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Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: illuminati hotties' "Truck" Is a Sugar-Sweet Road Song
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2023
My favourite illuminati hotties mode is freaky, when singer Sarah Tudzin cuts loose with unhinged yelps and skronky riffs. The new single "...
'Talk to Me' Finds Fresh Scares in Classic Horror
Directed by Michael and Danny Philippou
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2023
The RackaRacka twins, Michael and Danny Philippou, have built their brand on hilariously gory YouTube videos that can be easy to grow out o...
Bethany Cosentino's 'Natural Disaster' Finds Silver Linings in a World on Fire
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2023
After over a decade with Best Coast, the release of Bethany Cosentino's first solo album feels like a reintroduction to one of the 2010 ind...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Lost Girls Leave Their Bodies Behind on "Ruins"
PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2023
"Bodies are stupid / Bodies are dumb," Jenny Hval sings at the climax of "Ruins," the first new song since 2021 from Lost Girls, her collab...
Strange Ranger Assume a New Form on the Entrancing 'Pure Music'
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023
It's invigorating when an artist or band undergoes a drastic transformation in style or vision without losing their identity. Strange Range...
Le Festif! Brought Rural Quebec to Life Yet Again in 2023
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023
I had almost no clue what to expect going into my first-ever experience at Le Festif! in Baie-Saint-Paul. Located an hour and change east o...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Teo and WESTSIDE BOOGIE Take Flight on "Wings"
PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2023
Sacramento up-and-comer Teo and L.A. heavyweight WESTSIDE BOOGIE have been drinking their Red Bull. The duo take flight on their new single...
Avenged Sevenfold and Alexisonfire Fed on Nostalgia in Montreal
Bell Centre, July 22
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2023
If there are two bands that can pluck you out of reality and drop you back into the weirdness of the early to mid-2000s, it's the Californi...