Interview

Jeff Rosenstock's Battle Against Self-Hatred and One-Percenters

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2024

Over the past few years, Jeff Rosenstock has evolved from a punk's punk into one of the scene's most critically acclaimed, widely respected...

Molly McGlynn Gives Voice to Universal Struggles of 'Fitting In'

PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2024

In an alternative universe, writer and director Molly McGlynn would’ve been granted the budget to properly set her sophomore feature during...

Cheekface Love People Who Find Them Annoying

PUBLISHED Jan 24, 2024

"This must be the strangest interview ever," I say between slurps of noodles. Cheekface and I are set to talk over a virtual bowl of pho, b...

Alkaline Trio Draw on Matt Skiba’s Time in blink-182 to Find “Unity of Purpose”

PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2024

"I went through a very fucking dark place back during COVID and got pretty unhealthy," says Matt Skiba......

"Vancouver, Make Some Noise": The Golden Age of Wrestling Puts Local Scene in a Loving Headlock

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024

"Vancouver, make some noise!" I'm standing in 604 Records' East Van performance space on Saturday night (January 12), where technical diff...

Here's What Makes Bad Album Art Awful, According to the Guy Who Wrote the Book

PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2024

Every year, it gets harder to assemble our annual list of the worst album covers. Countless artists self-release albums from their bedrooms...

Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2024: La Sécurité, Sunnsetter, OLGA, the Royal Family

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2024

Temperatures dropped in Toronto over the weekend, and Rachel Bobbitt's closing words from "Two Bit" rung out as a prelude to the frigid jou...

Protest the Hero's 'A Calculated Use of Sound' at 20: How They Got Over Embarrassment and Learned to Love Their Debut EP

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2024

For a musician, revisiting one's early releases can be a double-edged sword. It can reveal intricacies in the work that may have been lost...