Articles by Joe Smith-Engelhardt

Exclaim!'s Top 11 Canadian Cannabis Heroes

PUBLISHED Oct 17, 2019

Today (October 17, 2019) marks exactly one year since cannabis was legalized in Canada, and over the past year, we've seen numerous celebri...

Kristen Karma Pays Tribute to Late Relatives in New "Dear John" Video

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2019

Toronto-based electro-pop songwriter Kristen Karma has been steadily blossoming her career in her hometown of Vancouver for about a decade...

Seizures

Reverie of the Revolving Diamond

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2019

Orange County mathcore crew Seizures are masters at creating wildly interesting soundscapes within metallic hardcore, and their latest reco...

The Terrible, Tragic and Terrific Life of Slipknot

PUBLISHED Oct 4, 2019

To people outside of heavy metal, almost every band seems like a terrifying set of weirdoes raging out, but Slipknot truly fit that mould....

Car Bomb

Mordial

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2019

Mathcore heavyweights Car Bomb amazed people with their third album, Meta, and became a household name within the genre, but topping that r...

Hear Poolblood's Minimal New Track "I'm Sorry"

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2019

Toronto dream-pop artist Poolblood is preparing to release their latest EP, Yummy, on November 8 via Accidental Popstar Records, but first...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Slipknot

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2019

Slipknot have been shocking the world and stoking metal fans for decades, from their highly experimental but brutal sound to their unnervin...

More Fun in the New World: The Unmaking and Legacy of L.A. Punk

By John Doe and Tom DeSavia

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2019

Punk has expanded to mean a seemingly neverending number of cultural artefacts, but at the root of the music genre is a gritty underground...