Interview

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2022: Bike Thiefs, Your Hunni, Shitbats, CJ Wiley

  PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2022

  On Saturday, March 12, Toronto music fans will find themselves at a crossroads: do they venture to the Horseshoe Tavern for a night of rock...

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  ​Domee Shi Brings Toronto's Quirks to Pixar

  PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2022

  It's been a decade since Domee Shi traded Toronto's bitter winters for sunny Los Angeles, but her hometown has never been far from her mind...

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  Luna Li Turns Viral Fame into a Blossoming Music Career

  PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

  Hannah Bussiere Kim — also known as Luna Li — was in the studio working on final touch-ups for her debut album when she got a phone call th...

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  Paper Bag Records Celebrates 20 Years, Reflects on Winning a JUNO with First-Ever Release

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2022

  "One of the best albums of this year."That's what Exclaim!'s wrote in a 2002 review of Paper Bag Records' very first release, Broken Social...

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  Peach Pit's Popularity Comes at a Price

  PUBLISHED Feb 28, 2022

  Success has come at a cost for Peach Pit. Since forming in 2016, the Vancouver four-piece have gone from indie upstarts to one of the city'...

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  Avril Lavigne Is Still the Voice of a Generation

  PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2022

  It's a pretty precocious move to open your debut single at 17 years old by telling the world that "Life's like this."  Nearly 20 years lat...

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  Mother Mother's Debut Turns 15: "'Touch Up' Is Our Zenith"

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2022

  Mother Mother's career arc has been impossible to predict. When they first emerged as a mid-'00s freak folk trio named Mother, it was unima...

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  SASAMI Wants Her Music to Enrage You

  PUBLISHED Feb 23, 2022

  Sasami Ashworth has had me on the phone for less than a minute before she tells me to get up out of my chair. "Okay, here's a calisthenics...