reviews
Kristian North Grapples with Reality on 'Pseudoscience Fiction'
PUBLISHED May 15, 2023
The latest from Montreal's Kristian North, Pseudoscience Fiction, sees the artist at his most maximalist; a wild composer who seems able to...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Chris LaRocca Hasn't Skipped a Beat with 'perhaps!'
PUBLISHED May 13, 2023
Even though Chris LaRocca hadn't released his own music in over two years before releasing his new EP perhaps!, it's clear that he hasn't s...
blink-182 Brought Dick Jokes (and Just Enough Depth) to Toronto
Scotiabank Arena, May 11
PUBLISHED May 12, 2023
So many dick jokes. There's a reason that The Mark, Tom and Travis Show, blink-182's lone live album, is named after each of the band's thr...
'Fool's Paradise' Is as Superficial as the Industry It Tries to Parody
Directed by Charlie Day
PUBLISHED May 12, 2023
Charlie Day has always come across as a reluctant Hollywood star. Listen to (or creep) an episode of the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Bernice's Lovely 'Cruisin'' Is Fuelled by Feeling
PUBLISHED May 12, 2023
Toward the end of his prolific '70s period, Neil Young recorded a song called "Will to Love," that ended up on 1977's country rockin' Ameri...
'Could Have Done Anything' Places Charlotte Cornfield Among Canada's Great Storytellers
PUBLISHED May 11, 2023
Once described by Rolling Stone as "Canada's best-kept secret," Charlotte Cornfield may struggle to hold onto that mercurial anonymity foll...
Alison Goldfrapp Dives Headfirst into Pop Music on 'The Love Invention'
PUBLISHED May 11, 2023
In North America, Goldfrapp will be forever lumped together with the mid-'00s electroclash movement that spawned bygone acts like Fischersp...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Sweeping Promises' "Eraser" Encapsulates Everything They Do Best
PUBLISHED May 11, 2023
Despite the minimal output between their 2020 debut Hunger for a Way Out and now, Sweeping Promises have managed to maintain their momentum...