Spring 2025 Issue
Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo on Chronic Illness and His "Scholarship of Faith"
PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2025
Car Seat Headrest's performance at NYC's the Bitter End was described in the invitation as "stripped down." That pledge would be broken...
PUP Rank Their 5 "Least Shitty" Songs
PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2025
In our High 5 column, Exclaim! typically asks artists to rank their five best songs. PUP singer-songwriter Stefan Babcock is so...
Bells Larsen Embraces Self-Discovery on His Own Timeline: "We're All in Flux"
PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2025
"I can hear Noah talking, so I'm going to change rooms," folk singer and songwriter Bells Larsen says before carrying me, in his laptop...
Finn Wolfhard Says Acting, Music and Directing Are "All the Same Train Station with All Different Tracks"
PUBLISHED Apr 16, 2025
"I'm just a 22-year-old guy who's going through the same weird stuff that people who are in their early 20s go through, just in a different...
Exclaim! Comics: The Birds and Bees Are Getting Hot and Heavy
PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2025
Springtime means that it's time to learn about the birds and the bees. Including some rather graphic pollination from a randy bee, Exclaim!...
Canadian Artists Share Their Non-Musical Pastimes
PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2025
Many of us play music as a way to unwind from our day jobs — but musicians need to find other pastimes in order to get a break from the...
Djo's Music Is Anything but Basic: "If Somebody Can Find Themselves in It, Then Mission Accomplished"
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2025
"I kind of do this selfishly, just for myself." Joe Keery's craft comes from an insular place. Once best known for his role as the charming...
It Took a Village to Create 'Village Keeper': "This Film Was Very Much a Labour of Love"
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
"Mothers, they do so many things and most of which we don't see," says filmmaker Karen Chapman, "and so many times they do this by...