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Canadian Guitarists Pick Their Favourite Riff of All Time

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2023

"The very idea of the riff is the electric guitar's greatest contribution to humanity," says PUP guitarist Steve Sladkowski. Perhaps even...

Status/Non-Status, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings, DJ Shub to Play Toronto's Free Ziigwan Indigenous Music and Arts Festival

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2023

It's finally March, and it feels like the great thaw might finally be commencing. Signs of spring are starting to pop up, like Toronto's Zi...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks for January 30, 2023: Ice Spice, Status/Non-Status, Everything but the Girl

PUBLISHED Jan 30, 2023

What do clouds, crashes and crowns have in common? More than you'd think, as it turns out — least of all providing a perfectly alliterative...

Status/Non-Status Drop Surprise 'January 3rd' EP

PUBLISHED Jan 3, 2023

Status/Non-Status had a big 2022, landing on Exclaim!'s list of the best albums of the year, and now they have kicked off the new year with...

Broken Social Scene Went Off-Script at Joyful, Cathartic Toronto Show

History, December 17

PUBLISHED Dec 18, 2022

When I first got into Broken Social Scene, I thought I was too late. I was 21, just over midway through my undergrad, and quite frankly emb...

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 BIG Winter Classic Gets Fucked Up, Status/Non-Status, Joyce Manor for 2023 Edition

PUBLISHED Nov 23, 2022

In partnership with the City of Calgary's Chinook Blast winter festival celebration, the BIG Winter Classic returns to The BLOX (Beltline B...

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...