The Dø A Mouthful

Published Jun 28, 2010

Critics are always naming this or that as the "ultimate perfect summertime album," but with the Dø's A Mouthful, we really, really me...

Goldfrapp Head First

Published Mar 22, 2010

Head First is aptly named, in that it's a sort of rebirth for the English duo. Their last release, Seventh Tree, was a subdued acoustic offe...

Kylie Minogue Air Canada Centre, Toronto ON, October 9

Published Oct 10, 2009

It was love at first sight - or maybe just lust. Either way, Canada enthusiastically lost its Kylie Minogue cherry last night during her fir...

Matthew Sweet & Susanna Hoffs Under the Covers Vol. 2

Published Aug 14, 2009

Early '90s alt-pop stalwart Matthew Sweet and ex-Bangle Susanna Hoffs team up once again to tinker with mutual favourites, this time coverin...

Esther Ofarim Esther Ofarim in London

Published Aug 14, 2009

If my parents knew about Esther Ofarim and didn't tell me about her, we are going to have words. The CD reissue of this Bob Johnston-produce...

Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds Dracula Boots

Published May 24, 2009

Kid Congo Powers has a mighty colourful resume. The former guitarist of the Cramps, the Gun Club, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Die Haut,...

King Khan & the Shrines Have Answers

Published Apr 21, 2009

What is What Is?! North America is about to find out. Rock'n'roll revivalists King Khan & the Shrines had one hell of a 2008. Vice Records r...

Rodriguez Coming From Reality

Published Apr 17, 2009

Sixto Diaz Rodriguez could've been a contender. The singer-songwriter, who can be described as a more streetwise and less fanciful version o...

Pearl Jam Ten

Published Apr 17, 2009

It's hard to believe that Pearl Jam have been around for almost 20 years. While listening to Ten the whole way through since my (now-distant...

Marykate O'Neil Underground

Published Mar 19, 2009

It's never difficult to spot the singer-songwriter that hails from New York City - the unmistakable pulse of the metropolis often ingrains i...

Morrissey Years of Refusal

Published Mar 03, 2009

From the opening chords of Morrissey's ninth solo album, it's clear that we have him back. Sir Moz's previous releases were a puzzling Great...

Jason Bajada Loveshit

Published Feb 09, 2009

Love, she is a bitch. And nobody knows this better than Jason Bajada. Oh, boy, the man is hurtin'. On his new album, LoveShit, Bajada makes...

Wanda Jackson

Published Jan 26, 2009

With her pin-up girl looks and a voice that could knock you flat, Wanda Jackson was a force to be reckoned with when she debuted in the mid-...

A.C. Newman The Exclaim! Questionnaire

Published Jan 22, 2009

Allan Carl Newman is a Canadian-born singer-songwriter and humble indie rock demi-god whose musical projects have included Superconductor,...

The Superstitions Honey in the Lion's Ear

Published Jan 19, 2009

If you feel like you've accomplished little to nothing in your life, you'd probably do you well to avoid the Superstitions - they'd only mak...

A.C. Newman Get Guilty

Published Jan 19, 2009

Carl "A.C." Newman is nothing if not consistent. Best known as the ginger-haired nervous system of the New Pornographers, evidence of Carl N...

Wanda Jackson The Cadillac Lounge, Toronto ON December 5

Published Dec 08, 2008

Some people are just born entertainers. After Friday night's show at Toronto's Cadillac Lounge, Wanda Jackson proved beyond a shadow of a do...

The Fleshtones Stocking Stuffer

Published Nov 18, 2008

All I want for Christmas is for musicians to stop putting out mediocre holiday albums. The fabulous Fleshtones have been doing their classic...

Alison Goldfrapp

Published Sep 29, 2008

On a recent tour stop in Toronto, Alison Goldfrapp talked to Exclaim! about the group’s new album, Seventh Tree. Clad in a T-shirt dress, a...

Bad Flirt Virgin Talk

Published Sep 28, 2008

Bad Flirt’s Virgin Talk is sort of like a kitten with rabies — cute yet vicious. The Montreal band’s second full-length release has all of t...