Staff Picks
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Helena Deland Ponders the Season on "Spring Bug"
PUBLISHED May 31, 2023
With a jaunty drum groove and latticework of acoustic arpeggios, Montreal singer-songwriter Helena Deland sweetly evokes the pastoral calm...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Marci Does What She Does Best with "KITY"
PUBLISHED May 30, 2023
Marci knows what she does best. Her first single since last year's excellent debut could have easily been an outtake from it, and that's ju...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Brasstracks, Kemba and J. Hoard Are Positively Boisterous on "Dance Machine"
PUBLISHED May 29, 2023
Whether supporting hip-hop and R&B vocals or laying down dazzling horn-and-drum-driven grooves, Brasstracks instrumentals have never disapp...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: The Sky's the Limit on jev.'s "Lonrwrld (Freestyle)"
PUBLISHED May 26, 2023
jev. introduced himself to the world with tongue-twisting lyricism and the kind of flows that would leave a normal MC breathless on his deb...
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...
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...
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...
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...
