Summer Issue 2016
Arkells' Max Kerman
The Exclaim! Questionnaire
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2016
A decade into their journey, Arkells have gone from being hometown heroes in their native Hamilton, ON to one of Canada's preeminent pop ro...
A New Hope
Can The NX Reclaim Nintendo's Throne?
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2016
You wouldn't know it from all the people hunting Pikachus and Jigglypuffs around your neighbourhood with Nintendo's augmented-reality smart...
Where I Play
Kate Maki and Frederick Squire
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2016
For five years, songwriters Kate Maki and Frederick Squire (Shotgun & Jaybird, Daniel, Fred & Julie) have been living in Greater Sudbury's...
Laura Mvula
Dream State
PUBLISHED Jul 12, 2016
"I don't want to lie anymore." For Laura Mvula, pop-soul album The Dreaming Room is both her new 12-track record and current state of min...
ScHoolboy Q
New Perspective
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2016
Just three months shy of his 30th birthday, L.A. rapper ScHoolboy Q has the sage, assured demeanour of a sexagenarian. About to release his...
Weaves
Hirsute of Happiness
PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2016
"I liked the idea of hair. It's always growing, you can dye it and cut it and change it, so I always thought it was an interesting way to d...
Hannah Georgas
Family Matters
PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2016
"The life I live is the only one I've got, so what's the point if I can't live it up?" asks Hannah Georgas on the luminous "Naked Beaches"...
Unlocking the Truth
Old Souls
PUBLISHED Jul 7, 2016
"I don't consider myself a vocalist," admits Malcolm Brickhouse of Flatbush, NY-bred metal band Unlocking the Truth. "My voice is still goi...
