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'Kim's Convenience' Has Changed the Canadian TV Game — Next Stop, the World

PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2021

TV series Kim's Convenience sprung from the wildly successful 2011 play by Ins Choi, based on the playwright's personal experiences navigat...

Our Lady Peace's Raine Maida Is Supporting Local Artists with New Cannabis Company

PUBLISHED Jan 13, 2021

Our Lady Peace frontman Raine Maida has become the latest Canadian artist to get involved in the country's legal cannabis business, as he's...

Montreal's Hua Li 化力 Won't Let the World Stop Her from Connecting with Her Wuhan Roots

PUBLISHED Jan 11, 2021

At the start of 2020, Hua Li 化力 worried helplessly from half a world away as her grandmother and other Wuhan relatives went under lockdown...

Eric Andre on Moving to Canada, the Mysterious Photocopier and Selling Out His First Tour

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2021

Eric Andre was once unsure if The Eric Andre Show would continue past a fifth season, but as he wrapped edits on his latest batch of episod...

Mask Off with MF DOOM: A 2004 Face-to-Face Interview

PUBLISHED Jan 5, 2021

You wouldn't immediately recognize him on that spring afternoon in 2004. And if it weren't for his metallic disguise sitting on the table b...

Chris Murphy Remembers His All-Time Favourite Sloan Cover

PUBLISHED Dec 21, 2020

After nearly three decades as one of Canada's most beloved pop-rock bands, Sloan have been celebrated with their fair share of cover songs...

Gianna Lauren Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2020

Halifax singer-songwriter Gianna Lauren has been releasing moody, atmospheric indie rock for more than a decade — most recently heard on th...

DEMO FEST Inspires Hundreds of Musicians to Launch New Projects on the Same Day

PUBLISHED Dec 14, 2020

It goes without saying that 2020 has been an incredibly strange one, with the COVID-19 pandemic affecting music culture on a large and smal...