Charles Spearin

Sloan, Dan Mangan, Said the Whale Hop on Surprise 'Home for the Holidays' Comp

PUBLISHED Nov 27, 2020

Arts & Crafts has shared a surprise compilation just in time for the holidays. Aptly titled Home for the Holidays, the record offers winter...

Charles Spearin, Jon Hassell and Mountains Take Top Honours in Exclaim!'s Best Avant-Garde and Experimental Albums of 2009

PUBLISHED Dec 29, 2009

As usual with Exclaim!'s end-of-year Destination Out list, there is no attempt to achieve consensus. Once again, we asked all our most freq...

Destination Out: Year in Review 2009

PUBLISHED Nov 22, 2009

Instead of merging the disparate worlds of electronic ambience, non-linear improv, experimental rock and droning noise, we've asked ten fre...

Charles Spearin

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2009

As one of the principle supporting pillars of Toronto's rich music scene, Charles Spearin has demonstrated the beauty and selflessness of h...

Charles Spearin

The Happiness Project

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

If Charles Spearin's intention was to make an inventive, community-minded music endeavour sound as hokey as possible on paper, mission acco...

Charles Spearin

The Happiness Project

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2009

"Happiness is love," so intones Mrs. Morris to open Charles Spearin's Happiness Project. If happiness is love, then Mr. Spearin's happiness...

Charles Spearin Hints At New Albums From Do Make Say Think, Ohad Benchetrit in 2009

PUBLISHED Feb 19, 2009

Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think fame recently chatted with Exclaim! about his new record, The Happiness Projec...

Charles Spearin

The Happiness Project

PUBLISHED Feb 17, 2009

While Spearin's success as Broken Social Scene's proudly moustached multi-instrumentalist may have allowed this album to debut in front of...