The Changing of the Guard: 2024 Was the Year of Pop Music's Restructuring
While the tectonic plates of popular music are in constant motion, change often moves so gradually that it can be hard to notice anything h
Josh Korngut•Dec 4, 2024
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There's an empty space on that KALLAX shelf and it's absolutely begging for a new record. This holiday season, get the music-lover on your
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So much for the end of the monoculture. After the internet turned pop culture into a choose-your-own-adventure exploration of media, we
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With the charts ruled by generic country, and the pop vanguard turning in work that fell far short of their best, 2024 was a time of
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Kaelen Bell•Nov 26, 2024The Many Hats of Lubalin, Canada's Next Pop Music Savant
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Exclaim! Staff•Nov 22, 2024'Gladiator II': The Formidable Cast and Where You’ve Seen Them Before
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Rachel Ho•Nov 20, 2024Denzel Curry Explains Why "I Never Had Anxiety or Anything Like That Until I Got Famous"
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Kyle Mullin•Nov 20, 2024Kim Deal on the "Midwestern Dumbness" and "Orgy Music" of Her Big Solo Moment
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Rachel Ho•Nov 13, 20248 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in November 2024
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In many ways, it's been an incredible year for pop music. The breakout of the holy trinity of Charli XCX, Chappell Roan and Sabrina
Megan LaPierre•Nov 4, 2024Toronto's 7 Can't-Miss Concerts in November 2024
Despite that Clairo cancellation, October was a huge month for live music in Toronto. As the the temperatures finally start dropping to
Exclaim! Staff•Nov 1, 2024Montreal's 7 Can't-Miss Concerts in November 2024
So long spooky season, welcome back November, the "filler month" as the countdown towards the holidays begins to slowly defrost. However
Exclaim! Staff•Oct 31, 2024Vancouver's 7 Can't-Miss Concerts in November 2024
The live music scene tends to slow down a little over the holidays — so don't let November pass you buy! Vancouverites can make the most
Exclaim! Staff•Oct 31, 2024Mount Eerie Celebrates the Transformative Influence of Eric's Trip
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Phil Elverum has come full circle. In the '90s, he became fixated on making DIY recordings, writing songs mostly as a way to have something
Alex Hudson•Oct 28, 2024Peach Pit Rank Their 5 Best Songs
Peach Pit have found their groove. Since making a big splash with the wry, wobbly indie pop of their debut, 2017's 'Being So Normal,' the
Alex Hudson•Oct 25, 2024Amidst Modern Upheaval, Edward Berger's 'Conclave' Shows That "There's a Way Forward into the Future"
What goes on behind the Vatican's doors as Catholics around the world await a plume of white smoke to signal the successful selection of a
Rachel Ho•Oct 25, 2024'Seeds' Director Kaniehtiio Horn Is "Fucking Angry" — and Why Shouldn't She Be?
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Courtney Small•Oct 24, 2024A Toronto Sex Worker Brought "Truthful" Insight to 'Anora'
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Rachel Ho•Oct 23, 2024The 20 Best Canadian Albums of the 2020s So Far
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
Exclaim! Staff•Oct 22, 2024Five Must-See Movies at the 2024 Windsor Film Festival
The Windsor Film Festival (WIFF) returns for its 20th edition in the Rose City from October 24 to November 3, and, as in previous years
Rachel Ho•Oct 21, 2024This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 18, 2024
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Alex Hudson•Oct 18, 2024'Smile 2': 10 More of the Most Sinister Smiles in Film History
Smiles — people love them! They are transmitted between us as a sign of good faith, camaraderie and acceptance. We smile at other people, a
Marko Djurdjić•Oct 17, 2024ANOHNI Absorbs the Grief of a Planet in Crisis: "We're Porous Creatures"
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Kaelen Bell•Oct 17, 2024Maritime MCs Rap for a Better Future: "It's Really Special to See East Coast Hip-Hop Move Like This"
Even as Gilbert Sewell lay on his deathbed, he still found ways to inspire his grandson, Tristan Grant. Grant, who raps under the alias Wolf
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Rich Aucoin is packing up his parachute for the last time. After more than 15 years, his current New Nostalgia: Penultimate Tour marks the
Ian Gormely•Oct 15, 2024Hot-Take Reactions to Charli XCX's 'BRAT' Remix Album: Caroline Polachek Is Romantic, but the 1975 Are a Knife
The modern album rollout can feel like a clinical exercise in algorithmic optimization: artists waterfall four or five singles until the
Kaelen Bell , Sydney Brasil , Alex Hudson , Megan LaPierre and Karlie Rogers•Oct 11, 2024This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 11, 2024
Exactly how to watch Twin Peaks, "Leon" leaps as Donald speaks, hurricanes set off GOP freaks, the Lonely Island's glory hole tweaks
Vish Khanna•Oct 11, 2024Welcome to the T-Shirt Business: Canadian Musicians Show Off Their Favourite Band Merch
The music industry has sometimes been facetiously referred to as "the T-shirt business" — a funny and self-deprecating reminder that
Alex Hudson•Oct 10, 20248 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in October 2024
'BRAT' Summer is over! 'BRAT' Fall is in full swing! Or maybe neither ever truly existed, maybe nothing ever truly existed! The encroaching
Exclaim! Staff•Oct 9, 2024Kelly Lee Owens Finds Epiphanies on the Dance Floor and Normal Life: "Awe Is in the Everyday"
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Matty Pywell•Oct 8, 2024An Updated Oral History of Chris Martin Claiming That Coldplay Are Retiring
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me many times, shame on Chris Martin. This week, the singer mapped out his
Alex Hudson•Oct 7, 2024Hot-Take Reactions to Coldplay's 'Moon Music': An Inspirational ~Coexist~ Album Nearly Rescued by Jon Hopkins
In a music market dominated by solo pop artists, Coldplay are the biggest band in the world, and it's not even close. At least nominally
Sydney Brasil , Allie Gregory , Alex Hudson and Megan LaPierre•Oct 4, 2024This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: October 4, 2024
Have you dead, I'm the son of a crackhead, say perhaps instead, if the smoke is blue, yellow, and red, and much more from this week in
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