Interview

"A Magical Time" for Vancouver Indie Rock: Said the Whale's Debut 'Taking Abalonia' Turns 15

PUBLISHED May 12, 2022

In Vancouver in 2007, a thriving new scene of pop rock was just starting to take shape. Mother Mother released their future-classic debut T...

Spencer Krug on His Labradoodle Oliver, a.k.a. "The Prince of Brown Town"

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2022

A new wolf has joined the parade — his name's Oliver, and he's a seven-year-old Labradoodle belonging to Spencer Krug. Anyone who follows t...

Pierre Kwenders Tells His Life Story Through Dance Music

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2022

Many musicians can point to specific moments from childhood when they knew they wanted to be a musician. Pierre Kwenders didn't realize his...

Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2022: Breeze, PONY, Bliss Fields, Only God Forgives

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2022

We really didn't want the Class of 2022 to end, but this Saturday (April 23), nearly three months after the concert series' originally sche...

'Glee' at 25: How Bran Van 3000's Eclectic Debut Became a Timeless "Canadian Folk Record"

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2022

James Di Salvio thought he was making an instrumental trip-hop record and that would be it. He never imagined those late-night jam sessions...

How Toronto's Music Scene Is Responding to the Rehearsal Space Shortage

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2022

As PUP ascended through the music industry during the past decade, they skipped what many bands consider to be an important rite of passage...

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...