Punk

Arm's Length Are Taking Small-Town Ontario Emo to the Big Leagues
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022
If you pass it on Highway 401, you might not think much of Quinte West. The city is a two-hour drive east of Toronto and just north of Pr...
Blessed Refuse Easy Answers on 'Circuitous'
PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2022
"Am I attempting living right?" Drew Riekman asks in "Redefine," the pensive, winding opener from Blessed's sophomore LP Circuitous. Riekma...
OFF! Postpone 2022 North American Tour Following Drummer's Hospitalization
PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2022
Set to begin a North American tour in Phoenix, AZ, this evening, OFF! have now postponed the bulk of the run following the hospitalization...
SNFU, Four the Moment Receive 2022 Polaris Heritage Prize
PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2022
Following Pierre Kwenders' 2022 Polaris Music Prize win, the organization has awarded the Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize to albums f...
Meet the Artists Pushing Pop-Punk into the Future
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022
Pop-punk isn't just a sound: it's a mindset. That mindset of flipping off the status quo and unite the misfits against monocultural forces...
BRASS Continue to Shine on 'Look on the Bright Side'
PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2022
"Winning Hand" — the first single off Look on the Bright Side, the new EP from Vancouver hardcore punks BRASS — is the perfect introduction...
Toronto's West Queen West Punk Fest Gets Forgotten Rebels, Ripcordz, Random Killing
PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2022
Exclaim! and Shacklands Brewing are proud to present Toronto's 2022 edition of the annual West Queen West Punk Fest at the newly renovated...
Gloin's 'We Found This' Is Worth Discovering
PUBLISHED Oct 18, 2022
Not many albums have the power to transport you into a completely new frame of mind — whether sinister or joyful — within its first few sec...