Interview

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...

​'Reservation Dogs' Continues to Break Ground — Even When the Cameras Aren't Rolling

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2022

Reservation Dogs is billed as a comedy, but the pivotal scene of Season 1 was a moment of intense tragedy: in the penultimate episode of th...

'A Farewell to Kings' at 45: Crown Lands Talk the Influence of Rush's Sonic Scale-Up

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2022

Like any students worth their salt in the school of rock, Cody Bowles and Kevin Comeau of Ontario duo Crown Lands have studied the liner no...

The Cast of 'LOTR: The Rings of Power' Reflect on the Enduring Timeliness of Tolkien

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2022

Two decades since the original Lord of the Rings trilogy, and eight years since the end of the Hobbit trilogy, fans are heading back to Mid...

Dave Mustaine Explains the "Three A's" of Megadeth's Membership Requirements

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2022

If you want to be in Megadeth, you've got to fit the requirements for Dave Mustaine's three A's: ability, attitude and appearance. As the v...

Beethoven and a Broken Laptop Turned Korea Town Acid into Toronto's Buzzy Beatmaker

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2022

Jessica Cho energetically reaches toward the numerous drum machines and synthesizers that not only make her Toronto apartment's living room...