Summer 2021 Issue
The Zolas' Zach Gray on Bowie's Imposter Syndrome, Dinner with Jane Fonda and Indonesian Scooter Crashes
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
PUBLISHED Jul 14, 2021
Past and future tenses collide in the Zolas' aptly-titled fourth LP, Come Back to Life, which arrives July 16 via Light Organ Records. The...
Turn and Face the Strange: Canadian Musicians Embrace Change Amid Industry Upheaval
PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2021
Since the COVID-19 pandemic first hit Canada in early 2020, it's far easier to list what's changed since then than what's the same, and the...
The Pandemic Changed How Artists Release Music — but Will It Stick Around?
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2021
The OBGMs entered 2020 with a new record and something to prove. It had been three years since the Toronto-based band released new music an...
8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in July 2021
PUBLISHED Jul 6, 2021
Nationwide concert tours are being announced at a rapid pace, and since we finally have reason to believe that these dates will stick, we'r...
A'ziah King Hopes 'Zola' Will Inspire More Authentic Sex Work Stories in Hollywood
PUBLISHED Jun 30, 2021
"Sex work is work. It's a job, it's a lifestyle. It can be negative if that's what you make it, but for me, my sex work has always been pos...
Montreal's Chiiild Moves from Usher Collaborator to Solo Trailblazer
PUBLISHED Jun 29, 2021
Chiiild — the pseudonym of songwriter Yonatan Ayal — is unfailingly optimistic. It's only fitting that his studio debut, out July 23, is ca...
'Billy Talent II,' the Crowning Achievement from the Unfairly Maligned Alt-Rockers, Turns 15
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021
When Billy Talent achieved CanCon fame in 2003, they had finally found a formula that worked for them. The Mississauga band had toiled away...
The Best and Worst of What to Watch in June 2021
PUBLISHED Jun 17, 2021
Summer would normally bring big popcorn blockbusters — but in this very different year for movie-goers, we have to satisfy our cinematic cr...
