News Nardwuar Shoots Down Claims He Returns Gifts After Interviews in Epic New Video Legendary Canadian media figure Nardwuar the Human Serviette has established himself as a singular force over the decades, carving out a nic...
News David Byrne and Wim Wenders Are Working Together on a New TV Series Beloved Talking Heads leader David Byrne and beloved film director Wim Wenders are joining forces for a new anthology TV series. While in th...
News Neil Peart Memorial Celebration Moved to November An official memorial celebration to honour late Rush icon Neil Peart has been postponed once again due to COVID-19 restrictions. After an...
News Genghis Tron Return with First New Album Since 2008 After officially reuniting last August, Genghis Tron have detailed their first new album since 2008. Dream Weapon arrives March 26 through R...
News Clark Readies New Album 'Playground in a Lake' Clark has returned with details of a new album. The producer will share Playground in a Lake on March 26 via Deutsche Grammophon. The 16-...
News FKA twigs Elaborates on Shia LaBeouf Abuse Allegations in New Podcast Late last year, Shia LaBeouf faced some serious abuse allegations from former partner and Honey Boy co-star FKA twigs. Her statement was sup...
News Sub Pop Opens New Flagship Retail Location in Seattle Sub Pop is once again branching out — this time with its very own flagship brick-and-mortar record store. Today the famed label opened Su...
News Sea Shanty TikTok Takes on Nickelback's "Rockstar" Since TikTok's sea shanty community, which is affectionately known on the app as #shantytok, started gaining viral popularity early this yea...
News Montreal's Igloofest Details 2021 Virtual Edition with Jacques Greene, Lou Phelps Having announced in December that their 2021 edition would take place virtually, organizers behind Montreal's annual winter electronic event...
News serpentwithfeet Announces New Album 'DEACON' With his 2020 EP Apparition in the books, serpentwithfeet has announced plans to return with a full-length record titled DEACON this year. T...
News The Killers Hit the Studio with Dave Keuning, Tease New Song In late December, the Killers shared a tracklisting for a follow-up to last year's Imploding the Mirage, and it appears guitarist Dave Keuni...
News Big Dada Recordings Announces Relaunch Storied independent record label Big Dada Recordings has announced plans to relaunch as "a label run by Black, POC & Minority Ethnic people...
News System of a Down Announce Livestream Benefit After returning with their first new music in 15 years, System of a Down are continuing in their reunion activities by announcing their own...
News Hedley Singer Jacob Hoggard's Sexual Assault Trial Pushed to 2022 Following countless delays, the sexual assault trial against Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard has now been pushed back to 2022. While the tr...
News Trapt Drummer Quits Band over Political Differences In an unsurprising turn of events, one of Trapt frontman Chris Taylor Brown's bandmates is making an effort to distance himself from the gro...
News The Horniest Songs of Netflix's 'Bridgerton' Explode in Streaming Charts Netflix's new horny period drama Bridgerton was recently renewed for a second season, and it's not hard to understand why, when the show pan...
News Phoebe Bridgers and Dan Levy Are Doing 'SNL' Saturday Night Live has just released its new schedule for 2021, and among those stars appearing are Phoebe Bridgers and Schitts Creek hero...
News Genesis Delay Reunion Tour Yet Again, Share New Rehearsal Footage In news that should be surprising to no one, Genesis have once again postponed their reunion tour due to COVID-19. On the plus side, though,...
News PONY Announce Debut Album 'TV Baby' If their power-pop stylings weren't evidence enough, PONY are undeniably children of the '90s, so it's no surprise the Toronto-based troupe...
News Valerie June Announces New Record 'The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers' Valerie June has returned from a four-year break to announce plans for a new album titled The Moon and Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers. Th...
News Nathan Evans of Sea Shanty TikTok Fame Signs to Polydor Records The viral sea shanty trend on TikTok has proved lucrative for its shining star, Nathan Evans. The mailman from Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, h...
News Sloan/Super Friendz/Inbreds Supergroup TUNS Return with 'Duly Noted' LP A few years back, Chris Murphy (Sloan), Matt Murphy (yhe Super Friendz) and Mike O'Neill (the Inbreds) released an album under the name TUNS...
Streams FKA twigs Returns with New Single "Don't Judge Me" While FKA twigs has currently been making headlines over her abuse allegations against former partner Shia LaBeouf, the UK artist is taking...
Streams Watch July Talk Report on "The News" in New Video July Talk have returned with a timely new video for their Pay for It song "The News," which shows the band as TV reporters covering the dump...
Streams Hear Freelove Fenner's First Album Since 2013 'The Punishment Zone' Montreal art-pop combo Freelove Fenner released a couple of EPs and an album the better part of a decade ago, but they haven't been heard of...
Streams Watch Finn Wolfhard's New Video for the Aubreys' "No Offerings" Stranger Things indie-rock dude Finn Wolfhard is once again shining a light on his latest musical project, the Aubreys, who have given us a...
Streams Teenage Fanclub Share New Song "I'm More Inclined" Teenage Fanclub are getting ready to deliver their new album Endless Arcade, and once again, the Scottish indie-pop heroes have shared anoth...
Streams Tom Green Shares Sincere New Country Tune "Right Now Is the Right Time" As promised, Canadian comedy legend Tom Green is using these weird and unprecedented times as an inspiration to take a road trip through Ame...
Streams The Mighty Mighty Bosstones Release New Song That Includes Guest Spots from Most of Ska The Mighty Mighty Bosstones have one hell of a huge hit, but they're far from a one-hit wonder. In fact, the band's robust and excellent dis...
Streams Code Orange Share Creepy New Animated Video Metalcore explorers Code Orange spent much of 2020 becoming one with the internet, promoting their Underneath album with a series of groundb...
Streams Vancouver's Shame Spiral Return with Cryptic, Noisy 'Dictaphone Future' One of the oddities in prolific Vancouver songwriter Chris Van Der Laan's wide array of projects, Shame Spiral released a few peculiar EPs b...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: TUNS, Rhye, DijahSB There was a Leonard Cohen song performed at the U.S. inauguration this week — Yolanda Adams sang "Hallelujah" — and there was also a pile of...
Streams The White Stripes Share Bonnaroo 2007 Live Performance In the White Stripes' continued efforts to archive and release their most iconic moments throughout their storied, decades-long career, the...
Streams Billie Eilish and Rosalía Drop "Lo Vas a Olvidar (You Will Forget Her)" Billie Eilish and Rosalía have shared their English/Spanish-sung collaborative track "Lo Vas a Olvidar (You Will Forget Her)" today alongsid...
Streams Watch PUP Perform a Tiny Desk Home Concert PUP are the latest group to take part in the remote iteration of NPR's Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts, and as you may expect, the Toronto band ab...
Streams Jerry Leger Shares Folk Rocking Murder Mystery "Jumped in the Humber" Jerry Leger is reissuing his recent albums Time Out for Tomorrow (2019) and Songs from the Apartment (2020) on vinyl, and ahead of those Mar...
Streams Weezer Share New 'OK Human' Track "All My Favorite Songs," Confirm "Hella Mega Tour" Dates This week, Weezer revealed plans for a new album called OK Human, which is all set to arrive next week through Atlantic Records. Today, they...
Streams Watch the New Radicals' Full Reunion Set for the Biden Inauguration The New Radicals' "You Get What You Give" stands as one of the catchiest songs ever, and as promised, the group reminded us of that during P...
Streams Amanda Bynes Has Teased Her First-Ever Rap Song Former teen actor Amanda Bynes has had quite a journey through the last few years, but she's still going strong with creative output. In fac...
Streams America Is Already Healing with a Brand New Macklemore Freestyle Mere hours into Joe Biden's presidency, we may have some idea of what his era's pop culture will sound like as Macklemore has re-emerged wit...
Streams Architects Revisit the Royal Albert Hall in Their "Dead Butterflies" Video Just over a month out from sharing new album For Those That Wish to Exist, Architects are revisiting a performance for 2020 to mark the arri...
Streams Bad Religion Call for "Emancipation of the Mind" on New Single It's too early to tell whether or not a Joe Biden presidency will end the Age of Unreason, but Bad Religion are marking today's inauguration...
Streams The Besnard Lakes Deliver Animated Video for "Our Heads, Our Hearts on Fire Again" The Besnard Lakes' forthcoming double album The Besnard Lakes Are the Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings remains one of Exclaim!'s Most...
Streams Watch Fleet Foxes' Intimate New Video for "I'm Not My Season" Fleet Foxes are back throwing support behind the group's Shore album, this time by releasing an intimate new video for the record's "I'm Not...
Reviews BAND-MAID Begin Their Evolution into Japanese Rock Breakouts on 'Unseen World' It's been a good decade for heavy music in Japan, but while many of these acts have been enjoying success in Japan and Europe, very few have...
Reviews Rosier Find Cohesion in Their Diverse Influences on 'Légèrement' After releasing an EP in the fall of 2019, Rosier are back with their first full-length effort since changing their name. Formerly Les Poule...
Reviews Portrayal of Guilt Elevate Their Noisy Craft on 'We Are Always Alone' Portrayal of Guilt are slowly becoming an institution in the realm of heavy music. Existing as sonic drifters amongst many subgenres, Portra...
Reviews Arlo Parks' 'Collapsed in Sunbeams' Shows Her Potential to Become the Voice of a Generation On her long-awaited debut album, Collapsed in Sunbeams, British phenom Arlo Parks has delivered an essential reprieve from what has been a d...
Reviews Bill Jr. Jr.'s 'Homebody' Will Make You Question Space and Time The space we occupy is a curious thing. I am in a contained room, but I am also in my mind within a room, and my mind is boundless. Is my ro...
Reviews Kawthra Infuse Sludge Metal with Introspection on 'The Tenets' "Ignorance Is Bliss," "Confidence Is Key," and "Belief Is Reality" are the three immutable laws that define Kawthra's The Tenets. The debut...
Reviews Bicep's Trance Formula Works Most of the Time on 'Isles' Irish duo Bicep debuted strongly in 2017 with their self-titled album — a confident mix of continental trance melodicism and urban grit that...
Reviews Rhye Starts His Pop Pivot on 'Home' Before Rhye emerged from a haze of identity-obscuring mystery, it seemed like that voice could have belonged to anyone. The project's sensuo...
Reviews Kiwi Jr.'s 'Cooler Returns' Is Packed with Golden Hooks and Subtle Weirdness At a glance, Kiwi Jr.'s music scans as a retro revival of '60s pop sweetness and '90s slacker rock swagger — especially since frontman Jerem...
Reviews NDP MP Charlie Angus' Songwriting Remains Potent on Grievous Angels' 'Summer Before the Storm' Ontario folk veterans Grievous Angels are back with new material after a seven-year-long hiatus, attributed to the fact that the band's prin...
Reviews Pearl Charles Brings Sulky Country to the Disco on 'Magic Mirror' Pearl Charles may have released Magic Mirror in January, but it's far from being a wintery album with a drab tone. The singer-songwriter's s...
Reviews Sleaford Mods Show Their Versatility on 'Spare Ribs' Six albums in, the idiosyncratic style of Nottingham duo Sleaford Mods is still very much intact on Spare Ribs. Andrew Fearn's minimalistic,...
Reviews Jazmine Sullivan Explores Love, Sex and Money in the Instagram Age on 'Heaux Tales' Jazmine Sullivan's Heaux Tales plays like a late-night, wine-infused discussion amongst girlfriends about the sincere moments that yield the...
Reviews 'Drunk Tank Pink' Showcases Shame's Talent for Vivid Storytelling In the world of Shame's Drunk Tank Pink, perception is everything. Opener "Alphabet" kicks off with rattling snare and lurching rhythms f...
Reviews Viagra Boys Tear Themselves Open on Cathartic 'Welfare Jazz' Viagra Boys have aggressively explored their past struggles, negative habits and self-defeats. Life as a musician is a road filled with temp...
Reviews 'History of Swear Words' Has All the Wit of a Preteen Edgelord Hosted by Nicolas Cage Back when I was in elementary school, students were forced to participate in a school-wide public speaking competition. Every kid had to pic...
Reviews Steve Earle and the Dukes' 'J.T.' Is a Fitting Send-Off to Justin Townes Earle Tumultuous as their relationship was, Steve Earle clearly reveres his son Justin Townes Earle as a songwriter. Years after Steve (himself a...
Reviews The Dirty Nil Are No Longer Rock Underdogs on 'Fuck Art' In 10 years, the Dirty Nil have gone from scrappy small-town Ontario upstarts to Juno-winning rockers with a devoted base of riff addicts an...
Reviews Eminem Can't Shake the Haters on 'Music to Be Murdered By - Side B' A wise man once said, don't read your mentions. He said to ignore the comments section. He warned artists that it's dangerous to read your o...
Reviews Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste's 'Soul' Soundtrack Feels Like Two Scores in One The soundtrack to Pixar's new animated masterpiece Soul is, essentially, two scores in one. On the one hand, you've got music by New Orle...
Reviews Paul McCartney Recaptures the Magic of His Earliest Solo Work on 'McCartney III' Like its predecessors McCartney (1970) and McCartney II (1980), McCartney III was written, recorded and produced entirely by Sir Paul McCart...
Reviews Kid Cudi's 'Man on the Moon III: The Chosen' Is a Triumphant Finale In October 2016, Kid Cudi had hit rock bottom. He checked himself into rehab and shared a heartbreaking letter on Facebook in which he descr...