Interview

​black midi Push Back Against Being Labelled "Post-Brexit"

PUBLISHED Oct 14, 2022

Leading a perceived scene with some of your best friends must be a bewildering weight to carry. With that, it's easy to see why black midi...

Hot Hot Heat on the 20th Anniversary of 'Make Up the Breakdown' and Its Era-Defining New Wave Revival

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2022

In 2002, Brooklyn was ground zero for a budding post-punk revival movement that was just starting to hit the mainstream. Meanwhile, on the...

'Aja' at 45: How the Darcys' Tribute Album Put Them a Decade Ahead of the Steely Dan Revival

PUBLISHED Oct 7, 2022

Following last month's news that Steely Dan's studio catalogue would be treated to new audiophile-grade vinyl and CD reissues, the question...

Alvvays Revisit Teen Spirits to Find a New Buzz

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2022

"No one's really successfully told me what to do," Molly Rankin tells me, before humbly clarifying that it's "not exactly a flex." There a...

Sloan on the 30th Anniversary of 'Smeared': Copying MBV, Halifax's Nascent Scene and Still Going Steady

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2022

Sloan have spent three decades as one of Canada's most reliable purveyors of classic power pop — but they got their start on a very differe...

Sophia Bel Joins the Pop-Punk Resurgence — Sort Of

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2022

High school sucks, and most folks are happy to put it in the rearview. Sophia Bel was no different, until she started digging through her p...

Jessie Reyez Wants to Fucking Win

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2022

"Quentin Tarantino on a good day." That's how singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez describes the mood of her new album, Yessie. Reyez says her f...

Lido Pimienta on Being a Witch, Collaborating with Nelly Furtado and Conquering the Small Screen with 'LIDO TV'

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 9, 2022

A tour cancellation ended up being a turning point for Colombian-Canadian musician Lido Pimienta. After the tour behind her 2020 album Miss...