Falcon Jane Takes an Insular Road Trip on "I Own the Road"
Falcon Jane's Sara May is certainly in her country era. After teasing her latest atmospheric journey with "Dirty Dog" last year, she
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Afternoon Bike Ride Relish the Journey on New Single "The Ride"
I didn't see many echoing my sentiments when I put forth an Afternoon Bike Ride cut for Song of the Summer last year, but I stand by it
Megan LaPierre•Feb 29, 2024Fall Out Boy Share “So Much (for) Stardust” Music Video Starring "Heat Wentz"
Fall Out Boy have shared a video for “So (Much) for Stardust,” the latest single and titular track of their eighth studio album that came
Karlie Rogers•Feb 28, 2024Hinds Make Caffeinated Comeback with "Coffee"
With vocalists/guitarists Carlotta Cosials and Ana Perrote holding it down after the rhythm section exited the Madrid-based band last year
Megan LaPierre•Feb 28, 2024Virginie B Embodies the Divine Feminine on "Madone"
Recent Bonsound signee Virginie B has unveiled her first single for the label. "Madone" sees the Montreal songwriter turn to hyperpop
Sydney Brasil•Feb 28, 2024Hear Godspeed You! Black Emperor Debut Three New Songs Live
Godspeed You! Black Emperor kicked off a run of 2024 tour dates on the weekend, and treated a crowd in New York to new, unreleased material
Calum Slingerland•Feb 26, 2024Mick Jagger Listens to the 1975's "Sex" While Working Out
Pretty famously, Mick Jagger is a performer. He has been for quite some time now! The Rolling Stones frontman's knack for moving on stage
Megan LaPierre•Feb 23, 2024Toronto's Zorza Shares 'Hyperdream' EP
Just weeks after announcing her return to Boiler Room Toronto, locally based DJ and producer Zorza has previewed her set by sharing new EP
Ben Okazawa•Feb 23, 2024Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: k-os, Charlotte Day Wilson, Sum 41, Kaïa Kater
Four Beatles biopics in 2027 this, four Beatles biopics in 2027 that. What about 99 great Canadian songs coming together right now, over
Exclaim! Staff•Feb 23, 2024SZA Blasts Off to "Saturn"
SZA's "Saturn" has returned! No, I don't mean whatever astrology thing that means — I'm talking about the artist's new single
Alex Hudson•Feb 23, 2024Close Talker Are Together in Transition with Wyatt C. Louis on "Tall Boy"
For the latest preview of their forthcoming album 'The Sprawl' (out March 22), Saskatoon indie rockers Close Talker have teamed up with
Megan LaPierre•Feb 22, 2024The Beaches Make US Late-Night TV Debut with "Blame Brett" on 'Kimmel'
It's the Beaches' world and we're just living in it. Still riding the wave of newfound notoriety off of the viral hit "Blame Brett," the
Megan LaPierre•Feb 22, 2024Mac DeMarco Covers Haruomi Hosono's "Boku Wa Chotto" for Stones Throw Records Compilation
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Japanese experimental virtuoso Haruomi Hosono's beloved 1973 debut solo album 'Hosono House,' Stones
Megan LaPierre•Feb 21, 2024Fucked Up Commemorate 15 Years of 'The Chemistry of Common Life' with New '44th & Vanderbilt' EP
Last fall, Fucked Up celebrated the 15th anniversary of their watershed album, 'The Chemistry of Common Life.' The orange 2LP vinyl reissue
Megan LaPierre•Feb 21, 2024Khruangbin Set a Chill Mood with "May Ninth"
Breezy psych instrumentalists Khruangbin have shared a new song from their upcoming album 'A LA SALA.' "May Ninth" is out now
Alex Hudson•Feb 20, 2024Adrianne Lenker Shares "Fool" with Goofy Music Video
Big Thief's singer-guitarist Adrianne Lenker has shared a video for "Fool" from her upcoming solo album 'Bright Future.' The song is
Alex Hudson•Feb 20, 2024Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Kittie, METZ, Chromeo, Saya Gray
Happy love week! Between Galentine's, Valentine's and Family Day coming Monday (February 19), this part of the bleak midwinter is all about
Exclaim! Staff•Feb 16, 2024DragonForce's Cover of Taylor Swift's "Wildest Dreams" Is Power Metal Madness
You've heard Taylor Swift's version of "Wildest Dreams." Now, get ready for "DragonForce's Version."
Calum Slingerland•Feb 15, 2024Skinny Dyck Returns with New Single "Can't Change the Colour of Your Eyes"
Skinny Dyck — the moniker of Lethbridge, AB's Ryan Dyck — is back today with a new single, "Can't Change the Colour of Your Eyes," via
Megan LaPierre•Feb 15, 2024Listen to Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis Cover Phoebe Bridgers
Fresh off the release of his fifth solo album 'What Do We Do Now,' Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis has been making the rounds for interviews and
Megan LaPierre•Feb 15, 2024IDLES Enter 'Parachutes' Era with Deepfake "Yellow" Music Video Remake
IDLES are releasing their new album 'TANGK' this Friday, and they've found no better way to remind us of the horrors of late-stage capital
Sydney Brasil•Feb 14, 2024Toronto's Mike Evin Comes to Terms with the End on "I Almost Called You Babe"
Prolific Toronto piano pop singer-songwriter Mike Evin is celebrating Valentine's Day by mourning love lost on his new jazz-laced breakup
Megan LaPierre•Feb 14, 2024Toronto's Vypers Drop 'Welcome to the Gutter' Demos, Tease New Record
Toronto psychlords Vypers have dropped a surprise, seven-song collection of demos, 'Welcome to the Gutter: Selected Demos 2020-2023'
Allie Gregory•Feb 14, 2024Waxahatchee Gets "Bored" on New Single — but You Sure Won't
Waxahatchee — Exclaim!’s March 2024 cover star — is back today with another preview of her forthcoming sixth album, 'Tigers Blood.' Arriving
Megan LaPierre•Feb 13, 2024Watch Sophie Ellis-Bextor's Late Night Debut on 'Fallon'
While the 'Saltburn' hype may have finally died down, "Murder on the Dancefloor" remains. This isn't a complaint — it's a total banger that
Sydney Brasil•Feb 13, 2024Watch Ryan Reynolds Get Really Meta in First 'Deadpool & Wolverine' Teaser
Usher did his best Samuel L. Jackson impression last night when he brought the 2000s R&B/hip-hop Avengers together at the Super Bowl
Ben Okazawa•Feb 12, 2024By Storm (f.k.a. Injury Reserve) Rapper Makes Solo Debut as RiTchie with New Single
Experimental hip-hop group By Storm (formerly known as Injury Reserve) retired their old name last year following the 2020 death of member
Megan LaPierre•Feb 12, 20241999 WRITE THE FUTURE Are Here with 'hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚' Jams
88rising collective 1999 WRITE THE FUTURE have released their star-studded debut album hella (˃̣̣̥╭╮˂̣̣̥) ✧ ♡ ‧º·˚, featuring guest appeara
Megan LaPierre•Feb 9, 2024Watch Sum 41 Burn an Effigy with "Landmines" on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!'
With all of the American acts surely still recovering from last weekend's Grammy Awards, Jimmy Kimmel Live! had to look north of the border
Megan LaPierre•Feb 9, 2024Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Aqyila, Ducks Ltd. Cadence Weapon, the OBGMs
Before you drop the bass and the spinach-artichoke dip for the Super Bowl on Sunday (February 11), you have plenty of pregaming to do
Exclaim! Staff•Feb 9, 2024Jakalope's Chrystal Oudijk Returns with Debut Solo Single as OUDi
In the years since 2000s Canadian industrial-pop project Jakalope's inactivity, former frontwoman Chrystal Oudijk has kept busy — between
Allie Gregory•Feb 9, 2024Former Nickelodeon Child Stars Tell of Toxic Environment in 'Quiet on Set' Trailer
The docuseries digs into the alleged "insidious environment rife with allegations of abuse, sexism, racism, and inappropriate dynamics"
Calum Slingerland•Feb 8, 2024Plants and Animals Spinoff Unessential Oils Shares Debut Single "Distrust the Magician"
Warren Spicer, singer-guitarist of Montreal's Plants and Animals, has launched a solo project with a new single. Unessential Oils' debut
Alex Hudson•Feb 7, 2024Listen to Bells Larsen Cover Rostam's "Bike Dream"
It's been a big week of Vampire Weekend-adjacent news — we're still trying to figure out what OGWAU means — so it's only right that Bells
Ben Okazawa•Feb 7, 2024Dan Mangan Delivers Cozy Cover of the Lumineers' "Sleep on the Floor"
Infamous Dave Grohl rejecter Dan Mangan is continuing to tour behind his sixth album, last year's JUNO-nominated and Polaris Prize
Megan LaPierre•Feb 6, 2024Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Backxwash, BADBADNOTGOOD, Rochelle Jordan, Jonita Gandhi
Between TikTok vs. Universal, unsavoury rap beef and people trauma-dumping on Elmo, it has certainly been a week. It's also a new month
Exclaim! Staff•Feb 2, 2024Billy Joel Releases First New Song in 17 Years, "Turn the Lights Back On"
Okay, Mr. Piano Man — it's time for a new one. Nobody said this, probably, but it really has been a long time since Billy Joel's last pop
Megan LaPierre•Feb 1, 2024Bicep Launch New CHROMA Project, Label with Debut Single "CHROMA 001 HELIUM"
Massive UK dance duo Bicep have announced the launch of a new project called CHROMA, which they've previewed today with the aptly titled
Megan LaPierre•Jan 31, 2024Listen to TEKE::TEKE Cover "Bankrobber" by the Clash
Robbie Robertson might not have liked the Clash, but fellow Canadian musicians TEKE::TEKE beg to differ. The Montreal-based psych rock
Ben Okazawa•Jan 29, 2024Dev Patel Gets Revenge in the 'Monkey Man' Trailer
Dev Patel is due to make his directorial debut with Monkey Man, and at long last, the action thriller film now has a first trailer
Calum Slingerland•Jan 26, 2024First Super Bowl DJ Tiësto Produces Heidi Klum Cover of Corey Hart's "Sunglasses at Night"
Nobody really knows why most things happen. They just simply do. We can try to make our own meaning out of these events, but ultimately, we
Megan LaPierre•Jan 26, 2024Ben Shapiro Makes Rap Debut on Worst Song Ever
Bullyable blowhard Ben Shapiro famously once claimed that “rap is not music,” but evidently that’s not the case when white people do it
Alex Hudson•Jan 26, 2024Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Carly Rae Jepsen, Cam Kahin, Kiesza, Zach Zoya
We've nearly made it through the endless month that is January. Whether you've been challenging yourself to keep things dry or get after so
Exclaim! Staff•Jan 26, 2024Watch Michael Cera Walk Out on Awkward Bobbi Althoff Interview
Whoever decided to get Michael Cera and Bobbi Althoff in a room together is an evil genius and should probably be locked away
Ben Okazawa•Jan 26, 2024Ice Spice Rips New Single "Think U the Shit (Fart)"
Everybody hold your breath: Ice Spice has crop-dusted fans with a new single, "Think U the Shit (Fart)."
Alex Hudson•Jan 26, 2024Spencer Burton Lets the 'North Wind' Blow on New Album
Written up in the north woods, Spencer Burton’s aptly titled North Wind (out now on Dine Alone Records)is a solitary and sparse record that
Kaelen Bell•Jan 26, 2024Toronto's Pee Pee Poo Poo Man Is Getting His Own Movie
In 2019, Toronto found itself in a shitty situation when a man travelled to university campuses across the city and dumped buckets of
Sydney Brasil•Jan 25, 2024Braids' Taylor Bonner Smith Invites You to Sink Into 'Bog'
Taylor Bonner Smith — best known as a member of Montreal electropop trio Braids — has released a new solo EP of ambient music
Megan LaPierre•Jan 23, 2024Chastity Returns with New Single "Nightmare"
Chastity — the emo project led by Whitby, ON's Brandon Williams — is back with another standalone single called "Nightmare." An outtake from
Megan LaPierre•Jan 23, 2024Here's the Trailer for 'Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent'
As promised, Law & Order is coming to Toronto — and now the trailer for Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent has arrived in anticipation of
Alex Hudson•Jan 19, 2024