June issue 2019
The Regal Life of Queen Bee Lil' Kim
PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2019
Standing at 4-foot-11, Kimberly "Lil' Kim" Jones has been one of the most revered and feared rappers of her time — not just as a woman who'...
Close Talker's 8 Favourite Places in Saskatoon
PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2019
Prairie trio Close Talker don't let their Saskatoon home hinder their ambitions. While the indie rockers are touring all summer before drop...
An Artist-First Mentality Is Key to Taurus Recording
PUBLISHED Jun 26, 2019
"Not even joking," Thomas D'Arcy says, looking at all the knobs and dials on his mixing board, "I would say five percent of why I became a...
Operators' Dan Boeckner
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
PUBLISHED Jun 12, 2019
Before my interview, Operators' publicist tells me that I have 20 minutes with frontman Dan Boeckner. We end up talking for over an hour; t...
'Godzilla: King of the Monsters' Co-Star Thomas Middleditch on Family Drama, Monster Fights and Striving for an Environmental Message
PUBLISHED May 30, 2019
Everyone's favourite Japanese dinosaur, Godzilla, since his 1954 debut, has represented society's fears about apocalyptic destruction as a...
Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Dedicated' Is Proof That 'E•MO•TION' Was No Fluke
PUBLISHED May 29, 2019
It's a common artistic dilemma: a musician releases a defining work early, then faces the struggle of following it up. "This has been suc...
Flying Lotus Channels Fiery Daydreams and Mac Miller on New Album 'Flamagra'
PUBLISHED May 23, 2019
Years ago, before his new album Flamagra was even a flicker in the thoughts of Flying Lotus mastermind Stephen Ellison, he was being bombar...
Full of Hell Discuss the "Sombre" Noise of New Album 'Weeping Choir'
PUBLISHED May 15, 2019
When it came time to record their new album, Weeping Choir — especially knowing it would follow their transcendent Trumpeting Ecstasy — Ful...
