reviews

'Back to Black' Honours Amy Winehouse's Persona but Not Her Artistry

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

The surge of biopics in the past two decades has allowed audiences to pull down the curtain between themselves and an artist that they're p...

Ghostly Kisses Do the Same, but Better on 'Darkroom'

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

Heaven, Wait, Margaux Sauvé's ethereal 2022 debut as Ghostly Kisses, was a precocious if spotty album built from sparse electronic producti...

Ouri’s "Baby Has a Frown" Is an Artful Grin

Exclaim! Staff Picks

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

When I first heard the term "intelligent dance music" (IDM), I laughed. As anyone should! The idea of one form of music somehow being more...

Julia Holter Took Her Music to New Heights in Toronto

Great Hall, May 13

PUBLISHED May 14, 2024

Julia Holter's music is known for its careful intellectualism, a body of work that sometimes requires an open tab or two. Her Monday night...

Mannequin Pussy Brought ASMR Hardcore to Toronto

The Concert Hall, May 11

PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

"I have something for your review," Exclaim!'s Online Editor Allie Gregory told me as we spilled onto the street after Mannequin Pussy's Sa...

Bibi Club's Majestic 'Feu de garde' Is Intimately Grand

PUBLISHED May 13, 2024

Bibi Club's members, Adèle Trottier-Rivard and Nicolas Basque, are a married couple who have a child together, and that familial...

Maya Rudolph and Vampire Weekend Had Rip-Roaring Fun on Strangely Scatological 'SNL'

May 11, 2024

PUBLISHED May 12, 2024

Saturday Night Live alum Maya Rudolph returned to have some rip-roaring fun (there were a number of jokes about farting and pants pooping),...

Trans-Canada Highwaymen Were Pure Nostalgic Joy in Ottawa

Babs Asper Theatre, May 10

PUBLISHED May 11, 2024

All-hits touring packages are usually reserved for the casino and raceway circuit. But Trans-Canada Highwaymen, featuring Moe Berg from the...