays, Film and TV Presents of 2019 Published Nov 22, 2019For the people in your life who hate being ripped away from their beloved screens, here are some present ideas, from yet another Hitchcock b...