Spring 2022 Issue

PUP's Company Loves Misery on 'THE UNRAVELING OF PUPTHEBAND'

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2022

PUP have always known that misery loves company. While their music exists in the same space as the type of posi-punk that promises any lose...

'Pachinko' Brings Korean Stories to a Global Audience: "It Really Excavated Something Primal in Me"

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2022

Based on the bestselling novel of the same name, Apple TV+'s Pachinko (premiering March 25) is an eight-episode saga that's both ambitious...

Denzel Curry Walks the Path of the Samurai

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2022

No matter how many times Denzel Curry gets hurt, he never seems to slow down. When the Florida-bred firebrand speaks with Exclaim! in earl...

Mares of Thrace Return Nerdier (and Heavier) Than Ever

PUBLISHED Mar 22, 2022

You could be forgiven for thinking the title of Mares of Thrace's new album, The Exile (out March 25 via Sonic Unyon), was about the band i...

Secret Jocks: Canadian Musicians Reveal Their Favourite Sporting Activities

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2022

Hollywood has taught us to believe that jocks and artists are warring cliques — but speaking to Canadian musicians tells a very different s...

'X' Is as Lurid as Actual Porn

Directed by Ti West

PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2022

There's often something a bit porn-y about slashers: lurid, visceral films with a flimsy plot that serves primarily to bridge one graphic s...

'Wildhood' Has an Authenticity Rarely Seen On-Screen

Directed by Bretten Hannam

PUBLISHED Mar 10, 2022

In Bretten Hannam's feature film debut, they employ the familiar beats of the coming-of-age genre through the eyes of a queer Indigenous te...

Luna Li Turns Viral Fame into a Blossoming Music Career

PUBLISHED Mar 2, 2022

Hannah Bussiere Kim — also known as Luna Li — was in the studio working on final touch-ups for her debut album when she got a phone call th...