Interview

DijahSB's Heartfelt Words Are Making the Rap World — and Twitter — a Better Place

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2021

If DijahSB's music won't make them a star, their Twitter presence might. The rapper is an absolute fiend on the polarizing social media pla...

Selci Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2021

Hailing from Calgary, Selci makes dreamy alt-pop with an undercurrent of club-ready electronic music. EPs like 2020's A Soft Place and 201...

Sex Parties, Laugh Therapy, Freezing Rinks: A Glimpse into the Strange Life of a Session Musician

PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2021

In March 2004 or 2005 — the date's a little fuzzy, all these years later — drummer Cary Pratt was hired to play a private Mardi Gras party...

PUP's Stefan Babcock Tells Us About His "Absolutely Unhinged" Pup

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2021

It's only appropriate that a member of PUP should own an incredibly cute pup. The Toronto punk band's frontman, Stefan Babcock, got a young...

Montreal's Spectral Wound Bring New-School Politics to Old-School Black Metal

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2021

Montreal quintet Spectral Wound have steadily risen to the top of the Canadian black metal underground with one uncompromising, infectious...

Sook-Yin Lee on Getting Stuck in an Elevator with Moby and Surviving the Anarchy of Woodstock '99

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 7, 2021

Sook-Yin Lee has worn many hats over the past 30-plus years — musician, actor, film director, CBC Radio host and golden-era MuchMusic VJ....

Japandroids Reveal Who Covered Them the Best

PUBLISHED Mar 31, 2021

If you scour the internet, you can find plenty of people covering Japandroids' 2012 hit "The House That Heaven Built," including a haunting...

'Shiva Baby' Director Emma Seligman on Embracing the Painful Anxiety of Jewish Family Gatherings

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2021

Often, you know if you're going to like a film based on its enticing premise. But every so often, your appreciation for a film grows as you...