May Issue 2016

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  White Lung's Mish Way

  The Exclaim! Questionnaire

  PUBLISHED May 3, 2016

  Whether it's writing about sex, music, body image or politics (for outlets as varied as The Guardian, Dazed & Confused, Salon and Vice) or...

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  ​DOOMSQUAD

  Family Affair

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2016

  When it was revealed that DOOMSQUAD recorded their 2014 debut, Kalaboogie, around the Ottawa Valley resort town of Calabogie — known for it...

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  ​Where I Play

  LAL

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2016

  For Toronto's LAL, the phrase "find safety" serves as both album title and mantra. It's also the name of the duo's fourth full-length studi...

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  Deftones

  Beauty and Brutality

  PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2016

  Deftones always buck expectations. Perpetually lumped in with the nü-metal scene that briefly captured mainstream attention at the end of t...

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  Jean-Michel Blais

  Sounds and the City

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2016

  It took over a decade after dropping out of the prestigious Conservatoire de Musique de Trois-Rivières for Montreal pianist Jean-Michel Bla...

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  Black Mountain

  An Uncertain Future

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2016

  Don't believe a word Stephen McBean says.   Speaking about IV, the new record from his Vancouver-based band Black Mountain, the singer-guit...

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  Director X

  On Thin Ice

  PUBLISHED Apr 22, 2016

  For Director X, a revered music video director who grew up in Brampton, ON, the story of his first feature film Across the Line parallels s...

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  Ash Koosha

  Sonic Sculptor

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2016

  When it comes to music production, there are unique approaches and then there's Ash Koosha's. In order to comprehend his perspective, one f...