While the Wicked Awesomes were down a bass player and a pair of shoes, the Edmonton psychedelic garage rockers still managed to coax a wolf...

The muscular strength behind Queens of the Stone Age definitely lies in the powerhouse core trio of front-man Joshua Homme, guitarist Troy V...

Exclaim!'s coverage comes a day later than everyone else, we know, we know. But considering this is our first time covering "Canada's Grammy...

Keynote speaker Lou Reed gestured to the enormous roster of vibrant talent at SXSW 2008 and intonated that it isn’t musicians who are flound...

Armed with validation from all the right magazines as a buzz band worth their salt, A Place To Bury Strangers proved in a tight 60-minute se...

Curated by members of the Summerlad, RAMP is a monthly concert series dedicated to artistically amped-up gig experiences. On RAMP’s one-year...

Date of Birth: January 2006 Releases to Date: 9 Biggest Seller: Danny Michel Welcome Home: 1997-2007 Upcoming Releases: Ford Pier, Shuyle...

By the time Tim Harrington of Les Savy Fav led a Sled Island crowd in chanting "best festival ever,” it was clear that North America’s newes...

It was an ironic send-off when the real cops appeared at the final Fake Cops gig. Despite a visit by the police to investigate noise levels,...

Edmonton's electro all-stars, Shout Out Out Out Out hit the stage at breakneck speed and sparked a frenetic dance marathon. Their set was a...

A 27-year-old chanteuse from New Jersey, Nicole Atkins is a beguiling singer-songwriter that intuitively knows exactly when to allow her ama...

Brooklyn’s Foreign Islands instantly raised the level of sophistication amongst the contingent of dance punk bands, with infectiously thick...

Performing in front of a charcoal backdrop of London, Damon Albarn’s super-group gave an intimate and mellow performance of their front-man’...

Despite trying to live up to heavy buzz, Swedish electro pop duo Lo-Fi-Fnk gave a lukewarm performance. Coming off like your little brother’...

Along with the Dansettes and Mary Weiss (Shangri-Las), the Pipettes were part of a strong ’60s flavoured girl group resurgence that was ever...

Compensating for an absent drummer using tracks on an iPod in the front pocket of her jeans, Marnie Stern nearly had to scramble to find an...

Consisting of 13-year-old Ivan (vocals/guitar), his 11-year-old sister Ada (bass/vocals) and Russell Simins (Jon Spencer Blues Explosion) on...

Simply walking into the Marquee Room was enough to bring back memories of school dances, sweaty palms and the hopes of swaying with the boy...

There has always been an abundance of rock’n’roll bands in Calgary that look like appropriate candidates for rock action figure immortalisat...

For the first time in ages, three Calgary bands packed a local club and had an hour-long line-up of music fans eagerly waiting outside. With...