Interview

Kops Records Explains the Importance of Keeping Sales Local

PUBLISHED Sep 3, 2020

Throughout the pandemic, record stores across Canada have understandably turned to the internet to keep business flowing, transforming thei...

GarfieldEATS Founder Nathen Mazri Says His New Web Series Is Inspired by Quibi

PUBLISHED Sep 2, 2020

Like or not, there's no denying that the surreal fast casual pizza spot GarfieldEATS has made Canada's food scene significantly more intere...

Hannah Georgas on Fulfilling Her Dream of Working with the National, Ditching Toronto and Her Tanning Bed Regrets

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2020

Way back in 2008, Hannah Georgas's debut EP featured a song called "The National," an aching ballad about running into an ex at a concert o...

You Say Party Reflect on 'XXXX' a Decade Later: "It Was the Peak, but We Didn't Realize It"

PUBLISHED Aug 26, 2020

When You Say Party! We Say Die! released their third album, XXXX, in 2009, it felt like they had just opened a new chapter in their career....

Nap Eyes' Seamus Dalton Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2020

Halifax's Nap Eyes make exceptionally witty, good-natured, chilled out jangle-rock — as heard on this year's wonderfully nerdy album Snaps...

dvsn Reflect on Five Sold-Out Drive-In Concerts

PUBLISHED Aug 15, 2020

While restrictions on large gatherings remain in place and music venues remain closed, society's longing for live tunes and a deeply ingrai...

Kathleen Edwards on the Depression That Stopped Her Career — and the New Perspective That Brought Her Back

PUBLISHED Aug 11, 2020

Kathleen Edwards felt like she was on a hamster wheel. After more than a decade of grinding, she had achieved commercial and creative succe...

Le Ren Is a Canadian Cannabis Hero

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2020

Le Ren is Lauren Spear, the BC-raised/Montreal-based folk singer who also plays in the countrified Maybel and the pop-punk-inclined Skunk....