December Issue 2018

Graf Orlock Discuss 'Examination of Violent Cinema Vol. 1' and That "Crazy" Album Packaging

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

Self-proclaimed "cinemagrind" act Graf Orlock have been blending movie samples and their distinct, dry humour with the chaos and aggression...

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...

Old Wounds, Zeal & Ardor, Rolo Tomassi and Rivers of Nihil Lead an Experimental Year in Metal

PUBLISHED Dec 11, 2018

This year was one of boundary shattering within heavy music. While these bands had been nudging, pushing or even shoving their sounds' uniq...

Jeff Tweedy

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

After his pioneering band Uncle Tupelo broke up suddenly, Jeff Tweedy started Wilco in 1994, cementing his status as one of rock's most adv...

Producer Jordon Manswell Is Heard Around the World; Toronto Defines His Sound

PUBLISHED Dec 10, 2018

Hidden in the outskirts of Toronto, you can find a plethora of the country's brightest and most influential hip-hop and R&B producers. For...

Art Is Our Language: Inside the Indigenous Renaissance with Jeremy Dutcher and Snotty Nose Rez Kids

PUBLISHED Dec 5, 2018

"I don't know what renaissance means. But the thought that I had when [Jeremy Dutcher] said that was, 'We are here. We need to deliver a me...