From The Magazine

​Exclaim! 25th Anniversary

Our History with (All the Members of) the New Pornographers

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2017

Continuing our look back at the past 25 years of Exclaim!, here's a brief history of how the magazine and the members of the New Pornograph...

​Prozzäk's Simon and Milo

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2017

Rewind to 1999: A pre-9/11 world is enjoying economic prosperity, small (but dumb) cell phones and every imaginable colour of pants. But th...

​Lydia Ainsworth

Closer to the Heart

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2017

When Lydia Ainsworth released her debut, Right From Real, in 2014, the carefully arranged strings and choral vocals — not to mention the fa...

The Jesus and Mary Chain

Barbed Wire Disses

PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2017

A decade before the Gallagher brothers were making headlines for their sibling rivalry, William and Jim Reid had already established that t...

​Father John Misty

Are We Not Entertained?

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2017

On July 22, 2016, when Father John Misty took the stage at XPN Festival in Camden, NJ, fans expected to see Joshua Tillman perform in his t...

Father John Misty, the Jesus & Mary Chain, Nelly Furtado and Spoon Fill Exclaim!'s April Issue

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2017

Perhaps you've seen Exclaim!'s bright orange cover in street boxes contrasting against the snow, Father John Misty's sunglasses blocking ou...

​Where I Play

Elliott BROOD

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2017

Elliott BROOD's current HQ in Hamilton, ON's Beasley Village has a mysterious past. Now a cozy, somewhat spartan yet fully functional rehea...

​The Cover Was A Face

The single photograph Bob Wiseman cover was the culmination of a dream

PUBLISHED Mar 15, 2017

Toronto photographer Graham Kennedy is more responsible for the look and vibe of early Exclaim! than anyone. He was one of the original con...