Backxwash
Vancouver's Shame Fest Gets Backxwash, Devours, BIB for 2025 Edition
PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2025
Shame Fest is returning to its home city of Vancouver for another year. Running from August 1 to 3 across three different venues...
Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2025 Long List, Announces Song Prize
PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2025
The 2025 Polaris Music Prize long list has been announced, featuring 40 albums selected from a total of 189 under consideration for their...
Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2025 So Far
PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2025
"Buy Canadian" has become a frequent rallying cry on this side of the border, as Canadian consumers look to retaliate against...
Take Me Out to Montreal's 10 Can't-Miss Concerts in April 2025
PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2025
It may be April 1, but Montreal is not fooling around with the selection of live music coming to the city this month. Here are Montreal's...
Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Backxwash, Sum 41, Kathleen Edwards, Jessie Reyez
PUBLISHED Mar 28, 2025
We've nearly made it to the end of March, and so far only one Christian rock band frontman has been revealed to be in-laws with the Trump...
Backxwash Details New Album 'Only Dust Remains,' Shares "9th Heaven"
PUBLISHED Feb 27, 2025
Backxwash came storming back last spring with the eight-minute epic "WAKE UP," and subsequently revealed that she would be releasing a new...
Backxwash to Release New Album in February 2025
PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2024
In the first half of 2024, Montreal's Backxwash teamed up with La+ch and SVDP on "BLVCK," then released the epic solo cut "WAKE UP." Looking...
The 20 Best Canadian Albums of the 2020s So Far
PUBLISHED Oct 22, 2024
Starting in the aughts and continuing into the 2010s, Canada was known for its indie rock boom. Now, as we arrive at the halfway point of...
