Interviews
Bandcamp on the Importance of Supporting Artists
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![This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 3, 2020]()
FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 3, 2020 Published Jul 03, 2020A new way to enjoy cat, anti-maskers are taken to the mat, where applying for jobs right now is at, treadmill science earns a tip of the hat...
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![John Krasinski Secretly Wore a Wig During Season 3 of 'The Office']()
NewsJohn Krasinski Secretly Wore a Wig During Season 3 of 'The Office' Published Jul 03, 2020Jim's floppy mop from The Office is arguably one of the most iconic looks from '00s TV. Well, it turns out that John Krasinski's tussled bed...
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![The Front Bottoms Announce 'In Sickness & In Flames' Album]()
NewsThe Front Bottoms Announce 'In Sickness & In Flames' Album Published Jul 03, 2020New Jersey pop-punk outfit the Front Bottoms have announced plans for their first new record in three years, In Sickness & In Flames. The al...
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![Vanilla Ice Only Sold 284 Tickets to His COVID-19 Concert in Austin]()
NewsVanilla Ice Only Sold 284 Tickets to His COVID-19 Concert in Austin Published Jul 03, 2020Vanilla Ice was set to play a concert in Austin tonight, but following a major backlash for scheduling a show in the face of COVID-19 lockdo...
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![Pussy Riot Share Black Lives Matter-Inspired Protest Song "Riot"]()
StreamsPussy Riot Share Black Lives Matter-Inspired Protest Song "Riot" Published Jul 03, 2020In response to ongoing protests against racism and police brutality, as well as the recent arrest of Canadian-Russian band member Pyotr "Pet...
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![Toronto Rockers BLANKS Are "Looking For" Connection in New Video]()
StreamsToronto Rockers BLANKS Are "Looking For" Connection in New Video Published Jul 03, 2020Toronto-based power-popsters BLANKS graduated from Exclaim!'s Class of 2020 concert series earlier this year, and they are set to release de...
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![The OBGMs Share New Song "Not Again"]()
StreamsThe OBGMs Share New Song "Not Again" Published Jul 03, 2020After rolling out new single "Cash" in May, the OBGMs have returned with another new song. Arriving today through Black Box Music, "Not A...
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!['Harry Potter' Fan Sites Denounce J.K. Rowling for Her Controversial Stance on Transgender Identities]()
News'Harry Potter' Fan Sites Denounce J.K. Rowling for Her Controversial Stance on Transgender Identities Published Jul 03, 2020Now that author J.K. Rowling has alienated nearly every Harry Potter cast member, fellow author Stephen King and about half of Twitter over...
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![Lex Leosis Tries to "PULL UP" in New Video]()
StreamsLex Leosis Tries to "PULL UP" in New Video Published Jul 03, 2020We're closing in on four months since the world shut down due to coronavirus, and those without a quarantine lover are past the point of res...
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![Here's the First Trailer for Seth Rogen's 'An American Pickle']()
StreamsHere's the First Trailer for Seth Rogen's 'An American Pickle' Published Jul 03, 2020In May, we learned that Seth Rogen's An American Pickle would arrive on HBO Max this summer, and the Canadian's latest comedy now has its fi...
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![Polaris Music Prize Cancels 2020 Gala, Postpones Winner Announcement]()
NewsPolaris Music Prize Cancels 2020 Gala, Postpones Winner Announcement Published Jul 03, 2020The Polaris Music Prize will not be holding its annual gala to award a winner this year, organizers announced today. Due to the coronavi...
![Pussy Riot Share Black Lives Matter-Inspired Protest Song "Riot"](https://exclaim.ca/images/pussy_riot_"riot".png)
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![Touching's 'Isolation Blues' Sounds Like a Greatest Hits of Pandemic Moods]()
ReviewsTouching's 'Isolation Blues' Sounds Like a Greatest Hits of Pandemic Moods Published Jul 03, 2020In a review of the 2015 album Some Kind of Family, Exclaim! called Winnipeg group Les Jupes "Canada's next great band." A week later, they b...
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![Cloud Nothings Are Comforting Rather Than Cathartic on 'The Black Hole Understands']()
ReviewsCloud Nothings Are Comforting Rather Than Cathartic on 'The Black Hole Understands' Published Jul 03, 2020The Black Hole Understands is, in a way, the third Cloud Nothings album of the pandemic. Back in April, singer-guitar Dylan Baldi released t...
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![Clubs Are Closed, but Jayda G's 'Both of Us / Are U Down' Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time]()
ReviewsClubs Are Closed, but Jayda G's 'Both of Us / Are U Down' Couldn't Have Come at a Better Time Published Jul 02, 2020BC-born, London-based artist Jayda G struggled with whether to release her latest EP, Both of Us / Are U Down, in the midst of everything tr...
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![Jane Blanchard Invites Listeners into a Moody Fog of Fuzz on 'Still, Again' EP]()
ReviewsJane Blanchard Invites Listeners into a Moody Fog of Fuzz on 'Still, Again' EP Published Jul 02, 2020Jane Blanchard's third EP, Still, Again, is full of short and bittersweet slice-of-life moments on feeling displaced, heartbreak, and saying...
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![Keleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP]()
ReviewsKeleketla! Cross Borders on Celebratory Self-Titled LP Published Jul 02, 2020Artists from Johannesburg to London and from Lagos to L.A. come together on the self-titled debut from Keleketla! The name says it all. A wo...
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![This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 3, 2020]()
FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: July 3, 2020 Published Jul 03, 2020A new way to enjoy cat, anti-maskers are taken to the mat, where applying for jobs right now is at, treadmill science earns a tip of the hat...
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!["The Best Way to Support Artists Is to Put Money Directly in Their Pockets": An Interview with Bandcamp]()
Features"The Best Way to Support Artists Is to Put Money Directly in Their Pockets": An Interview with Bandcamp Published Jul 02, 2020When COVID-19 first hit, few could have predicted the impact it would have on independent artists, so many of whom rely on touring as a prim...
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![Canadian Artists Weigh in on What Canada Means to Them]()
FeaturesCanadian Artists Weigh in on What Canada Means to Them Published Jul 01, 2020While colonial powers come under scrutiny amid global uprisings against systemic oppression, Canadians have been forced to reckon with our d...
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![This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 26, 2020]()
FeaturesThis Funny Week in Funny Tweets: June 26, 2020 Published Jun 26, 2020Compromising on Aunt Viv, Americans aren't letting each other live, Chuck E. Cheese has no more fucks to give, proof of time travel is less...
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![Real-Life Rancher Corb Lund Reflects on the "Ridiculous" Country Craze]()
FeaturesReal-Life Rancher Corb Lund Reflects on the "Ridiculous" Country Craze Published Jun 25, 2020He comes from a long line of cattle wranglers, rodeo riders, outlaws and bootleggers. So what's a born and bred high plains drifter like Cor...
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![9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back]()
News9 Concert Films That Will Tide You Over Until the Real Thing Comes Back Published Jun 25, 2020By now, we're so deep into our socially isolated lives due to COVID-19 that we're starting to forget what going to concerts feel like. And w...
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![Exclaim!'s 33 Best Albums of 2020 So Far]()
FeaturesExclaim!'s 33 Best Albums of 2020 So Far Published Jun 24, 2020We've all heard it a million times before: six months ago, at the start of the calendar year, who could have predicted what 2020 had in stor...
