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How Black Fans and Artists Are Reclaiming Rock Music

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2022

Kris Cromwell walked into a mosh pit that took up the entire room at one of the first age-restricted shows she got into — a past-curfew gig...

Meshuggah Marinate in Their 'Immutable' Sound

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022

Meshuggah offer more than consistency, having unveiled new facets of their polyrhythmic avant-metal throughout their career. Whether it was...

PUP's Company Loves Misery on 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND'

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022

PUP have always known that misery loves company. While their music exists in the same space as the type of posi-punk that promises any lose...

'Pachinko' Brings Korean Stories to a Global Audience: "It Really Excavated Something Primal in Me"

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2022

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Apple TV+'s Pachinko (premiering March 25) is an eight-episode saga that's both ambitious...

Denzel Curry Walks the Path of the Samurai

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2022

No matter how many times Denzel Curry gets hurt, he never seems to slow down. When the Florida-bred firebrand speaks with Exclaim! in earl...

Mares of Thrace Return Nerdier (and Heavier) Than Ever

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2022

You could be forgiven for thinking the title of Mares of Thrace's new album, The Exile (out March 25 via Sonic Unyon), was about the band i...

'X' Is as Lurid as Actual Porn

Directed by Ti West

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2022

There's often something a bit porn-y about slashers: lurid, visceral films with a flimsy plot that serves primarily to bridge one graphic s...

'Wildhood' Has an Authenticity Rarely Seen On-Screen

Directed by Bretten Hannam

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2022

In Bretten Hannam's feature film debut, they employ the familiar beats of the coming-of-age genre through the eyes of a queer Indigenous te...