September Issue 2018

Chilly Gonzales: A Deep Dive Into the Long Strange Trip of a Genius Provocateur

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2018

As a musical genius, myth builder, composer, educator, record breaker and vaudevillian performer, if there is one common element that perva...

​Toronto's Root Down Studio and Jam Space, Formerly S.H.I.B.G.B.S., Wants Artists to Thrive

PUBLISHED Aug 27, 2018

Building community, connecting dots — that's the mission statement behind the Root Down, a rehearsal and pre-production space on Toronto's...

Interpol's Paul Banks

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Aug 24, 2018

Over 20 years into their career, Interpol haven't strayed too far from the moody post-punk sound that made their debut, 2002's Turn on the...

​Charli XCX Is No Angel (And She Won't Learn)

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2018

On stage at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Charli XCX is absolutely captivating the 50,000-plus crowd — but it isn't hers. It'll be another...

Blood Orange Couldn't Have Made 'Negro Swan' Alone

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2018

"I've always believed that just because someone writes the song, they're not the one who finishes it," says Dev Hynes, aka Blood Orange, "o...

​Mitski Is in Control on 'Be the Cowboy'

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2018

"I am an artist. I'm not a fevered priestess girl," Mitski Miyawaki declares weeks before her fifth album, Be the Cowboy, arrives.   It's a...

'Disenchantment' Sees Matt Groening Living in the Past

PUBLISHED Aug 14, 2018

Adhering to a rich tradition of adolescent outsiders, Matthew Abraham Groening spent his formative years devouring weirdo art and dreaming...