Articles by Exclaim! Staff

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  8 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in June 2024

  PUBLISHED Jun 13, 2024

  It's gettin' hot! It's gettin' rainy! It's gettin' combination hot 'n' rainy! Summer is for real here, and you're gonna need some new tunes...

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  Here's the 2024 Polaris Music Prize Long List

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2024

  Canada's Polaris Music Prize has unveiled its 2024 long list. The 40-album long list for the annual prize can be found in full below...

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  Five Unique Must-See Experiences at Up Here Festival 2024

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2024

  Up Here Urban Art + Music Festival will once again take Sudbury by storm this summer for its 10th annual edition taking place from August...

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  Exclaim! Comics: A Summer of Moshing, Crowd Surfing and Music Festivals

  PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2024

  Summer — it's the perfect time to sit in the park with an iced coffee and read the funny pages. Exclaim! has readers covered with our Summe...

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  Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: Kaytranada, Begonia, BAMBII, Cadence Weapon

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2024

  Welcome June! It's Canadian Music Week in Toronto, and in Edmonton, some people are hopeful for a Stanley Cup victory for those Oilers...

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  Five Must-See Acts at Vancouver's Summerlight Festival

  PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2024

  Summerlight is the indie music festival run by Vancouver label Light Organ Records (an imprint of 604 Records) — but the day-long event, ta...

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  Five Must-Sees Acts at FestiVoix de Trois-Rivières 2024

  PUBLISHED Jun 2, 2024

  Running June 27 to July 7, Trois-Rivières' FestiVoix boasts over 100 performances for the festival's 31st-anniversary edition. Taking place...

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  Hear the Week's Best New Canadian Music: OMBIIGIZI, KALLITECHNIS, Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Jessie Reyez

  PUBLISHED May 31, 2024

  It's the last day of May, so we're officially knee-deep in the chaos of Gemini season — a.k.a. the best time of year to be unapologetically...