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'Dual' Doubles Down on Darkness and Humour

Directed by Riley Stearns

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2022

Dual is a darkly humoured science fiction film from Riley Stearns that considers, what if your family preferred your clone to you? When Sa...

The 30 Artists Who Defined Exclaim!'s First 30 Years

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2022

So much has changed since Exclaim! published its first issue in April 1992, but 30 years and over 300 issues later, what remains the same i...

'Glee' at 25: How Bran Van 3000's Eclectic Debut Became a Timeless "Canadian Folk Record"

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2022

James Di Salvio thought he was making an instrumental trip-hop record and that would be it. He never imagined those late-night jam sessions...

How Toronto's Music Scene Is Responding to the Rehearsal Space Shortage

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2022

As PUP ascended through the music industry during the past decade, they skipped what many bands consider to be an important rite of passage...

Cancer Bats on Motorcycles, German Honesty and Ska-core Origins

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2022

Back in 2004, Cancer Bats formed with the aim of channelling "the Misfits being covered by ZAO being played by Black Flag in the back of a...

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in April 2022

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2022

Our latest batch of emerging Canadian artists each offer their own distinct sonic world; uncompromising, singular and transporting. Keep re...

Wet Leg Are Here for a Good Time, All the Time

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2022

This is all a bit of a shock to Wet Leg. Seemingly overnight, the Isle of Wight duo of Hester Chambers and Rhian Teasdale became the bigges...

In an Era of Home Recording, Producers Still Find a Home in the Studio

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2022

On the eighth trip Gayance took to Brazil, she had a spiritual epiphany. She found herself seeing altars everywhere — in the street, a back...