So much for retirement: Logic has set a release date for his eighth studio LP. The Grammy-nominated MC will share new album Vinyl Days on Ju...

Recent Mint Records signees Kamikaze Nurse have announced plans for a West Coast tour, including a handful of dates in Canada. Beginning...

Ghost made their arena-sized ambition apparent earlier this year with Impera, and the Swedish outfit have now announced plans to bring their...

Toronto's Rapport have announced the release of their new EP Floating Through the Wonderwave — and have today lifted a new single and its ac...

Following the release of this year's Time Skiffs, Animal Collective have announced a North American tour with several Canadian stops mapped...

Newly minted rock star and musical Mexican pizza enthusiast Dolly Parton delivered her wholesome Netflix holiday special Christmas on the Sq...

Sun's Signature — the new project from Cocteau Twins' iconic frontperson Elizabeth Fraser and her partner Damon Reece — have shared a new so...

Johnny Cash's musical legacy is undeniably larger-than-life and his birthplace commemorated him accordingly: his looming figure towers over...

Montréal's MUTEK has shared the full list of programming for its 2022 edition, featuring over 80 performances over six days and six nights. ...

Don't call it a comeback: after the deeply beloved and dearly missed novel Timbiebs were born of last year's inevitable collaboration betwee...

The Tragically Hip's "Wheat Kings" — the beloved acoustic-led number from their celebrated 1992 album Fully Completely — references the stor...

Last summer, Toronto's High Park hosted a three-night stint of Jeremy Dutcher performances at its Canadian Stage, and this summer, the Dream...

Carly Rae Jepsen and Bleachers have announced a two-night limited run of co-headlining performances, which will bring them to Toronto's Budw...

They say not to meet your heroes, but have they said anything about whether you should watch your former tour-mates perform your songs? B...

In support of their 2022 record Blue Water Road, Kehlani has mapped out a 28-date North American tour this summer, including a pair of perfo...

Back in 2020, Rina Sawayama released Sawayama, her aughties-pop meets nu-metal concoction of a debut. And today, the British alt-pop star ha...

Sarah McLachlan has announced a one-off show in Toronto this summer, plotting a performance at Budweiser Stage on July 11. Following an a...

Ontario producer MISZCZYK (a.k.a. Nyles Miszczyk) has announced his debut album Thyrsis of Etna, arriving July 15 through We Are Time. Along...

Ahead of hitting the road for a continent-traversing tour this September, Osees — f.k.a. Thee Oh Sees/OCS/Oh Sees  — have announced plans fo...

This past weekend, Pearl Jam played a show in Oakland, CA, sans drummer Matt Cameron, who's still recovering after catching COVID. The band...

After celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album last year, Gorillaz are heading out on a North American tour in 2022 for the fir...

The 2022 JUNO Awards ceremony is tonight, but most of this year's awards were handed out last night (May 14) at the Opening Night Awards. Ov...

Chicago's Ravyn Lenae is releasing her debut album Hypnos this Friday (May 20), and today she's shared one last single from the album — "XTA...

Jewel — who was famously raised in Alaska on a small homestead without heat or running water — has shared a cover of Maggie Rogers' smash 20...

Happy Kendrick Lamar day to all who celebrate! If you can tear yourself away from Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, you should look no further...

Five years after the release of his Pulitzer-winning masterpiece DAMN., Kendrick Lamar has finally returned today with his new album, Mr. Mo...

Two decades out from their debut record, the Black Keys return today with their 11th studio album Dropout Boogie via Nonesuch.  The follo...

Since their 2009 debut Lungs, Florence and the Machine have beckoned transcendence despite being firmly grounded in the body. The Florenc...

Emo legends My Chemical Romance have at last marked their drawn-out comeback with new music, delivering their first new single in eight year...

Arkells have collaborated with Cold War Kids to release a new track and music video for the track "Past Life" from their upcoming album Blin...

Now that WE is out in the world, Arcade Fire season is finally in full swing: the band played SNL last weekend and are scheduled to take the...

As their drum head so truthfully reads, "PUP THE BAND ISS COOL & GOOD" — and they were both of those things when joined by Jeff Rosenstock o...

Last year, Exclaim! interviewed Tom DeLonge, at which time the celebrated songwriter from Blink-182 and Angels & Airwaves told us about his...

Montreal contemporary classical chamber ensemble Esmerine have surprised fans with the surprise release of their long-awaited first album in...

Nova Scotia-born and Toronto-based artist Rachel Bobbitt has released moving new single "More" about the repression of women's rights within...

Dreamy Vancouver-based indie pop duo Twin River have released a synth-infused cover of Sloan's "The Other Man."  Featuring fuzzy yet cris...

New Brunswick-based post-punk trio Motherhood have shared the latest single to be lifted off of their new record, Winded. The track, "She...

Noah "40" Shebib — Drake's right-hand producer, engineer and principal architect of the "Toronto sound" — has opened up about his own beginn...

With less than a week to go until Mr. Morales & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar has shared a video for his new single. Check out "The Heart...

Coming off a month where he remixed the Weeknd and was tapped for Swedish House Mafia tour support, Kaytranada continues to cement himself a...

Ahead of delivering a new album this year, Roy Woods has returned with his first single of 2022. The Harv-produced "Insecure" arrives tod...

The tale of the toxic king truly is as old as time itself: Future, Drake and Tems go fully medieval in the new Director X-helmed video for "...

It's Carly Rae Jepsen's world and we're just living in it. (Or at least we'd like to be, because it's definitely spring there.) The Queen...

Legendary Toronto art pop outfit Martha and the Muffins have returned with a rework of the English Beat's "Save It for Later" for Popguru So...

Psychedelic songwriter Tess Parks does not look like she's dancing on the cover of her long-awaited second solo album, And Those Who Were Se...

Even the most understated Matmos release requires a Robert J. Waldinger-level of research to decode its elaborate context. But what makes al...

A heads up that you're going to read a fair amount about Charlie Watts over the course of this review of what is the most monumental Canadia...

When Kendrick Lamar, one of this generation's most influential artists, dropped future Pulitzer Prize history-maker DAMN. some 1800 days ago...

An scorching mid-May evening in Ottawa found the National Arts Centre lobby intermingled with stunning gowns, stylish suits and the coolest...

There have been a lot of big-name rappers to emerge in the last 10 years, but it's becoming increasingly rare for a hip-hop artist to become...

While the term 'magical' is often cliché and overused, describing Tank and the Bangas as such is completely accurate. Whether you were intro...

Pkew Pkew Pkew won over listeners with their everyman personalities and apathetic outlook, singing about working terrible day jobs, growing...

As we grow, our identities and perspectives can change, but pieces of each meaningful stage of our lives are forever carried with us. These...

Late capitalism permeates all: work days stretching into unnecessary commutes; the market invading private moments and commodifying attentio...

Leikeli47 doesn't care what you think about her — "The only thing I need validated is my parking," she sings on Shape Up single "Zoom." In f...

Until now, Radiohead side-projects have always served a clear purpose, distinct from the band: Thom Yorke has indulged his electronic fixati...

Land of Talk have been consistently plagued by a run of unforeseen disruptions since releasing their debut LP, Some Are Lakes, in 2008, such...

For a debut to emerge as if forged of a decades-long discography is an impressive feat, but that's exactly what Hamilton-born trio Ellevator...

One of the last remaining rock 'n' roll mystics, Stephen McBean is the driving force behind Pink Mountaintops. Peacock Pools is the fifth al...

Some people become rock stars overnight. There's a new voice, a new idea (or a stylishly recycled old idea), some effortless take on cool th...

Though Black Star's long-awaited second album doesn't reach the deep, dark, night sky heights of their 1998 debut Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are...

It's no coincidence the set for their 2017 tour was a wrestling ring: Arcade Fire had done a heel turn. Since quickly becoming one of the bi...

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever sparked quite a buzz in underground circles with a sound that came off as a curious mélange of early R.E.M....

Ahead of the release of I NEVER LIKED YOU, Future appeared on the cover of GQ, with a headline crowning him the Best Rapper Alive. It's a di...

With an overtly backwards-gazing title like A Bit of Previous, it shouldn't be any surprise that Scottish indie pop vets Belle and Sebastian...

Luna Li might be the bedroom pop torch singer no one knew we needed. Drawing a straight line between bedroom pop's pillowy intimacy and the...