If there is one artist who understands unfathomable isolation and falling hopelessly lost in one's thoughts, it's Aaron Powell, also known a...
The words "entertainment" and "death" one after another seem like a commentary on society — as if to say our current social media-driven wor...
Wild Pink's first two albums, 2017's self-titled debut and the following year's Yolk in the Fur, are hidden gems — vocalist John Ross had qu...
On instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief works through a session of restorative musical therapy, enabling feelings of self-awareness a...
At the start of the pandemic and amid a breakup, Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker hid out at a cabin in the mountains in western Massachusetts —...
For almost eight years, Montreal's Gulfer have been one of the most prominent math rock bands in a genre that has never been well-represente...
At its core, Lomelda is a project about shyness – that it's okay to feel it, how to embrace it, and laying it all out to be examined in its...
Every few years, Julianna Barwick releases a new album and it's always exactly what one would expect — a cinematic, ambient journey centred...
Little Kid have spent the past decade self-releasing five albums, developing a small but devoted fanbase as songwriter Kenny Boothby began w...
Gia Margaret's second album was not the one she planned to make following her debut There's Always Glimmer, an incisive record of supple lul...
At this point in his career, Owen Pallett has quietly done it all, earning a deep respect and becoming a highly sought-after collaborator, w...
During his early days in New York's DIY scene, Dave Benton was known for being the tender voice of honesty in the three-songwriter band LVL...
On an unusually bright winter day in early March, Exclaim! met up with Hamilton-based artist Linnea Siggelkow, who performs under the name E...
With her heart on her sleeve, Linnea Siggelkow wrote and independently released The Fuzz in 2018, her first EP under the moniker Ellis. It w...
On her latest album as Half Waif, Nandi Rose wonders down a triumphant journey within, lingering on supersaturated moments of her past throu...
On her debut album as Squirrel Flower, Ella O'Connor Williams explores a state of mind where escaping from obscurity and into the unknown de...
Four of Arrows marks a massive step forward for Seattle five-piece Great Grandpa. While their debut, Plastic Cough, channelled emotion throu...
Hovvdy have quietly become masters of creating comforting, wistful slowcore, set against backdrops of late humid summer nights in the bush,...
A mere three months after releasing their magically stunning third album U.F.O.F., Big Thief surprised everyone with news that Two Hands was...
On Touchstone's title track, there is a stunning calm in Michael Hansford's receding acoustic guitar strums, while his whispery vocals nudge...
