reviews
'Something You Said Last Night' Feels as Real as a Memory
Directed by Luis De Filippis
PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2023
For young adults, family vacations are often uneventful and unexciting. They're a time for slipping back into a role that may no longer fit...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Jeremy Dutcher Takes an Exciting New Direction with "Ancestors Too Young"
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2023
"Ancestors Too Young" is not only the first English-language song Jeremy Dutcher has ever released, it's also the first one he ever wrote —...
The Alchemist Rises Above the Rest on 'Flying High'
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2023
The Alchemist has been a pillar in hip-hop since he came onto the scene as one-half of the Whooliganz and as a producer for acts like Dilat...
'Never Have I Ever' Graduates at the Top of Its Class in Season 4
Created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2023
Never Have I Ever fully came of age in its third season, when the Mindy Kaling-created show perfectly nailed its balance of teenage trauma,...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Arthur Russell Retains His Enigma on Gorgeous 'Picture of Bunny Rabbit'
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2023
With every posthumous Arthur Russell album — each organized and edited with painstaking care by Russell's longtime partner Tom Lee and Audi...
Colin Stetson Tested the Limits in Ottawa
Ottawa Jazz Festival, June 30
PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2023
While others will be typing into the night about legendary headliner Herbie Hancock closing the main stage at the Ottawa Jazz Festival's fi...
Indiana Jones Has Lost the Crack in His Whip in 'The Dial of Destiny'
Directed by James Mangold
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023
Growing up, there wasn't anyone cooler than Indiana Jones. An archaeology nerd whose field research requires him to holster a whip and figh...
KOKOROKO Loved Montreal, and Montreal Loved Them Right Back
Montreal International Jazz Festival, Montreal QC, June 29
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2023
When KOKOROKO took the stage at Montreal International Jazz Festival, they were greeted warmly by a packed crowd that was there to support...