Articles by Matt Bobkin

Deliluh Chronicle Their Departure from Canada with Two Versions of "Amulet"

PUBLISHED Jun 16, 2021

Post-punks Deliluh left Toronto in 2019 as a four-piece and have now resurfaced somewhere unspecified in Europe as a duo. They've chronicle...

Here's the 2021 Polaris Music Prize Long List

PUBLISHED Jun 15, 2021

Exclaim! aren't the only ones dropping their list of favourite recent albums today — the Polaris Music Prize has just announced its 2021 lo...

​Islands' Nick Thorburn on Mid-Show Injuries, Reading Reddit and Almost Getting Kidnapped

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2021

Since leading Montreal's mid-aughts indie rock golden age as a member of short-lived but still-beloved trio the Unicorns, Nick Thorburn has...

Super Plage and Le Couleur Play "Touristes" on New Single

PUBLISHED Jun 9, 2021

It's been a while since we've been able to travel, but that's not stopping Super Plage. The Montreal-based electro-popster is teaming up wi...

Tune In to a Special Screening and Q&A of Toronto Live Music Doc 'No Tickets at the Door'

PUBLISHED Jun 8, 2021

It's been a long 16 months without live music, a gruelling ongoing stretch that Toronto-based filmmaker Danny Alexander has chronicled in h...

New Comp Gets the Flatliners, Organ Thieves, By Octopi to "Save Toronto Music Venues"

PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2021

Music venues in Toronto have been closing at a steady rate over the past few years due to rising rent prices and a lack of direct governmen...

Joni Sadler of Lungbutter and Constellation Records Has Died

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2021

Lungbutter drummer and Montreal music scene fixture Joni Sadler has died. She was 35. News of her death from a brain aneurysm on May 30 wa...

Blair Lee and Sylo Nozra Take a Wistful Road Trip to "California"

PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2021

The impending summer weather means road trips, and Blair Lee has delivered a new anthem perfect for long stretches of time driving down hig...