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PUP Confront the Dark Cloud Looming over 'Morbid Stuff'

PUBLISHED May 7, 2019

PUP's live shows can be pure catharsis — chugging beer, shouting along to gang vocals, and hopping in the mosh pit can provide escape, even...

The Hold Steady's Craig Finn

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED May 7, 2019

As the frontman of the Hold Steady, Craig Finn's character-driven tales of massive nights and bad decisions have anchored the band's blockb...

The National and Mike Mills Discuss Their Forthcoming "Small Miracle" Album and Film

PUBLISHED May 4, 2019

According to frontperson Matt Berninger, the National's forthcoming new album, I Am Easy to Find, almost didn't happen.   "We weren't origi...

TOBi's New Album 'Still' Channels Toronto, Yoruba Culture, Rebellion and, Yes, His Mother

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

"I gotta remember who I came with, I gotta remember who held me down," says TOBi. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter and rapper, born in Nig...

Vampire Weekend "Open the World Back Up" on 'Father of the Bride'

PUBLISHED May 3, 2019

Over their first three albums, there were plenty of threads that tied the mythology of Vampire Weekend together: their Columbia University...

Big Thief's New Album 'U.F.O.F.' Confronts Birth, Death, Belief and Extra-Terrestrials

PUBLISHED May 1, 2019

Adrianne Lenker is speaking in an Exclaim! interview about her band Big Thief's new album, U.F.O.F. — short for "UFO Friend" — and talk has...

Squarepusher's Mad Skillz

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

After driving off the course with Music is Rotted One Note, a bizarre jazz experimentation into sound, it seemed Tom Jenkinson (better know...

Inside the Career of Alexisonfire, Canada's Greatest, Least Likely Success Story

PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2019

Very little about Alexisonfire's career makes sense. How did a post-hardcore band with three singers (let's be honest: one singer and two s...