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In Memoriam: Exclaim! Photographer Graham Kennedy

PUBLISHED Sep 23, 2019

Photographer Graham Kennedy, one of the original contributors to Exclaim! and a longtime fixture on Canada's music scene, died on September...

Tegan and Sara Looked to the Past for Their New Album and Memoir — and Found Their Present Selves

PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2019

"This is not nostalgia," asserts Tegan and Sara's Sara Quin, in an interview with Exclaim! about the duo's memoir and new album, Hey, I'm J...

Brittany Howard Shakes Alabama, Goes Deep on Her Introspective New Solo Album, 'Jaime'

PUBLISHED Sep 17, 2019

From the outside, it's easy to think that Brittany Howard has it all.   Howard's on the brink of releasing her debut solo album, Jaime, but...

(Sandy) Alex G Isn't Going to Explain New Album 'House of Sugar' — You'll Just Have to Listen

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2019

House of Sugar is the ninth full-length album by Alex Giannascoli, aka (Sandy) Alex G. Its release — this Friday, September 13 — would be a...

Inside Junia-T's Soleil Sound Studio, Where He Works With Jessie Reyez, Slakah the Beatchild and on His New Album

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2019

On a quiet corner in an unassuming building in the heart of Toronto's Corktown sits Soleil Sound, a multi-use space for recording studios a...

The Unauthorized Story of the Making of 'Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band'

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2019

I've been a filmmaker for over 30 years, working mainly in unscripted and documentary production as an award-winning director, writer and p...

Spoon's Britt Daniel

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2019

A lot has changed in the music industry over the last 25 years, but at least one thing has stayed the same: Spoon are fucking cool. The Aus...

Raphael Saadiq: "I Didn't Think I'd Ever Make" His New Album About Drug Addiction, 'Jimmy Lee'

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2019

On his new album, Jimmy Lee, Raphael Saadiq breaks away from his usual feel-good love songs to assume the role of the titular protagonist,...