Gayance

Hua Li 化力 Gets Gayance, Martyn Bootyspoon for 'ripe fruit remixed' EP

PUBLISHED Sep 11, 2024

Montreal's Hua Li 化力 released her sophomore album, 'ripe fruit falls but not in your mouth' — which she calls her "crying at the club...

Gayance Kept the Wheels Turning at Le Festif!

Party Bus!, July 18

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2024

Le Festif! is known for some endearingly unconventional environments for the artists they book. Some might play at a stage built entirely...

Quebec's Le Festif! Gets Half Moon Run, Karkwa, Ibibio Sound Machine for 2024 Edition

PUBLISHED Apr 9, 2024

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, Le Festif! returns to Baie-Saint-Paul in Quebec's Charlevoix region from July 18 to 21...

28 Great Canadian Albums You Might Have Missed in 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 7, 2023

Canada has long been known for producing a surprising number of crossover successes for a country with a relatively small population. In 20...

Canadian Artists Name Their Favourite Albums of 2023

PUBLISHED Dec 6, 2023

Here at Exclaim!, we've already had our say about the best albums of 2023 — but what do the artists themselves think? We reached out to so...

POP Montreal Adds Yves Jarvis, Gayance, Vanille to Third Wave of 2023 Performers

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2023

POP Montreal doesn't do anything halfway. Having announced its first wave of performers back in March, the annual festival expanded its bil...

Polaris Music Prize Unveils 2023 Short List

PUBLISHED Jul 13, 2023

Every year, the Polaris Music Prize ventures to nominate a long list of 40 great Canadian albums, then narrow them down to 10 before announ...

Exclaim!'s 25 Best Albums of 2023 So Far

PUBLISHED Jun 1, 2023

The ingénue, the prodigy, the blinding comet of talent that comes crashing to earth from seemingly out of nowhere — there are few character...