reviews
Men I Trust Brought a Magical Synergy to Vancouver
The Orpheum, May 3
PUBLISHED May 4, 2023
As the lights in the Orpheum dimmed and the crowd settled into their seats, you could hear them call out into the darkness — "Emma!" "Hel...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Alfa Mist Pushes Toward an Even Bolder Future on 'Variables'
PUBLISHED May 4, 2023
Around this time last year, I was fortunate to catch a remarkable set by Alfa Mist, who enthralled a Toronto crowd of around 100 with his t...
'Carmen' Has an Identity Crisis
Directed by Benjamin Millepied
PUBLISHED May 3, 2023
Georges Bizet's canonical, much-adapted opera, Carmen, is steeped in a profound sense of time and place, intrinsically tied to the Kingdom...
Westerman Follows Every Feeling Through on 'An Inbuilt Fault'
PUBLISHED May 3, 2023
On Westerman's second full-length album, the London-raised, Athens-based songwriter is questioning everything: where he's living (he moved...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: Marta Złakowska's 'When It's Going Wrong' Is So Right
PUBLISHED May 3, 2023
Teaming up once again with trip-hop mainstay Tricky, Polish singer Marta Złakowska's debut is quick and effective. This time around, the pa...
'Ed Sheeran: The Sum of It All' Is a Low, Slow, Sad Burn
Directed by David Soutar
PUBLISHED May 2, 2023
Ed Sheeran is an unlikely pop star. The singer-songwriter rose to fame at an early age, scoring impressive chart numbers in his 20s on the...
Exclaim!'s Staff Picks: zensei ゼンセー Builds a Starry-Eyed Lo-Fi Dreamscape on 'destination heartbreak'
PUBLISHED May 2, 2023
Don't let the title fool you: ominous foreshadowing is actually used pretty sparingly on destination heartbreak, the debut full-length rele...
Olivia Jean's 'Raving Ghost' Is Decadent and Dangerous
PUBLISHED May 2, 2023
Born in 1990, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Olivia Jean came up through the suburbs of Detroit, steeped in the music of the Gore...