Interview

Canadian Indie Artists Face Uncertain Future After SiriusXM Axes CBC Radio 3: "I Have to Re-Evaluate Everything"

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2022

"I have to re-evaluate everything." Like many Canadian independent artists and labels, Montreal-based pop artist Russell Louder was shocke...

Dan Mangan Ranks His 5 Best Songs

PUBLISHED Oct 28, 2022

Speaking with Dan Mangan, it quickly becomes clear how much thought goes into his lyrics. Every song is like a snapshot of a larger story,...

Bonnie Trash on Turning Their Family's Ghost Stories into Music: "Am I Scared? Absolutely"

PUBLISHED Oct 27, 2022

Whenever Bonnie Trash — the darkened shoegaze/post-punk drone project from Guelph, ON, led by twin sisters Emmalia and Sarafina Bortolon-Ve...

Arm's Length Are Taking Small-Town Ontario Emo to the Big Leagues

PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022

If you pass it on Highway 401, you might not think much of Quinte West.  The city is a two-hour drive east of Toronto and just north of Pr...

Arctic Monkeys Take the Scenic Route for Their Most Elaborate Music Ever: "We Were Way in the Weeds"

PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2022

Arctic Monkeys have spent most of their career learning how to chill out.  After a rise as rapid as the tempos on their first two records,...

Dry Cleaning Are Exactly What They Want to Be

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022

"It's almost like coriander," Florence Shaw says carefully, attempting to describe her band's multiplicitous sophomore record, Stumpwork. "...

Ryan Guldemond (GLDMTH, Mother Mother) Wants to Be Anything Except "Mid"

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2022

For over 15 years, singer-guitarist Ryan Guldemond has made quirky, anxious pop music as the frontman of Mother Mother — first presenting a...

Tegan and Sara Rank Their 5 Best Songs

PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022

Tegan and Sara have spent much of the last few years buried in the past: they released the teenage memoir High School in a 2019, recorded s...