Staff Picks

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sarah Mary Chadwick Is a Force on "Shitty Town"

  PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2023

  Sarah Mary Chadwick's voice could reduce a house to rubble; if pointed in the right direction, it could shake the leaves from a tree or sen...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: JRDN Sounds Confident and Conversational on "Call My Name"

  PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2023

  Don't call it a comeback! People might see this and think to themselves that JRDN is back, but the truth is, the Toronto-based R&B crooner...

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  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...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Avalon Emerson's '& the Charm' Is Clear-Eyed Reflection from a Consummate Party-Starter

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2023

  American-born, Berlin-based dance DJ Avalon Emerson evidently absorbed a lot of influences during her time behind the decks, as her debut a...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Ouri and Antoniya Are Twin Telepathics on 'i had this dream that you were my sister'

  PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2023

  "Cunty" is the first word Montreal's Antoniya uses to describe i had this dream that you were my sister — her collaborative EP with fellow...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Half Moon Run Are Having More Fun Than Ever on 'Salt'

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

  I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend an early listening session for Half Moon Run's Salt back in April, which quickly b...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Rich Aucoin Gets Celestial on 'Synthetic Season 2'

  PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

  Landing neatly between the worlds of Justice and Dan Deacon, with just a touch of 2010s Dan Snaith, Rich Aucoin's Synthetic Season 2, the s...

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  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...