reviews
'The Bear' Season 3 Isn’t Quite a Full Meal
Created by Christopher Storer
PUBLISHED Jul 4, 2024
As strange as it may sound given how successful Season 2 of 'The Bear' became, I believed at that the time that the series should've ended...
'MaXXXine' Lacks Moxie
Directed by Ti West
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024
In California in the mid-'80s, a serial killer dubbed the Night Stalker hunted through San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles...
Truck Violence Plumb the Loudness of the Outskirts on 'Violence'
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024
There's something fascinating about Canada's prairie towns. The ghostly howl of the wind, the whispering of the grass, mist gathering ...
Kristin Witko's 'A Course in Miracles' Is a Mirror and a Telescope
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024
"We're grotesque, but we're feeling right at home." Those were the closing words Kristin Witko spoke on her 2019 debut album, the refracted...
Mo Kenney's "Evening Dream" Is a Polaroid of a Bittersweet Breakup
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Jul 3, 2024
Mo Kenney's "Evening Dream" is a breakup song that plays out like a movie — even when the emotions are painful, the hazy glow of nostalgia...
pHoenix Pagliacci Is Thrillingly Multifaceted on 'Dichotomy'
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
'Dichotomy' is the perfect title for pHoenix Pagliacci's new solo album; the Toronto MC and singer (known for formidable work in groups like...
Norah Jones Closed Out Ottawa Jazz Fest with Twists and Tenderness
Confederation Park Stage, June 29
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
The park was packed and sight-lines were at a premium for the last big night of 2024's Ottawa Jazz Festival, with Norah Jones ...
Butcher Brown Were Loose and Authentic at Ottawa Jazz Festival
OLG Stage, June 28
PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2024
After the laid-back, Mediterranean breeziness of Gabi Hartmann on Thursday, it was a whole different kind of melting pot in the OLG tent ...