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Frankie and the Witch Fingers Offer an Antidote to Our Trash-Filled World and Celebrate Canadian Psych

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2025

"Where isn't there trash?" wonders vocalist-guitarist Dylan Sizemore, as Frankie and the Witch Fingers gather in their practice space in...

This Week's Newly Announced Tours, Including Blue Rodeo, Morrissey, Lola Young and More: June 6, 2025

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2025

This week has proven itself to be a good week for multi-date, coast-to-coast, cross-country tours. Including a 20-plus date treks from Rick...

These Memes and Shitposts Are Tastier Than Sydney Sweeney’s Bathwater: June 6, 2025

PUBLISHED Jun 6, 2025

When compiling these memes, we realized at the last moment that one of them had explicit pornography in the background. Whoops! Who knows...

Ryan Guldemond Ranks Mother Mother's 5 Best Songs

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2025

"If only songwriting improved with age the way practical skills do," muses Mother Mother frontman Ryan Guldemond. "It's hard not to look...

Bartees Strange Clarifies That He Isn't the Weeknd — but He Does Go to Fancy Grammy Parties

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2025

Bartees Stange: musician, honorary Canadian, and future small business owner? While in Toronto on his tour in support of 'Horror,' he took...

5 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in June 2025

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2025

Train are pretty cringe at this point, but "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" admittedly still kind of holds up in the unapologetically corny love...

"That's Punk as Hell": How Canada's Pop-Punks Defined a Generation, Critics Be Damned

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2025

Sum 41, Simple Plan, Avril Lavigne. Any good Canadian can tell you these are internationally popular artists that hail from here at home...

Five Must-See Acts at Sackville, NB's Sappyfest 2025

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2025

This summer, Sappyfest is returning to the tiny town of Sackville, NB to commemorate its 20th year of being a vibrant hub in the East Coast...