News Wet Leg Just Won Two Grammy Awards Wet Leg have won two Grammys. Tonight, the British indie rock duo took home the prizes for Best Alternative Music Album and Best Alternative...
News Jack White to Appear as 'SNL' Musical Guest Later This Month Jack White has been announced as the musical guest on an upcoming episode of Saturday Night Live. He will appear on the February 25 episode,...
News The Album Leaf Announces New Album 'Future Falling' Jimmy LaValle is back with new music as the Album Leaf. Future Falling is set to be released on May 5 via Nettwerk, nearly seven years after...
News British Columbia Gets New Recording Studio A new recording studio has come to BC's interior. Propel Studios has taken over a former vacation rental space on Kootenay Lake in Kaslo to...
News The 1975's Matty Healy Wants Oasis to Get Back Together Matty Healy has some choice words for the Gallagher brothers: "Grow up, headline Glastonbury." Speaking with CBC's Q with Tom Power, the...
News Calgary's Broken City Is Closing, Will Reopen as Modern Love Vegan Pub in Spring Calgary live music institution Broken City is closing after over 15 years. The 11th avenue social club, billed as the city's "foremost ho...
News David Byrne Has Billie Eilish, the 1975 and More on His Valentine's Day Playlist Much like Exclaim! staffers are doing behind the scenes, David Byrne has jumped the gun on making a Valentine's Day playlist — and for the m...
News P!nk Reveals 'TRUSTFALL' Tracklist Featuring Chris Stapleton, First Aid Kit We're just a couple weeks away from the release of P!nk's new album TRUSTFALL. Now, the pop star has detailed the tracklist, alongside shari...
News Unknown Mortal Orchestra Detail New Double Album 'V,' Share Video for Lead Single "Layla" Last year, Unknown Mortal Orchestra announced a world tour in support of a forthcoming double album and shared the song "I Killed Captain Co...
News Toronto Symphony Orchestra Will Rock You with 'Winborne's The Music of Queen' Is this the real life? Or is this just fantasy? It's a question that the late great Freddie Mercury — in four-part harmony with Brian May, J...
News Chris Stapleton Brings 2023 All-American Road Show to Canada Chris Stapleton's wildly popular All-American Road Show is coming back to Canada again for the summer. The Kentucky-born country music st...
News Black Belt Eagle Scout Maps Out 2023 Spring Tour Black Belt Eagle Scout — the indie rock project of Katherine Paul — has announced a spring tour in support of the forthcoming follow-up to 2...
News Touring the US Might Get Much More Expensive for International Musicians As if touring wasn't already expensive enough, the US Department of Homeland Security has proposed to increase visa fees for international m...
News Liturgy Plot North American Tour with BIG|BRAVE Ahead of the release of their new album 93696 in March, black metal experimentalists Liturgy have announced a North American tour with suppo...
News Sunnsetter Announces New Album 'The best that i can be.' Canadian musician Andrew McLeod has announced a new album from their project Sunnsetter. The best that i can be. will be out on March 31 via...
News The JUNO Awards Defend Arcade Fire Nomination Yesterday, the nominations for the 2023 JUNO Awards were announced — and many were upset to see Arcade Fire garner a Group of the Year nod,...
News Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, the White Stripes Nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has unveiled its 2023 nominees, with Kate Bush, Rage Against the Machine, the White Stripes, Iron Maiden and...
News Crown Lands Announce New Album 'Fearless,' Share 18-Minute Prog Song Canadian prog duo Crown Lands have announced their sophomore full-length. Fearless is out on March 31 through Spinefarm/Universal, and the b...
News Ozzy Osbourne Retires from Touring, Cancels Remaining Dates Ozzy Osbourne has announced his retirement from touring. Consequently, the remaining dates of his No More Tours 2 stint with Judas Priest in...
News William Prince Announces New Album 'Stand in the Joy' Winnipeg roots songwriter William Prince has announced his new album. Stand in the Joy is out April 14 on Six Shooter Records, and he has sh...
News Grimes Blocks Alice Glass on Twitter After Getting Called Out Amid their ongoing feud (or just general sense of animosity towards each other), Grimes has blocked Alice Glass on Twitter. The pseudo-ex...
News Beyoncé Announces 'RENAISSANCE' World Tour 2023 The long-teased summer 2023 tour behind Beyoncé's 10/10 blockbuster hit, 2022's RENAISSANCE, has finally been confirmed: Queen Bey will be e...
Streams Watch Fleece's Matt Rogers Write a Song About Universal Healthcare in 10 Minutes Seven years ago, Fleece's Matt Rogers and Ethan Soil (lovingly dubbed "red shirt guy" by YouTube comments noting his "golden retriever energ...
Streams Vancouver's Loig Morin Reimagines "Tu m'avais pourtant dit" Live at the Columbia Theatre Singer-songwriter/DJ/producer Loig Morin has released a newly remastered version of "Tu m'avais pourtant dit" from his 2021 album Printemps,...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Crown Lands, Lights and MAUVEY, the Rural Alberta Advantage, Shania Twain Keep your head up, your crown is falling! It's finally February, and amid the bleak mid-winter, Canadian artists are celebrating a fresh — a...
Streams Ice Spice Brings the Energy on "Boy's a liar Pt. 2" with PinkPantheress PinkPantheress has, in fact, been collaborating with Ice Spice. After the two young artists were spotted filming together in New York in Jan...
Streams Lights Joins MAUVEY on New Single "We Had the Time of Our Lives Together" Vancouver alt-pop up-and-comer MAUVEY has joined forces with Lights on "We Had the Time of Our Lives Together," the latest single from an up...
Streams Ducks Ltd., Mo Troper and Ratboys' Julia Steiner Rework "Invitation" by the Feelies Ducks Ltd. have released another cover in their series aptly titled The Sincerest Form of Flattery via Royal Mountain Records / Carpark Reco...
Streams Paste Share New Single "All That You Came For" Paste are continuing on their one-off single streak, this time sharing indie sleaze-tinged track "All That You Came For." Produced by lea...
Streams Rosalía Shares New Single "LLYLM" Rosalía has released a new single via Sony Music. The Spanish singer's latest, "LLYLM," follows December's remix of "Despechá" with Cardi B...
Streams Watch Coldplay Perform "Clocks" for the 20th Anniversary of 'Kimmel' Jimmy Kimmel gave us all déjà vu for Jimmy Kimmel Live!'s 20th anniversary, bringing back all of his first show's original guests for the oc...
Streams Vic Mensa Teams Up with Thundercat for Free-Falling "Strawberry Louis Vuitton" Vic Mensa has joined forces with bass virtuoso Thundercat and R&B vocalist Maeta for his first song of the year, "Strawberry Louis Vuitton,"...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Zoon, Haviah Mighty, Daniel Caesar, Zeina Not to open by talking about the weather, but it's finally starting to feel like we're getting over the hazy January greys. This week's best...
Streams Watch Alanis Morissette, Axl Rose and Billy Corgan Perform at Lisa Marie Presley's Memorial The life of Lisa Marie Presley was honoured at Graceland on Sunday (January 22), with many of her musical friends in attendance. The Memphis...
Streams Someone Covered Radiohead's 'In Rainbows' in the Style of 'Mario 64' It's-a me, Radiohead! Last year, we heard YouTube user on4word cover a few Radiohead songs in the style of N64; since then, they have contin...
Streams Ex-Fast Romantics Guitarist Kevin J. Black Teases Solo Debut with "Light Pollution" Kevin J. Black, the former lead guitarist of Toronto indie rockers Fast Romantics, has announced plans to go solo with a new EP. The artist...
Streams Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: July Talk, Gayance, Mac DeMarco You wouldn't remember five easy hot dogs never before — so July Talk and Mac DeMarco are here to do it for you with their respective new alb...
Streams Eve Parker Finley Gets Musicians to Write a Song in 10 Minutes for New CBC Music Show Could you write a song in 10 minutes? Montreal-based musician and comedian Eve Parker Finley is challenging artists to do exactly that for a...
Streams Dizzy Return with New Single "Birthmark" Indie-pop quartet Dizzy have returned with new music. The Oshawa, ON-based band have released "Birthmark" alongside a new music video. Si...
Streams Watch Soccer Mommy's NPR Tiny Desk Concert After the pandemic postponed her original appearance at the NPR office, Soccer Mommy's Sophie Allison is finally receiving her flowers with...
Streams Watch Jack White's Daughter Play Bass in Her Dad's Live Band The White Stripes famously didn't have a bassist — so it's rather ironic that singer-guitarist Jack White's daughter now plays bass, and ear...
Streams Watch Sudan Archives' Ethereal Performance on 'Fallon' Sudan Archives is the latest musical guest to appear on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, bringing Natural Brown Prom Queen cut "Homes...
Streams Watch Tony Hawk Perform "Superman" Live with Goldfinger Thanks to the inclusion of "Superman" in the first instalment of his top-selling video game franchise those many years ago, Tony Hawk and Go...
Streams Watch the Smile Tear It Up at KEXP Session After a triumphant 2022, the Smile are continuing to stay in our feeds this winter. Having recently rolled out a live album and a Tiny Desk...
Reviews John Frusciante's ': II .' Is the Opposite of the Red Hot Chili Peppers John Frusciante's musical horizons have always been broader than what he's able to explore as the guitarist of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Th...
Reviews Vanille Is Your Guide to Another World on the Lovely 'La clairière' From the very first moment of Vanille's sophomore LP, La clairière, you're immediately transported to a mystical and dreamlike forest. It's...
Reviews Lil Yachty's Psych Rock Enthusiasm Is Contagious on 'Let's Start Here.' Probably no one had "Lil Yachty makes a fantastic psych rock record" on their 2023 bingo card, but here we are. Let's Start Here. is a hard...
Reviews Young Fathers Are Bigger and Brighter Than Ever on 'Heavy Heavy' "I want your shield! I want your weapon!" shout Young Fathers on "I Saw," the confrontational and energetic single that encapsulates the mad...
Reviews Sam Smith Gets in Their Own Way on 'Gloria' Going into their fourth studio album, the bar for Sam Smith is pretty damn high. Exploding into popularity in 2014 with their debut contempo...
Reviews MorMor Illuminated the Dark in Montreal Theatre Fairmount, January 25 Hundreds of Montreal music fans pushed their way up the stairs into Theatre Fairmount on Wednesday night, eager to see MorMor (a.k.a. Seth N...
Reviews Fucked Up's 'One Day' Captures the Band at Their Most Urgent In the liner notes to 1986's The Hammer Party, a compilation album of early EPs from noise rockers Big Black, Steve Albini reflects on the c...
Reviews Bob Dylan's 'Bootleg Series Vol. 17' Reveals 'Time Out of Mind' as One of His Greatest Albums "You ever feel just like your brain's been bolted to the wall?" Bob Dylan half-screams on the first version of "Can't Wait," captured in Jan...
Reviews John Cale Is Still a Force on 'MERCY' The 17th studio album from Wales' reigning musical wizard — and his first in a decade — MERCY proves that, in his seventh decade of creation...
Reviews Sundance 2023: Little Richard Documentary 'I Am Everything' Doesn't Tell Viewers Everything Directed by Lisa Cortés Documentarians have a choice to make before they hit record: do we make a film that simply collates information and presents it as is, leavi...
Reviews Crosslegged Paints with a Multitude of Colours on 'Another Blue' To open up the sparse Bandcamp liner notes to her 2015 album Speck, Keba Robinson (AKA Crosslegged) wrote: "Tried some new things." To concl...
Reviews Samia Swings Big on the Sweet, Striving 'Honey' Nashville-via-NYC songwriter Samia Najimy Finnerty's The Baby was one of 2020's more promising debuts, fitting in nicely with similar altern...
Reviews The C.I.A. Work with Anxious Precision on 'Surgery Channel' If there were ever a record whose title lines up perfectly with the sonics found within, it's Surgery Channel. The sophomore record from Den...
Reviews Dan Mangan Held Toronto Rapt at Pindrop Acoustic Performance Longboat Hall, January 19 Dan Mangan's tender troubadour tunes have taken various forms over the years: warm 'n' cuddly folk (2009's Nice, Nice, Very Nice), cryptic a...
Reviews 'Ever Deadly' Is an Emotional, Engaging Portrait of Tanya Tagaq Directed by Tanya Tagaq and Chelsea McMullan Of all the ways to describe Tanya Tagaq, "fearless" may be the most appropriate. The Inuk throat singer has spent her entire life championin...
Reviews Mac DeMarco's 'Five Easy Hot Dogs' Has Chill Beats to Study/Relax To Back in 2017, Mac DeMarco led the Colbert band in a lavish, horn-filled rendition of "One Another," in which the velvet-voiced DeMarco sound...
Reviews Kali Malone's 'Does Spring Hide Its Joy' Is a Beacon of Possibility For Colorado native Kali Malone, finding the right tuning and harmony is a way of life. At 16, she met Swedish composer Ellen Arkbro at a Ne...
Reviews Atsuko Chiba Are Fluid and Furious on 'Water, It Feels Like It's Growing' Atsuko Chiba's latest album demands, but also harmoniously rewards, repeat listens. The Montreal five-piece's third full-length, Water, It F...
Reviews July Talk Look to the Future on 'Remember Never Before' Somehow, it's already been a decade since July Talk broke out with their self-titled debut LP. Dominated by bombastic bluesy-riffs and the c...
Reviews Belle and Sebastian Sound Best When They're Themselves on 'Late Developers' Belle and Sebastian have entered the workmanlike era of their career. They haven't released a truly essential album since 2006's The Life Pu...
Reviews Kendrick Lamar Brings Theatrical Ambition to His 'The Big Steppers Tour' Film Directed by Mike Carson and Dave Free At last year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, Kendrick Lamar was the odd one out. At the event, a success of hip-hop/R&B stars performed their bi...
Reviews Julia Wolf Is in Her Bildungsroman Bag on 'Good Thing We Stayed' The year was 2010. Drake released the Kanye co-write "Find Your Love" — a very obvious leftover from the cutting room floor of 808s and Hear...