reviews
Loraine James Preserves Love's Artifacts on 'Gentle Confrontation'
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023
With every album, one gets the sense that Loraine James has discovered new facets of herself, however big or small they may be. "I really c...
yeule Is Beginning to Heal on 'softscars'
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2023
You could be forgiven if you'd assumed that electronic musician yeule was just the latest upgrade in the music industry's quest to build a...
Rifflandia 2023 Brought Star Power and Synergy to Victoria
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2023
After last year's victorious return, the 2023 edition of Rifflandia inevitably felt more low stakes, able to breathe without the burden of...
CHAI's Self-Titled Album Is Sweet and Sticky but Never Saccharine
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2023
Japanese pop experimentalists CHAI espouse a philosophy that they call Neo Kawaii. A reference to the Japanese word for cute, Kawaii encour...
Crumb and Melody's Echo Chamber Feel the Gentle Sting of Memory on "Le Temple Volant"
Exclaim! Staff Picks
PUBLISHED Sep 19, 2023
There's something so comfortable to me about a collaboration between Crumb and Melody's Echo Chamber, maybe because many of my university d...
'Laugh Track' Is in the Centre of the National's Venn Diagram
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023
Albums come in twos these days for Aaron Dessner. He produced and co-wrote most of Taylor Swift's 2020 double-header, and this year oversaw...
'When Morning Comes' Captures the Bittersweet Beauty of a Childhood Memory
Directed by Kelly Fyffe-Marshall
PUBLISHED Sep 18, 2023
When Morning Comes tenderly displays the bittersweetness of longing for a place or person before even having said goodbye. The film begins...
Iggy Pop Brought Sweaty Swagger to Ottawa's CityFolk Festival
PUBLISHED Sep 15, 2023
Nobody wants to let go of summer when September rolls around. Thankfully for Ottawa folk, CityFolk Festival arrives just in time to kick th...