Calum's Staff Picks

Resavoir's "Inside Minds" Is a Soundtrack for Shortening Days

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2023

Even if you aren't immediately familiar with Resavoir by name, there's a good chance you've heard the sounds of its leader, Will Miller, so...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: ​Laurence Guy's 'Living Like There's No Tomorrow, But Killing Yourself in the Process' Captures the Sound of Experience

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2023

Laurence Guy's productions have long tread the line between electronic ecstasy and the post-club comedown, and that dichotomy of feeling is...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: ​Anti-God Hand Breaks Through on "Barge of Light"

PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2023

Vancouver musician Will Ballantyne wrote the material that would form Blight Year, his forthcoming album as Anti-God Hand, following a summ...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sampha's "Spirit 2.0" Is an Artist in Full Flight

PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2023

It isn't as if Sampha's been missing; in the time since his singular, award-winning solo debut Process was released, he's lent a hand to th...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Lunice 'OPEN'

PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2023

Not to be outdone by TNGHT partner Hudson Mohawke, Lunice has also covered his latest solo album with a fantastical scene not far removed f...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Kari Faux Goes Back Home on 'REAL B*TCHES DON'T DIE!'

PUBLISHED Jun 14, 2023

"Home is where the heart is," the adage goes, and it couldn't be clearer to Kari Faux. Upon leaving the "plastic life" of Los Angeles behin...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Westelaken's 'I am Steaming Mushrooms' Is Fantastic and Flavourful

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

I owe a great deal of my time in Toronto to Ozzy's Palace, the West end house that shares its name with the 13-minute opening track opening...

Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: RP Boo Pushes Footwork to Its Limits on 'Legacy Volume 2'

PUBLISHED May 25, 2023

The legacy of footwork music begins with RP Boo, who released what is widely considered the style's first-ever track in 1997 with "Baby Com...