Best of 2018

Here Are the Top 10 Canadian Music Videos of 2018

Best of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2018

In 2018, the best Canadian music videos came from across all genres; we watched (and loved) everything from pot-smoking grunge punks to glo...

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums

Best of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2018

Our Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018 list is a little different than our lists of years prior. Typically, this one a...

Calpurnia, Let's Eat Grandma and Lil Berete Led 2018's Gen Z Revolution

PUBLISHED Dec 13, 2018

Generation Z made their presence known loud and clear by giving us some of the year's most inspired and intrepid music. Adolescence may be...

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Dance and Electronic Albums

Best of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

This year, established electronic masters like Jon Hopkins, DJ Koze and Leon Vynehall outdid themselves by refining and finessing their mus...

Canadian Composers Like Jeremy Dutcher, Chilly Gonzales and Jean-Michel Blais Broke Free in 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

Boundaries feel increasingly obsolete, yet more profoundly real than ever, and as such, the year's most forward-thinking music came from co...

Deaths of Mac Miller and Lil Peep Contribute to a Dark Year for Rap

PUBLISHED Dec 12, 2018

For the past two years, the hip-hop world has been in a constant state of mourning. While last year saw the loss of veteran rappers and key...

Exclaim!'s Top 10 Soul and R&B Albums

Best of 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

As we rounding the halfway mark for the annual rollout of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2018 today (December 11), we're pleased to present the...

Kacey Musgraves, Mitski, "Yodel Kid" and Justin Timberlake: the Good and Bad of Cowboy Culture in 2018

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

It's been another year of loud, reckless men taking up space, so it's fitting that pop culture was dominated by the cowboy, a hyper-masculi...