Pierre Kwenders
The Weeknd, Avril Lavigne, Tate McRae Lead 2023 JUNO Awards Nominations
PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2023
It's that time again! The nominees for this year's JUNO Awards have been announced ahead of the 2023 awards show, which is set to take plac...
Pierre Kwenders Drops Remix EP 'No No No'
PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2023
Polaris Music Prize-winner and 2022 year-end list topper Pierre Kwenders is further celebrating his highly celebrated LP José Louis and the...
Hear Exclaim!'s Favourite Canadian Music of 2022
PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2022
We can always rely on time to do that thing where it somehow passes by in the blink of an eye and at a snail's pace all at once. It's offic...
The Year in Photos: Our Favourite Concert Memories of 2022
PUBLISHED Dec 22, 2022
After the concert industry went into hibernation in 2020 and 2021, it exploded back to life in 2022. Following another brief lockdown at th...
Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2022
PUBLISHED Nov 30, 2022
Back in 2020, when lockdowns arrived, optimists began speculating how much great art would be created in that time. King Lear had supposedl...
Calgary's Block Heater Gets Pierre Kwenders, Julie Doiron, OMBIIGIZI for 2023 Concert Series
PUBLISHED Nov 24, 2022
Calgary Folk Music Festival's eighth annual ATB-powered winter ritual, Block Heater, returns February 9 to 12, 2023. Over the course of fo...
Winterruption YEG Gets Fucked Up, Pierre Kwenders, Zoon, Status/Non-Status for 2023 Edition
PUBLISHED Nov 15, 2022
Winterruption YEG will return to Edmonton from January 25 to 29, and the festival has just announced its 2023 lineup of music, comedy, drag...
Pierre Kwenders Shares 'José Louis and the Paradox of Love' Short Film
PUBLISHED Nov 8, 2022
Congolese-born, Montreal-based polymath Pierre Kwenders has shared a new Robert Mentov-directed short film to accompany his Polaris Prize-w...