Interview

Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2022: Peeling, Secret Sign, Super Genius, Sham Family

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2022

Toronto's Monarch Tavern is back at full capacity this week, which means that the Class of 2022 show on Saturday, February 26, is going to...

Kaia Kater Honours an Overlooked Moment in Black Canadian History with 'The Porter'

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2022

"I can't believe that I was born here, I grew up here, and I had no idea about the Black porters who were so instrumental in the labour mov...

Sum 41 and Simple Plan's Blame Canada Tour Is Skipping Canada

PUBLISHED Feb 22, 2022

A few days ago, Simple Plan and Sum 41 shocked pop-punk fans the world over with their first-ever collaboration, when Sum's Deryck Whibley...

Is the Metaverse the Future of Live Music?

PUBLISHED Feb 21, 2022

The organizers of Quebec City's Le Phoque OFF spent seven months planning the 2022 edition of their festival — only to have their plans go...

Simple Plan and Sum 41 Bury the Hatchet with New Collaborative Single "Ruin My Life"

PUBLISHED Feb 18, 2022

If Avril Lavigne's return to her original sound and an impending Fefe Dobson single wasn't enough, here's more proof that the Canadian pop-...

Dave Grohl Comes Clean About His Foo Fighters Lie

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2022

Dave Grohl lied to me. Last year, when Exclaim! spoke with the Foo Fighters frontman about the new album Medicine at Midnight, he repeated...

Basia Bulat on Motherhood, Worshipping Dolly Parton and a 'Seinfeld' Sandwich Scold

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Feb 15, 2022

Over her 15-plus-year career, Montreal-based singer-songwriter Basia Bulat has earned four JUNO nominations and released five albums, three...

Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2022: Zoon, Pleasure Craft, boy wonder

PUBLISHED Feb 8, 2022

After postponing our initial January plans, Exclaim!'s Class of 2022 concert series launched last weekend with two searing sets at Toronto'...