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Ouri’s "Baby Has a Frown" Is an Artful Grin

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

When I first heard the term "intelligent dance music" (IDM), I laughed. As anyone should! The idea of one form of music somehow being more...

Julia Holter Took Her Music to New Heights in Toronto

Great Hall, May 13

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

Julia Holter's music is known for its careful intellectualism, a body of work that sometimes requires an open tab or two. Her Monday night...

Mannequin Pussy Brought ASMR Hardcore to Toronto

Concert Hall, May 11

PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

"I have something for your review," Exclaim!'s Online Editor Allie Gregory told me as we spilled onto the street after Mannequin Pussy's Sa...

Bibi Club's Majestic 'Feu de garde' Is Intimately Grand

PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

Bibi Club's members, Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, are a married couple who have a child together, and that familial...

Maya Rudolph and Vampire Weekend Had Rip-Roaring Fun on Strangely Scatological 'SNL'

May 11, 2024

PUBLISHED May 12, 2024

Saturday Night Live alum Maya Rudolph returned to have some rip-roaring fun (there were a number of jokes about farting and pants pooping),...

Trans-Canada Highwaymen Were Pure Nostalgic Joy in Ottawa

Babs Asper Theatre, May 10

PUBLISHED May 11, 2024

All-hits touring packages are usually reserved for the casino and raceway circuit. But Trans-Canada Highwaymen, featuring Moe Berg from the...

Fuck the Facts Returned Anew in Toronto

Rivoli, May 10

PUBLISHED May 11, 2024

After an eight-year absence, Ottawa grindcore powerhouses Fuck the Facts returned to Toronto. Since the band's inception in 1997, they've b...

The Promising 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' Doesn't Quite Reign Supreme

Directed by Wes Ball

PUBLISHED May 10, 2024

The Andy Serkis-helmed Planet of the Apes reboot is arguably one of the greatest trilogies of all time. The innovative use of motion captur...