Summer Issue 2017
Where I Play
DAIS
PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2017
Like any creative and philosophical person, Sol Guy thinks a lot about the state of art in modern society. But there was one question in pa...
Jeff Tweedy
No Alt-Country for Old Men
PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2017
Though his melancholic lyrics may say otherwise, Jeff Tweedy is a man who can't sit still. Over the last three decades, he pioneered the al...
Broken Social Scene
Gang of More
PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2017
Broken Social Scene were one of the definitive Canadian indie rock bands of the '00s, but following 2010's Forgiveness Rock Record, their a...
SassyBlack
Shared Universes
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2017
"I was very intentional for the lyrics on this album," says Cat Harris-White, aka SassyBlack. "I ain't a ho… I like taking control," she si...
Allie X
Being Allie X
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2017
"Identity is something that I explore in all my work," says L.A.-based Canadian pop singer Allie X. "This project is a way for me to naviga...
Slipknot / Stone Sour's Corey Taylor
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2017
Corey Taylor has a big mouth, and we're not talking about the wound-like maw of the latest mask he wears in Slipknot — the singer simply ha...
Edgar Wright Shifts 'Baby Driver' Into High Gear
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017
British director Edgar Wright may be better known for his encyclopaedic knowledge of movies (he and buddy Quentin Tarantino namedropped 190...
Fleet Foxes
Cracked Perspective
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2017
When the genre you love becomes a trope, and the politics you believe in make your voice less relevant, how do you express yourself? Flee...
