Fall 2022 Issue

Sophia Bel Joins the Pop-Punk Resurgence — Sort Of

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2022

High school sucks, and most folks are happy to put it in the rearview. Sophia Bel was no different, until she started digging through her p...

Canadian Musicians Reveal Their Favourite Local Albums

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2022

Any devoted fan of indie music has a favourite local band — the one we've seen dozens of times at the venue down the street, who we swear w...

Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in September 2022

PUBLISHED Sep 26, 2022

Summer blockbuster season is winding down and we're entering the prestige season typically associated with the lead-up to the major awards...

Alex G Finds Comfort in Confession on the Divine 'God Save the Animals'

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2022

Most artists with nine full-length albums to their name have either settled into a comfortable groove or slowly fizzled out of relevancy —...

The 5 Best Films We Saw at TIFF 2022

PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2022

TIFF has its own set of rules and rituals. By the end of the festival, audiences know to clap along with the song in the BVLGARI ad, yell "...

'The Woman King' Gives Its Characters the Royal Treatment

Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2022

Loosely based on the the Agojie, an all-female warrior army who guarded the West African kingdom of Dahomey roughly between the 17th and 19...

'Moonage Daydream' Director Brett Morgen Explains Why the Best David Bowie Era Is the '90s

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022

Moonage Daydream director Brett Morgen has an important message for David Bowie fans: don't forget about the '90s. When Exclaim! speaks wit...

Badge Époque Ensemble Expand Their Compositional Horizons on 'Clouds of Joy'

PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2022

Not unlike the meteorological namesake of Clouds of Joy, their third full-length album, Badge Époque Ensemble have taken a handful of diffe...