Teens Unite and Take Over in the Trailer for Smiths-Themed Film 'Shoplifters of the World'

Published Mar 05, 2021

Stephen Kijak has made music-minded films like Stones in Exile and We Are X, and now he's preparing to release his latest musical movie proj...

Jaguar Sun and Jesse Maranger Team Up for "Sunset" Video

Published Mar 05, 2021

Jaguar Sun released his psychedelic dream pop album This Empty Town last summer, and now he's back with a new collaborative EP alongside fel...

Devon Welsh's Band Belave Releases Album as NFT

Published Mar 04, 2021

Seemingly overnight, non-fungible tokens — a.k.a. NFTs — have gone from obscure tech-speak into the hottest topic in the music industry. Kin...

Alicia Clara Makes Her Mark as a Dream Pop Artist to Watch on 'Outsider/Unusual' EP

Published Mar 03, 2021

Swiss-born/Montreal based songwriter Alicia Clara makes gauzy, heavy-lidded dream pop — but, based on the sound of her six-song debut EP, Ou...

The Microphones Return for Album of Ambient Background Noise

Published Mar 02, 2021

Last year, Phil Elverum revived his beloved band the Microphones for a new album, the single-song epic Microphones in 2020. Now, he's releas...

Toronto's Dorothea Paas Reminds Us That 'Anything Can't Happen' on Debut LP

Published Mar 02, 2021

Singer-songwriter Dorothea Paas has been making a name for herself in Toronto over the past few years, singing alonside Badge Époque Ensembl...

'Pandemic' Isn't as Timely as the Title Would Have You Believe Directed by Johnny Martin

Published Mar 01, 2021

Yes it's called Pandemic, and yes it's about being trapped in your apartment for months on end, but there's nothing overtly timely about thi...

Astral Swans Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

Published Feb 26, 2021

Calgary's Matthew Swann makes slow, sad folk songs with an eerie experimental edge. He records as Astral Swans, continuing where he left o...

'The World's a Little Blurry' Makes Billie Eilish a Little Clearer Directed by R.J. Cutler

Published Feb 25, 2021

How's this for an exercise in contrast: just a couple of weeks ago, the documentary Framing Britney Spears examined the powerlessness of the...

Russell Louder's 'Humor' Is a Masterclass in Powerful Pop Vocals

Published Feb 25, 2021

Russell Louder has been releasing singles since 2018, meaning that their debut full-length functions as something of an overview of the proj...

Alex Porat Rejects a Clingy Guy on "girlfriend"

Published Feb 24, 2021

Toronto pop star in the making Alex Porat has released her latest single. Listen to "girlfriend" now. Featuring a palette of raw guitar a...

Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo Have a '13 Going on 30' Reunion

Published Feb 24, 2021

It's been 17 years since Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo costarred in the excellent (and underrated) rom-com 13 Going on 30. Yesterday (Feb...

'The Shadow I Remember' Is the Quintessential Cloud Nothings Album

Published Feb 23, 2021

Has there been a busier pandemic band than Cloud Nothings? Within the past year, they have released two remotely recorded full-lengths (The...

Tokyo Police Club Look Back on 'Champ': "It Was Our Big Swing"

Published Feb 22, 2021

With Champ, Tokyo Police Club were calling their shot. After a hotly buzzed EP in 2006's A Lesson in Crime and a momentum-carrying debut...

Art d'Ecco Gives Us a Glam Rock "Head Rush" on New Single

Published Feb 19, 2021

Getting a head rush? No need to check your blood pressure — that's just "Head Rush," the latest single from Vancouver glam rocker Art d'Ecco...

Danko Jones Remembers When the Raconteurs Covered His Song — and He Missed It

Published Feb 18, 2021

Danko Jones first began raising a racket in Toronto in the late '90s — around the same time that Jack White and Brendan Benson were launchin...

Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: TEKE::TEKE, Charlotte Cardin, Sook-Yin Lee

Published Feb 12, 2021

While Taylor Swift is re-recording a past classic as Fearless (Taylor's Version), here at Exclaim! we're collecting our favourite Canadian m...

'Barb & Star Go to Vista Del Mar' Throws Back to a Simpler Age of Comedy Directed by Josh Greenbaum

Published Feb 11, 2021

Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo previously cowrote 2011's Bridesmaids, a hilarious and heartbreaking tale of friendship that was possibly the...

des hume's 'Bub' Turns Private Heartbreak into Sweeping, Universal Beauty

Published Feb 11, 2021

Bub was supposed to be des hume's Big Statement. Vancouver songwriter Thom Kolb teased the album frequently when he launched the project cir...

'The Great Canadian Baking Show' Judge Bruno Feldeisen Shares the Secret Ingredients of the Show's Wholesome Charm

Published Feb 11, 2021

Practically every successful reality show relies on a some toxic combination of tension, conflict and consumerism — except, of course, for T...