Interview

Cancer Bats on Motorcycles, German Honesty and Ska-core Origins

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2022

Back in 2004, Cancer Bats formed with the aim of channelling "the Misfits being covered by ZAO being played by Black Flag in the back of a...

Wet Leg Are Here for a Good Time, All the Time

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2022

This is all a bit of a shock to Wet Leg. Seemingly overnight, the Isle of Wight duo of Hester Chambers and Rhian Teasdale became the bigges...

In an Era of Home Recording, Producers Still Find a Home in the Studio

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2022

On the eighth trip Gayance took to Brazil, she had a spiritual epiphany. She found herself seeing altars everywhere — in the street, a back...

How Black Fans and Artists Are Reclaiming Rock Music

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2022

Kris Cromwell walked into a mosh pit that took up the entire room at one of the first age-restricted shows she got into — a past-curfew gig...

'Pachinko' Brings Korean Stories to a Global Audience: "It Really Excavated Something Primal in Me"

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2022

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Apple TV+'s Pachinko (premiering March 25) is an eight-episode saga that's both ambitious...

How Destroyer Became a Timeless Rock Icon

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2022

Dan Bejar was never supposed to be an icon. Throughout the 2000s, the Vancouver musician had funded his free-wheeling musical pursuits as D...

Denzel Curry Walks the Path of the Samurai

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2022

No matter how many times Denzel Curry gets hurt, he never seems to slow down. When the Florida-bred firebrand speaks with Exclaim! in earl...

Mares of Thrace Return Nerdier (and Heavier) Than Ever

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2022

You could be forgiven for thinking the title of Mares of Thrace's new album, The Exile (out March 25 via Sonic Unyon), was about the band i...