Wild Pink Capture the Sheet Vastness of Life on 'A Billion Little Lights'

Published Feb 17, 2021

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...

Adrianne Lenker Distills Complex Feelings into 'songs'

Published Oct 20, 2020

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 —...

Having Trouble Meditating? Adrianne Lenker's 'instrumentals' Might Help

Published Oct 20, 2020

On instrumentals, Adrianne Lenker of Big Thief works through a session of restorative musical therapy, enabling feelings of self-awareness a...

Gulfer Keep Canada's Math Rock Torch Burning Bright on Self-Titled Album

Published Oct 15, 2020

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...

Lomelda's 'Hannah' Reminds Listeners That Loneliness Can Be Complicated

Published Sep 01, 2020

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...

Julianna Barwick Brings Intentionality and High-Profile Collaborators to 'Healing Is a Miracle'

Published Jul 08, 2020

Every few years, Julianna Barwick releases a new album and it's always exactly what one would expect — a cinematic, ambient journey centred...

Toronto Folkies Little Kid Are Growing Up and Breaking Out on 'Transfiguration Highway'

Published Jun 30, 2020

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 Finds Strength on 'Mia Gargaret' After Losing Her Voice for Half a Year

Published Jun 11, 2020

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...

Owen Pallett Refines His Quirks on Tender, Melancholic Surprise Album 'Island'

Published May 22, 2020

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...

Trace Mountains Lost in the Country

Published Apr 09, 2020

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...

​Ellis Finds Hope in a Pandemic and Moves Past Her Evangelical Upbringing to Redefine 'Born Again'

Published Apr 03, 2020

On an unusually bright winter day in early March, Exclaim! met up with Hamilton-based artist Linnea Siggelkow, who performs under the name E...

Ellis Born Again

Published Mar 31, 2020

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...

Half Waif The Caretaker

Published Mar 26, 2020

On her latest album as Half Waif, Nandi Rose wonders down a triumphant journey within, lingering on supersaturated moments of her past throu...

Squirrel Flower I Was Born Swimming

Published Jan 29, 2020

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...

Great Grandpa Four of Arrows

Published Oct 23, 2019

Four of Arrows marks a massive step forward for Seattle five-piece Great Grandpa. While their debut, Plastic Cough, channelled emotion throu...

Hovvdy Heavy Lifter

Published Oct 15, 2019

Hovvdy have quietly become masters of creating comforting, wistful slowcore, set against backdrops of late humid summer nights in the bush,...

Big Thief Two Hands

Published Oct 08, 2019

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...

Molly Drag Touchstone

Published Oct 03, 2019

On Touchstone's title track, there is a stunning calm in Michael Hansford's receding acoustic guitar strums, while his whispery vocals nudge...

(Sandy) Alex G House of Sugar

Published Sep 11, 2019

No one makes constantly mutating and bizarrely intimate music quite like (Sandy) Alex G. Like his previous album, Rocket, on which Alex Gian...

(Sandy) Alex G Isn't Going to Explain New Album 'House of Sugar' — You'll Just Have to Listen

Published Sep 10, 2019

House of Sugar is the ninth full-length album by Alex Giannascoli, aka (Sandy) Alex G. Its release — this Friday, September 13 — would be a...