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Toronto's Prepare the Ground Festival Gets Liturgy, KEN Mode, Mares of Thrace, Burning Love, Orchid for Inaugural Edition
PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2023
Prepare the Ground organizers have announced that the brand-new heavy music festival is ready to scream into Toronto for its inaugural edit...
Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: KEN mode, Dominique Fils-Aimé, Dragonette
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
It's been a big week for celebrating the shimmering stars in Canadian music, with DEBBY FRIDAY taking home this year's coveted Polaris Musi...
KEN Mode Are Cold, Brutal and Somehow Inviting on 'Void'
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2023
There are many ways people deal with trauma, with pain, with isolation. Some retreat into themselves; others search for company and connect...
KEN mode Reclaim Their Crown: "We Became Like Poison — Pariahs"
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2023
What do you do when you're a highly respected heavy act who have worked with some of the most sought-after producers in metal and punk, won...
Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Ada Lea, Allison Russell, KEN mode
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2023
We're officially in the thick of music festival season, and whether you're in a tent in a field or kicking back on a dock by a lake, Exclai...
Western Canadian Music Awards Unveils 2023 Nominees
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2023
Nominees for the 2023 Western Canadian Music Awards have been revealed by the Western Canadian Music Alliance. Today, the full list of nom...
KEN mode Announce New Album 'VOID,' Share "The Shrike"
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023
Winnipeg noise institution KEN mode have announced their ninth LP: a follow-up and companion album to last year's NULL — one of Exclaim!'s...
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...
