Spring 2023 Issue

'Yellowjackets' Season 2 Finds Direction in the Wilderness

Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2023

If there's anything that Yellowjackets does exceedingly well, it's dishing out a deliciously good story, balancing the drama and dark comed...

In 'BlackBerry,' Jay Baruchel and Matt Johnson Celebrate "Canadian Small-Man Complex"

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2023

It's remarkable how little credit BlackBerry (and Canada) get for having a major hand in the world we currently live in today. Even those...

Zoon on Temp Job Tantrums and the Life-Altering Influence of Beck and A Tribe Called Red

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 24, 2023

In any other year, Zoon's Daniel Monkman would likely have spent the months surrounding their acclaimed debut album, Bleached Wavves, on th...

​Stefana Fratila Took a Trip to NASA and Captured the Sound of Our Solar System

PUBLISHED Apr 20, 2023

Have you ever wondered what the planets sound like? Toronto producer Stefana Fratila has, and she went on a five-year mission to find out....

Exclaim! Comics: Spring Is Here (Sorta) So It's Time to Take Your Club-Level Soundsystem to the Park

PUBLISHED Apr 17, 2023

Spring is here! Well, sort of. Sure, there's still the occasional ice storm, but the buds are on the trees and it's time to bring the obnox...

Feist Searches for "Useful Truths" Within Life's Dizzying Highs and Tragic Lows

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2023

We tend to ask songs for confirmation of our experience, to tell our stories in ways more beautiful than we allow for ourselves. We lay our...

Tim Baker Remembers Hey Rosetta!'s 'Into Your Lungs' and How It Ultimately Broke Up the Band

PUBLISHED Apr 10, 2023

Tim Baker is in on the joke.The singer-songwriter from St. John's, NL, offers up a trademark sheepish grin when confronted with a now-15-ye...

Daniel Caesar Rips Up the Formula: "I'm Only Going to Go More and More Off the Rails"

PUBLISHED Apr 5, 2023

.Daniel Caesar has been wrestling with his ego.  He sets the scene of himself on a remote farm in Peterborough, ON, laboriously drafting a...