Staff Picks

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard Lean into Heavy Fantasy with "Gila Monster"

  PUBLISHED May 26, 2023

  Following their latest foray into thrash metal with 2019's Infest the Rats' Nest, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard returned with a promise...

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  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...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Róisín Murphy Knows It's Cool to Be Silly on "The Universe"

  PUBLISHED May 24, 2023

  There's a warmth to Róisín Murphy's latest output that couldn't have come at a better time. The breezy leadups to her upcoming record Hit P...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks:​ Colin Stetson's 'When we were that what wept for the sea' Is a Cinematic Experience

  PUBLISHED May 23, 2023

  Colin Stetson has been releasing dizzying sax albums for a decade and a half, but I still don't fully understand how he makes such visceral...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Saint Harison's Vocal Versatility Is Unmatched on 'lost a friend'

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2023

  Saint Harison opens his debut EP lost a friend by perfectly encapsulating the anxiety of an overthinker as he nervously asks "why didn't yo...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Mega Bog Wades Through the Darkness to the Stunning 'End of Everything'

  PUBLISHED May 19, 2023

  A brilliant and terrifying document of internal turmoil and the spectacles of desire, Mega Bog's seventh album is a forest desiccated by wi...

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  Exclaim! Staffers Share Their Favourite Dock Rock Anthems for May 2-4

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2023

  Ah, the first long weekend of the warmer months. There's a culture of it in scattered spots across Canada, as it's something of a rite of p...

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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sydanie Is a Chameleon on the Infectious "Bubble 4 a Winna"

  PUBLISHED May 18, 2023

  Toronto hip-hop mom Sydanie's lengthy hiatus is over with her newest single "Bubble 4 a Winna," the lead track from her upcoming debut albu...