Summer 2022 Issue

8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in June 2022

PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2022

June's gang of emerging Canadian artists find release in the loud, comfort in the quiet and everything else in between. Twinkly, cerebral f...

Ex-Weaves Vocalist Jasmyn Leaves Toronto, Goes Solo and Finds Herself 'In the Wild'

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2022

Jasmyn Burke decided to move to Hamilton, near the water. There is something calming about the roll of the waves, something restorative, he...

How Alexisonfire Learned to Love Each Other

PUBLISHED May 31, 2022

For years, Alexisonfire were the band that broke up. Was their breakup amicable? "Not really," they said at the time. Still, they licked t...

'Hope in Dirt City' Turns 10: Cadence Weapon Reflects on His "Steely Dan Album"

PUBLISHED May 30, 2022

Writing about his third studio release as Cadence Weapon in 2022 memoir Bedroom Rapper, out May 31 via McClelland & Stewart, Rollie Pem...

'Stranger Things 4' Widens in Scope and Intensifies Its Horror

Created by the Duffer Brothers

PUBLISHED May 26, 2022

After three years, Netflix brings back one of its most popular shows for its penultimate season — Stranger Things 4 is bigger, bolder and t...

Sex Pistols Remain Controversial, and Steve Jones Is Sick of It

PUBLISHED May 25, 2022

"From day one, we've always been shrouded in controversy," Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones tells Exclaim! The pioneering punk band were o...

'Top Gun: Maverick' Loop-the-Loops Around the Original

Directed by Joseph Kosinski

PUBLISHED May 20, 2022

In Top Gun: Maverick, Tom Cruise takes to the skies once again and pushes the limits of what a blockbuster can be, giving audiences a front...

​fanclubwallet Is Making Rock Music Accessible

PUBLISHED May 19, 2022

Hannah Judge is doing something cool. And whenever possible, she's doing it in sweatpants. "Time to record and produce this EP from bed th...