Interview

EKKSTACY's Fresh Start in Vancouver: "I Won't Just Be an Idiot and Be Drunk All the Time"

PUBLISHED May 14, 2025

"I'm not as cool as I used to be," EKKSTACY claims, studiously avoiding keeping his face in frame throughout our Zoom interview. "I enjoyed...

Shiv and the Carvers on Partying with Andrew W.K. and Pop Music's Subliminal Messaging

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED May 12, 2025

Have you ever been watching your favourite music video and felt unexplainably compelled to join the Navy? Perhaps not if you're not a...

Rachel Chinouriri's Duty Is for Black Girls to Feel Seen

PUBLISHED May 12, 2025

" My feet still don't feel like they're on the ground yet," Rachel Chinouriri tells me over an afternoon phone call from her hometown of...

Lights on Anger Management, Chad Kroeger's Discount Demands and Being a Diva Like Dion

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED May 9, 2025

It's been a big week for Lights. The singer dropped her sixth album A6 last Friday (May 2), and she just embarked on her tour in support of...

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Enters Her New Phase: "I Want to Do Things I Haven't Done Before"

PUBLISHED May 2, 2025

Superfans of 'Veep' know and appreciate the degree of involvement Julia Louis-Dreyfus had in the making of that series. From casting choices...

Jenny Hval Is Ready to Rethink Her Relationship with Sound

PUBLISHED May 2, 2025

Staring at the flat white courtyard of my Gmail inbox, I imagine stale dust, empty hallways and hospital corners — emptiness. It smells like...

Propagandhi’s Chris Hannah Has "No Interest in Politics," but He's Fighting the Fascists Anyway

PUBLISHED Apr 30, 2025

No matter how deep the United States sinks into corruption, cruelty or outright fascism, you can't say Propagandhi didn't warn us. "My worry...

Car Seat Headrest's Will Toledo on Chronic Illness and His "Scholarship of Faith"

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2025

Car Seat Headrest's performance at NYC's the Bitter End was described in the invitation as "stripped down." That pledge would be broken...