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A Canadian Wrestling Legend Lights Up 'Dark Match'

Directed by Lowell Dean

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

Taking its title from the pro-wrestling term to describe a non-televised event, 'Dark Match' follows a small wrestling company that accepts...

Franz Ferdinand Fight to Be Heard on 'The Human Fear'

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

After releasing two celebrated albums in quick succession during the heyday of "indie sleaze," new music started to become less...

'Paying for It' Is a Wonderful Bit of Oversharing

Directed by Sook-Yin Lee

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

The backstory alone is unlike anything else: filmmaker/musician/artist Sook-Yin Lee and cartoonist Chester Brown were in a romantic...

This Mashup of "Hollaback Girl" and Kendrick Lamar's "Squabble Up" Is B-A-N-A-N-A-S

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

'GNX' has been out for a little more than two months, and it's probably already my most-listened-to Kendrick Lamar album. It's not that I...

MIKE Makes an Effortless Opus with 'Showbiz!'

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PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2025

The album is called 'Showbiz!,' but there's nothing glitzy about MIKE — an underground NYC rapper whose workmanlike pace of excellent...

'Blue Rodeo: Lost Together' Pays Tribute to the "Sound of Canada"

Directed by Dale Heslip

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025

Blue Rodeo are a Canadian institution. Their songs have soundtracked the lives of Canadians for over four decades, and yet their story has...

'Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man' Stands Alongside Animated Superhero Classics

Created by Jeff Trammell

PUBLISHED Jan 29, 2025

Spider-Man endures as one of the most iconic and relatable superheroes. He starts his journey when he's just a kid, learning hard lessons...

I Want Shiv and the Carvers' "Danger Girl" to Ruin My Life

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PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2025

It's Class Of season here at Exclaim!, and it's hard to believe it's been only a year since we saw the likes of Shiv and the Carvers...