reviews

Future Star's Nostalgia Hits Home on 'It's About Time!'

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Jul 16, 2024

For reasons that are difficult for me to fully articulate, there's something so quintessentially Vancouver about Future Star, whose...

Elisapie Broke Through at Winnipeg Folk Fest

Main Stage, July 12

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

The 49th annual Winnipeg Folk Festival was a marathon to complete. Weather closing in on a humid 35 degrees, rain and lighting popped ...

Lucinda Williams Set Winnipeg Folk Fest Alight

Main Stage, July 11

PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2024

How many concerts or shows does one need to attend before live music begins to lose meaning? How many sweltering days under the burning...

'Fly Me to the Moon' Doesn't Quite Achieve Liftoff

Directed by Greg Berlanti

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

Set against the backdrop of the 1960s Space Race, romantic dramedy Fly Me to the Moon highlights the efforts taken by NASA to ensure the Un...

Joe Goddard's Songwriting Is Elastic on 'Harmonics'

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

As a founding member of Hot Chip, Joe Goddard has long used his platform and resources to promote indie-leaning dance music...

Mas Aya Finds New Pathways on 'Coming and Going'

PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2024

Brandon Miguel Valdivia often makes music for meditation, but his sound is more reflective of firing synapses in a mercurial mind...

Medicine Singers and Friends Dissolved Sonic Barriers at Ottawa Bluesfest

SiriusXM Stage, July 10

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2024

After twelve hours of persistent rain from the remnants of Hurricane Beryl over the Atlantic Ocean, Medicine Singers found themselves ...

'Yintah' Urgently Honours Canada's Land Defenders

Directed by Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell and Michael Toledano

PUBLISHED Jul 11, 2024

The day that LNG Canada authorized the construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brimmed with...