Caroline Polachek

Exclaim!'s 25 Best Songs of 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2023

In recent years, the music industry has become increasingly dominated by solo artists rather than bands — but, looking back at the best son...

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2023

PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2023

This was the year of the long-awaited payoff. After long stretches of toil and creative refinement, 2023 saw the dam break for a handful of...

PC Music's A. G. Cook and EASYFUN Announce Debut Album as Thy Slaughter, 'Soft Rock'

PUBLISHED Nov 16, 2023

Having initially joined forces as Thy Slaughter all the way back in 2014, PC Music's A. G. Cook and EASYFUN have announced the project's de...

Caroline Polachek's "Dang" Is Both a Continuation and Counterpoint

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2023

This past February's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is a glorious, life-affirming masterpiece, its unpredictable stylistic turns (trip-hop...

Watch Caroline Polachek Flex Her Voice and Drink from a Chalice on NPR'S Tiny Desk

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2023

Caroline Polachek's Desire, I Want to Turn Into You is one of our favourite albums of the rapidly ending year, and while the songwriting an...

Caroline Polachek Shares "Bunny Is a Rider" Remixes from Sega Bodega, Doss and Nikki Nair

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2023

Caroline Polachek's "Bunny Is a Rider" — the lead single (though we didn't know it at the time) from this year's Desire, I Want to Turn iIt...

Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2023 So Far

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

The ingénue, the prodigy, the blinding comet of talent that comes crashing to earth from seemingly out of nowhere — there are few character...

Caroline Polachek Welcomed Toronto to Her Island

Queen Elizabeth Theatre, April 17

PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2023

Shoulders back and head straight, Caroline Polachek strode across the volcanic stage set at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre like it was a runwa...