News OMBIIGIZI, Elisapie, Miesha & the Spanks Lead Toronto's International Indigenous Music Summit Lineup The 2023 edition of the International Indigenous Music Summit (IIMS) will take place at Toronto's TD Music Hall — the new 500-capacity perfo...
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News Mise en Scene Announce New EP 'Reality Bites,' Share Title Track Manitoba's Mise en Scene have announced Reality Bites, a new EP Inspired by the 1994 movie of the same name. It's arriving June 23 on Light...
News The Watchmen Announce 'Silent Radar' 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition Winnipeg-formed '90s rock vets the Watchmen have announced plans to reissue their 1998 album Silent Radar for its 25th anniversary as a supe...
News Paul Stanley's Days to Apologize to Former KISS Guitarist Ace Frehley Are Numbered It's safe to say that Daisy Jones & the Six has effectively reminded everyone about the dramatic gravitas of band beef. Even real-life bands...
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News R.I.P. Care Failure of Die Mannequin Caroline Kawa, singer of the Toronto rock band Die Mannequin, has passed away at the age of 36. Kawa was known as Care Failure in Die Man...
News FINNEAS Had a Gun Pulled on Him While Driving to a Recording Session FINNEAS, who is Billie Eilish's brother and a mega-producer in his own right, has revealed that he once had a gun pointed at him during a tr...
News Calgary's 36? Launch GoFundMe to Recover from Van Crash Calgary indie-psych band 36? have launched a GoFundMe to support their recovery after getting in a car accident in the US that totalled thei...
News Megan Thee Stallion in Talks to Star Alongside Adam Sandler in Safdie Brothers Netflix Film This is an alphabet soup of a sentence if there ever was one: Megan Thee Stallion is apparently in talks to star alongside Adam Sandler in t...
News Miley Cyrus Donates to LGBTQ+ Book Organization in Response to Wisconsin Elementary School Banning "Rainbowland" Yesterday, it was reported that administrators at a Waukesha, WI, elementary school had banned Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus's "Rainbowland"...
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News Los Campesinos! Want to Pay Music Journalists to Write About Them While the debate about music criticism continues thanks to Ed Sheeran, Los Campesinos! are taking matters into their own hands. The Welsh in...
News NF Announces 2023 North American Tour with Cordae In support of his forthcoming album HOPE, Michigan rapper and producer NF has announced a 2023 North American tour with support from Cordae....
News Edmonton's Downtown Defrost Festival Gets Tiga, Machinedrum, Justin Martin for 2023 Edition Spring is officially upon us. You know what that means: it's time to dance in the new season with Edmonton's Downtown Defrost electronic mus...
News Mares of Thrace Announce 2023 North American Tour Mares of Thrace have mapped out a run of North American tour dates in support of their latest album, The Exile, that will see them performin...
News Are the Catherine Wheel Reuniting for Real This Time? Back in 2019, there were rumblings from below the pedal boards of the past. Were English shoegaze greats the Catherine Wheel, dormant since...
News Dominique Fils-Aimé Announces New Album 'Our Roots Run Deep,' Shares "Cheers to New Beginnings" Dominique Fils-Aimé wrapped up a trilogy of albums in 2021 with Three Little Words, and now the Montreal artist is opening a fresh chapter w...
News Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova Placed on Wanted List by Russian Authorities Pussy Riot co-founder Nadya Tolokonnikova has been placed on the Russian government's wanted list, The Associated Press reports. The outlet...
News Toronto's Bassline Music Bar Will Remain Open After All Toronto's Bassline Music Bar — a Bloor Street West haven for up-and-coming and established local DJs alike — has announced its permanent clo...
News Kid Koala Maps Out North American Tour Kid Koala has announced plans for a spring and summer tour of North America, including several stops in Ontario, Quebec and BC. Supportin...
News Tobi Vail Shares First-Ever Bikini Kill Zine Right on the heels of their reunion shows in Toronto and Montreal, Bikini Kill drummer Tobi Vail has shared images of the band's first-ever...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Crown Lands, Daniel Caesar, Dominique Fils-Aimé, New Pornographers Out like a lamb? Dominique Fils-Aimé is ready to move on from March on her new single "Cheers to New Beginnings," and we couldn't agree more...
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Streams Watch Nardwuar and Alvvays Talk MuchMusic, the Rankin Family, Anne Murray, Sloan and More It's a veritable Canadian meeting of the minds on this cheery March morning, as we've just been blessed with a new Alvvays interview, courte...
Streams Listen to Two Shell's New Single "✨mum is calling✨" Two Shell have shared a new single today. The London, UK-based electronic duo and recent Exclaim! Staff Picks have released "✨mum is calling...
Streams Katie Tupper Finds and Provides "Comfort" with Silk-Spun Single After releasing one of the best EPs of 2022, Toronto-by-way-of-Saskatoon neo-soul singer-songwriter Katie Tupper is back to help you (and he...
Streams Be Your Own Pet Return with First New Song in 15 Years Jemina Pearl Abegg, Jonas Stein, Nathan Vasquez and John Eatherly have reunited as Be Your Own Pet. After breaking up in 2008, their latest...
Streams Hannah Georgas Cranks the Guitars for "This Too Shall Pass" Following promises that a new album was complete and a recent teaser, Canadian singer-songwriter Hannah Georgas has shared her new single. "...
Streams The Beths Share New Single "Watching the Credits" The Beths have shared their first new music of 2023. The New Zealand indie rock quartet have released the upbeat power pop single "Watching...
Streams MUNA Cover Céline Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" for 'Like a Version' Triple J has produced another gem of a remake for its Like a Version series. Indie pop band MUNA made an appearance on the Australian radio...
Streams Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk's Son rowan Has Released His Debut Single Clearly, music runs in the family: Rowan Maida is the son of Canadian power couple Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviazuk, and now he's launched...
Streams Listen to Fall Out Boy's New Album 'So Much (for) Stardust' Returning with their first new album in five years — following 2018's M A N I A — Fall Out Boy's So Much (for) Stardust finds the band embra...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Lights, Ouri, DEBBY FRIDAY, Softcult There is a light in spring — and there is also new music. Sure, there's nothing remarkable about this weekly occurrence, but there's somethi...
Streams Lana Del Rey Shares New Record 'Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd' Lana Del Rey is back with her third album in as many years. Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd arrives today via Universal...
Streams Hannah Georgas Shares Teaser of New Music Hannah Georgas previously announced that she had finished her new album, and now she has shared a teaser of new music with the promise that...
Streams Daft Punk Share Documentary Track "The Writing of Fragments of Time" Featuring Todd Edwards Daft Punk continue to do the most for a band that's supposedly broken up. Just last month, the duo announced a 10th-anniversary edition of R...
Streams Russell Louder Shares New Single "Movie Queen" Russell Louder has shared a new single. The PEI-born multi-hyphenate released "Movie Queen" today via Lisbon Lux Records. The indie pop s...
Streams Listen to Björk's Remix of Shygirl's "Woe" Despite making music for more than four decades, Björk seems to always have her finger directly on the pulse, and she has a habit of shoutin...
Streams Little Simz Shares Tour Documentary 'On Stage Off Stage' Little Simz has just shared a new tour documentary, On Stage Off Stage. The documentary accompanies the UK rapper on the European leg of...
Streams Nandi Bushell Pays Tribute to "Hero" Meg White with "Seven Nation Army" Cover Music is all about nuance, which is why it's particularly funny that the whole "good vs. bad" debate often tends to lack so much of it. Last...
Streams Fred Again.., Skrillex and Four Tet Sample Lil Baby on New Song Fred Again.., Skrillex and Four Tet have shared a new song. "Baby Again..," which revolves around a prominent Lil Baby sample, can be heard...
Streams Childish Gambino Is Back on New 'Swarm' EP with KIRBY Donald Glover's Childish Gambino has reemerged in the music world with his guest spot on the Swarm EP, out now via RCA. He also has producer...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Chromeo, Tei Shi, TOBi, Shania Twain Don we now our green apparel — it's St. Patrick's Day! Although you're maybe more likely to drink you now some green beer or Irish whiskey,...
Reviews Softcult Were on a Mission in Toronto Drake Underground, March 31 A fun feature of the endless nostalgia cycle is watching a new generation reinterpret the music of another's youth to meet their own ends (a...
Reviews Red Hot Chili Peppers Burned Bright and Never Fizzled in Vancouver BC Place Stadium, March 29 Red Hot Chili Peppers have never hesitated to indulge in lengthy albums. Even after more than 40 years together, they released two double al...
Reviews City and Colour's 'The Love Still Held Me Near' Is a Clear-Eyed Portrait of Grief Dallas Green's sixth studio album as City and Colour is more than a record, more than a collection of songs. The Love Still Held Me Near is...
Reviews Rob Mazurek & Exploding Star Orchestra Bring a Crackling Energy to 'Lightning Dreamers' If you want to draw a line from traditional American jazz to today's electronic-infused scene that birthed Makaya McCraven and BadBadNotGood...
Reviews Gel Are for the Freaks on the Pummelling 'Only Constant' Gel have emerged as one of the most exciting bands in hardcore in a short amount of time. While other acts in the genre might take years and...
Reviews The New Pornographers Are Far from Fading on 'Continue as a Guest' The New Pornographers exist in a permanent liminal state; neither of the culture nor apart from it, primary songwriter A.C. Newman has occas...
Reviews Murray A. Lightburn Excavates the Past on 'Once Upon a Time in Montreal' The music of the Dears is inextricably linked with Montreal, most subliminally in its ambitious arrangements, echoing Quebecers' love for pr...
Reviews Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA Blow Shit Up on 'Scaring the Hoes' Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA are hip-hop's most evenly-matched odd couple. A duo known individually for their signature off-kilter styles, both...
Reviews Sunset Rubdown Made It Worth the Wait in Ottawa Club Saw, March 26 Between the 2009 dissolution of Sunset Rubdown and the return of Wolf Parade in 2016, Spencer Krug delved into musical isolation with his Mo...
Reviews boygenius Are Together for the Hell of It on 'the record' When Julien Baker, Phoebe Bridgers and Lucy Dacus first formed their supergroup in 2018, they were tired of being lumped together by labels...
Reviews Depeche Mode Are Reborn on 'Memento Mori' Depeche Mode's greatest strength may be their resiliency amid chaos. Over the past 42 years, it's been that ability to pivot that's kept the...
Reviews Lana Del Rey Is Lost in Thought on the Radiant 'Did you know that there's a tunnel under Ocean Blvd' A shift occured about halfway through Lana Del Rey's 2017 album Lust for Life, the turning point marked by a song called "Coachella – Woodst...
Reviews Kelela Forged a Kinetic Connection in Toronto The Opera House, March 24 "One of the things I've been thinking about... I feel like I need to do missed connections at the Kelela show," Kelela Mizanekristos shared...
Reviews DEBBY FRIDAY Makes Her Own 'GOOD LUCK' Coming of age can be crushing. For many, there's often much in transitioning from adolescence to adulthood that they'd rather leave behind....
Reviews Fall Out Boy Reclaim Some Glory on 'So Much (for) Stardust' Fall Out Boy always commit to the bit. Throughout their 20+ year career, the band have thrown themselves into whatever they're doing whole h...
Reviews Liturgy's '93696' Burns with Fury and Ecstasy Every artistic decision and mark of evolution that Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix has made under the umbrella of Liturgy has been in service of her qu...
Reviews Softcult Face the Abyss on 'see you in the dark' In 2013, John Doran declared that m b v, the highly-anticipated third LP from My Bloody Valentine, a whole 22 years in the making, had simpl...
Reviews Weyes Blood Reached for Something True in Vancouver Commodore Ballroom, March 21 If Natalie Mering's lyrics were printed in a book, it'd be the kind publishers and critics would extol as "essential reading," a timely trea...
Reviews Alvvays Were Meticulous in Their Pursuit of Perfection in Vancouver Commodore Ballroom, March 17 Judging by the dense shoegaze soundscapes of last year's Blue Rev, it would be fair to assume that Alvvays would be hard-pressed to recreate...
Reviews Yves Tumor Throws Psychic Fisticuffs on 'Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)' With their fifth studio album — the lengthily titled Praise a Lord Who Chews but Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds) — Y...
Reviews Doug Paisley Goes on a Journey of the Heart with 'Say What You Like' In press materials for Say What You Like, Doug Paisley outlined his appreciation for the little ironies of folk and country music, the way w...
Reviews Tei Shi's 'BAD PREMONITION' Is a Good Omen for Her Future Success is measured by different methods. Many consider things like album sales, awards and stream counts to set the bar, while others may p...