Interview

Snotty Nose Rez Kids Embrace Their Bright 'RED FUTURE' While "Creating Space for the Next Generation"

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024

Sure, Snotty Nose Rez Kids are famously rambunctious and mischievous — but they're also empowering, slyly spitting authentic rhymes about I...

Nilüfer Yanya Embraces a Heightened Sense of Urgency: "Every Word Has a Weight"

PUBLISHED Sep 10, 2024

"It feels like it's still there… I just don't know what it is," Nilüfer Yanya tells me from her home in London, a hand grazing her forehead...

Zia Anger Redeems Past Mistakes with 'My First Film': "I Had a Lot of Delusions of Grandeur"

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2024

Zia Anger prefers the term "autofiction" when describing 'My First Film,' her project that tells the story of her journey as a first-time...

'Deaner '89' Brings Humour, Heart and Headbanging to Stories of Canadian Atrocities

PUBLISHED Sep 5, 2024

Paul Spence is a chameleonic renaissance man. An actor, writer, producer, musician and composer affectionately known as the Governor of Giv...

MJ Lenderman's Fretboard Fireworks Are Indie Rock's Secret Weapon

PUBLISHED Sep 4, 2024

MJ Lenderman is one of best guitarists working today, though you wouldn't know it from chatting with him. Yes, he's gained renown for wrang...

Valley Celebrate the "Magic of Having Finally Arrived at the Feeling We Were Chasing for So Many Years"

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2024

Valley wondered if it was a sign. After nearly a decade together, having met as Burlington high school kids in two separate groups in a...

BC Metal Explorers Anciients Go Through the Gauntlet and Reemerge Stronger Than Ever

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2024

All bands go through hardships: broken vans and instruments, arguments, creative differences, losing members, gaining members, getting...

Warren Ellis and Nick Cave's Bad Seeds Fearlessly Search for Something "Different to Anything That's Come Before"

PUBLISHED Aug 28, 2024

For the casual listener, Nick Cave seems easily categorized: he's moody, brooding and opaque. All the qualities that have earned the dozens...