Kid Koala

The 30 Artists Who Defined Exclaim!'s First 30 Years

PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2022

So much has changed since Exclaim! published its first issue in April 1992, but 30 years and over 300 issues later, what remains the same i...

Relive Our Favourite Moments from Toronto's Mod Club in Photos

PUBLISHED Nov 10, 2020

This past Friday (November 6), Toronto venue the Mod Club announced that it would be closing down, effective immediately. In the nearly tw...

Canadian Artists Remember Their Best, Worst and Most Mortifying Day Jobs

PUBLISHED Nov 9, 2020

It wasn't always Netflix shows, sold-out venues and Twitter stans for these talented Canadians; once upon a time, they merely blended in wi...

Canadian Artists Show Off Their Most Treasured Albums from Their Record Collections

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2020

Nearly every great musician begins, first and foremost, as an obsessive fan. Everyone has their own formative influences and, to gain close...

Canadian Artists Recall the Meanest Things People Have Ever Said to Them

PUBLISHED Jul 24, 2020

The many moving parts of a live performance can present unique challenges for touring artists; worn-out equipment, bad sound, unruly weathe...

Canadian Artists Weigh In on What Canada Means to Them

PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2020

While colonial powers come under scrutiny amid global uprisings against systemic oppression, Canadians have been forced to reckon with our...

Millimetrik, Kid Koala, the Young Gods and Ellemetue Kick Off Festival de Musique Émergente

FME, Rouyn-Noranda QC, August 29

PUBLISHED Aug 30, 2019

Kid Koala began the proceedings rather unceremoniously at Festival de musique émergente, northern Quebec city Rouyn-Noranda's annual festiv...

Jean-Michel Blais Gets Kid Koala, CFCF for Remix EP

PUBLISHED Aug 19, 2019

Jean-Michel Blais' sophomore LP Dans ma main was one of our Top Experimental and Modern Composition albums of 2018, and the pianist has now...