Improv and Avant-Garde

Leah Singer and Lee Ranaldo Forged a New Road Ahead at Toronto's Project Nowhere

St. Anne's, October 4

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2024

Moments before hurling his guitar over his audience's heads, Lee Ranaldo swept its headstock along the floor, thrummed the backside of...

A Mary Lattimore-Endorsed Harp Emoji Has Been Approved by Unicode

PUBLISHED Sep 16, 2024

In 2019, filmmaker Theo Schear harpist Mary Lattimore co-wrote a proposal to the Unicode Consortium, asking the group to create the ...

Sarah Davachi Embraces the Divide on 'The Head as Form’d in the Crier’s Choir'

PUBLISHED Sep 13, 2024

Composer Sarah Davachi's The Head as Form'd in the Crier's Choir is the latest entry in an already remarkable body of modern classical work...

Colin Stetson Finds New Peaks on 'The love it took to leave you'

PUBLISHED Sep 12, 2024

With each new release, the superlative praise for Colin Stetson's work and abilities cements his position as a singular voice in ...

Kim Gordon Teams Up with model home for New Single "razzamatazz"

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2024

Kim Gordon released her uncompromising sophomore solo record 'The Collective' earlier this year — Exclaim! chatted with her about the album...

Uniform and Pharmakon Play Canada on Co-Headlining Tour

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024

Uniform and Pharmakon will take their latest records on a co-headlining North American tour this December. Before 2024 is out, the...

Laurie Anderson on Canadian Childhood Memories and Her Admiration of a BNL Member

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2024

Laurie Anderson is constantly moving. The avant-garde legend has more on the go in a single year than many do in a lifetime...

Ulver Keyboardist Tore Ylwizaker Has Died

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2024

Tore Ylwizaker, the longtime keyboardist for chameleonic Norwegian band Ulver, has died. He passed away suddenly on the night of his 54th...