Features From Meme to Movement: How Megan Thee Stallion's 'Hot Girl Summer' Went from Internet Trend to Cultural Shift This year, three simple words shook up the internet and permeated the pop culture lexicon: Hot Girl Summer. But how did the term, coined by...
News Ariana Grande Is Releasing a 'Sweetener World Tour' Live Album Ariana Grande is just a handful of shows away from wrapping up her lengthy "Sweetener World Tour," and she's already revealed plans for a li...
News Chester Bennington's Pre-Linkin Park Music to See Release Prior to becoming Linkin Park's lead vocalist, Chester Bennington manned the mic for a Phoenix, AZ band named Grey Daze. Now, the band are s...
News Black Label Society Re-Announce Their Cancelled Tour with Obituary and Lord Dying Black Label Society made headlines this fall when Zakk Wylde and co. announced a North American tour — only to then cancel it minutes later....
News Freddie Mercury, R. Kelly and Billie Eilish Were the Most Googled Musicians of 2019 in Canada Google is the latest company to reveal its year-end stats, and it has revealed some very questionable taste in celebrity gossip. The top...
News Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio Team Up for North American Tour Making for quite the double bill, Bad Religion and Alkaline Trio have announced they are joining forces for a co-headlining North American t...
Features The Highwomen and the Year of Brandi Carlile From playing an instrumental role in the making of a music legend's comeback record to becoming part of a country supergroup with a purpose,...
News Lasso Montreal Gets Luke Bryan for Inaugural Edition Lasso Montreal is set to debut in the city this coming August, and organizers have revealed the first headliner set to be part of the countr...
News Netflix Is Making a Show About the Creation of Spotify The streaming wars have created such a demand for content that the streaming services have now opted to make streamable shows about other st...
News Fennesz Brings 'Agora' to Montreal on 2020 North American Tour Veteran electronic music composer Fennesz treated the world to his excellent comeback album Agora this year, and in 2020, he'll take the rec...
News Twitter Still Has a Lot to Say About Lizzo's Butt at the Lakers Game Lizzo went to the Los Angeles Lakers game on Sunday (December 8) and was feeling "Good As Hell" when she got her big moment on the Jumbotron...
News Watch Kendall Jenner and Harry Styles Make Each Other Eat Cod Sperm and Bull Penis Harry Styles stepped in to host The Late Late Show last night (December 10) and played a disgusting game of "Spill Your Guts" with Kendall J...
News DaBaby Brought Out Drake at His Toronto Show Last Night DaBaby rolled through Toronto last night (December 10), but he wasn't the only star on stage at Rebel — he brought Toronto hero and his past...
News Non La Preps 'Not in Love' LP, Shares "Light in My Loafers" Non La is the new moniker of DJ On, a member of the Vancouver indie group Thee AHs. This coming Valentine's Day, Non La will release the hea...
News Montreal's Igloofest Adds Kaytranada to 2020 Lineup Just over a month removed from sharing their initial lineup, organizers behind Montreal's Igloofest have revealed that Kaytranada will also...
News Gaslight Anthem's Brian Fallon Unveils New Solo Album 'Local Honey' Gaslight Anthem leader Brian Fallon is continuing on with his solo career and has just announced his third proper album. It's called Local H...
News Paul McCartney's Kids Book 'High in the Clouds' Is Becoming a Netflix Movie Paul McCartney's children's book High in the Clouds will be coming to Netflix soon. The streaming giant has confirmed that it will relea...
News Royce 5'9" to Release New Album 'The Allegory' Next Year Royce 5'9" last released his Book of Ryan album in 2018, and it appears fans won't be waiting much longer for the Detroit MC's follow-up eff...
Features How Music Felt the Climate Emergency in 2019 As climate anxiety worsened and world leaders ignored mounting pleas from scientists, the climate emergency defined the way we looked at the...
News Eminem Fans Get #RIPNickCannon Trending on Twitter After Diss Tracks Eminem reignited an old feud with Mariah Carey last week with a guest spot on Fat Joe and Dre's song "Lord Above," and Carey's ex-husband Ni...
Features Lil Nas X and the Challenge to Country Culture When Solange Knowles released her fourth studio album, When I Get Home, in March 2019, she did it to highlight Black cowboy culture. "I...
News The Flaming Lips Are Playing Vancouver on an "Intimate" West Coast Tour As the year winds down, the Flaming Lips are looking ahead to their 2020, and it turns out that includes a series of "intimate theatre shows...
Streams MGMT Return with New Song "In the Afternoon" If you've been wanting more MGMT in your life, you just got some. The band have returned with the new song "In the Afternoon," which has arr...
Streams The Cure Share the "Director's Cut" of Their 'Disintegration' 30th Anniversary Show The Cure celebrated the 30th anniversary of their classic 1989 album Disintegration earlier this year. To commemorate the event, the band pl...
Streams Orville Peck Reflects on a Big 2019 in His "Nothing Fades Like the Light" Video From starting the year as a member of Exclaim!'s Class of 2019 to covering our year-end issue, Orville Peck has had nothing short of a whirl...
Streams Watch Alicia Keys and Billie Eilish Cover Each Other's Songs and Perform Together Alicia Keys filled in for James Corden as host of The Late Late Show last night (December 9) and was visited by none other than Billie Eilis...
Streams Weezer's Rivers Cuomo Chases Kristen Bell Through a Forest in "Lost in the Woods" Video Weezer recently contributed a new track called "Lost in the Woods" to the Frozen II soundtrack, and now the song has been given the visual t...
Streams Lizzo Gives Her "Good As Hell" a New Video Lizzo initially dropped "Good As Hell" back in 2016 on her Coconut Oil EP, but like her chart-topping hit "Truth Hurts," it's been given new...
Streams Montreal's Moonshine Collective Get Nate Husser for "are u stoopid (dumb)" Ahead of releasing new mixtape SMS for Location Vol. 3 next week, Montreal's Moonshine collective have rolled out a new single from the effo...
Streams Watch Kacey Musgraves and James Corden Perform Songs in a Live Christmas Rom-Com Kacey Musgraves stopped by The Late Late Show with James Corden last night (December 5), and got into the holiday spirit with a live perform...
Streams Hear BADBADNOTGOOD and Jonah Yano Cover a Majestics Soul Rarity Earlier this year, BADBADNOTGOOD teamed up with Toronto-via-Japan vocalist Jonah Yano on the title track of his debut EP Nervous, and the co...
Streams Teyana Taylor Shares New Single "We Got Love" After it was held off of last year's K.T.S.E., Teyana Taylor has finally shared "We Got Love." The Kanye West-produced single was set to...
Streams Blink-182 Treat "Not Another Christmas Song" to Gory Claymation Video As promised, Blink-182 have shared a brand new Christmas song. Along with the track, they've shared a seriously wild claymation music video....
Streams Vancouver's storc Are Back to Tear Us Apart Following a brief respite, noise-hungry Vancouver group storc are back with their appropriately titled storc II. As such, you can dive into...
Streams Halsey Drops "Finally // Beautiful Stranger" Video Halsey has released a pair of new tracks from her upcoming album Manic. She's treated "Finally // Beautiful Stranger" to a video, and unveil...
Streams Watch Harry Styles Become Best Friends with a Fish in "Adore You" Video Harry Styles has unveiled a video for the latest single from his upcoming album Fine Line. "Adore You" has been paired with a Dave Meyer...
Streams Toronto's Bad River Explore the Mundane Aspects of Life in "Wisconsin" Video Toronto-based three-piece grunge act Bad River bring a blend of post-punk, garage rock and noise to their sound, delicately balancing harsh...
Streams Psychic Void Bring the Ruckus in "Internet Human" Video Psychic Void are full of beautiful contradictions. The Windsor band are chaotic yet melodic, short yet well-composed, and familiar while off...
Streams Taylor Swift Delivers New Holiday Song "Christmas Tree Farm" Taylor Swift is the latest artist to get in on the holiday spirit, gifting us a new tune called "Christmas Tree Farm." The Lover singer...
Streams La Roux Shares Technicolour Video for "Gullible Fool" La Roux has just shared the second single from her forthcoming record Supervision alongside some flashy new visuals. The artist explains...
Streams Jon Hopkins and Kelly Lee Owens Share "Luminous Spaces" Having shared spots on DJ lineups around the globe these past few years, Jon Hopkins and Kelly Lee Owens have now teamed up for a collaborat...
Streams Rico Nasty Goes "Hard" in New Video Rico Nasty has just shared a brand new track called "Hard" — and as you may expect — it goes hard. The song arrives today alongside a set...
Streams Flatbush Zombies and Tech N9ne Team Up for "Monica" While we still haven't heard their unreleased collab with Nick Cave, New York's Flatbush Zombies have now joined forces with Tech N9ne for a...
Streams Of Montreal's "Polyaneurism" Video Is All About Puppy Love Of Montreal treated a Toronto audience to the debut of "Polyaneurism" back in October, and ahead of new album UR FUN arriving early next yea...
Reviews Night Goat Milk Any band that name themselves after a Melvins song immediately deserve extra credit, but that it's after one of the Melvins' greatest songs...
Reviews Duster Duster After nearly 20 years in obscurity, Duster have returned with their signature fuzzed-out, so-called "tranq rock" on their third full-length...
Reviews Annie Hart A Softer Offering Annie Hart's melodies are like music remembered from a dream. On her second solo album, A Softer Offering, Hart's intention was to create a...
Reviews Fat Joe and Dre Family Ties Nearing the end of the third quarter, Fat Joe, like many veteran rappers in 2019, pulled up with new energy and hunger that had seemingly be...
Reviews Why Lhasa de Sela Matters By Fred Goodman Lhasa de Sela matters. So much is proven in Fred Goodman's new book from the University of Texas Press' "Music Matters" series, titled Why L...
Reviews Boney M. ft. Liz Mitchell / Morgan James Vogue Theatre, Vancouver BC, December 8 Vancouver's disco lovers flocked to the sold-out Vogue Theatre on Sunday for Boney M.'s "Holiday Favourites & Classic Hits," featuring Liz M...
Reviews The Who WHO Whatever you think of the Who's recent dark patch — Roger Daltrey's voice problems, Pete Townshend casually saying he "Thanks God" that Keit...
Reviews Astaroth Incarnate Ascendance EPs have found new life in the age of streaming, acting as perfect packages for the attention-deficit generation to discover new music. Asta...
Reviews Camila Cabello Romance Camila Cabello took the pop world by storm when she left X-Factor byproduct Fifth Harmony and released her critically acclaimed solo album,...
Reviews Oath of Cruelty Summary Execution at Dawn Genre fusion is nothing new, but every once in a while, there are bands that set a new standard, giving new vitality to the styles at play....
Reviews Orville Peck Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, December 5 Orville Peck played his 120th ("or something like that") and final show of the year on Thursday night in Toronto, ending his explosive 2019...
Reviews Hurt Valley Glacial Pace Hurt Valley is the newest project from California-based singer-songwriter Brian Collins. A high school science teacher by day, he's been cra...
Reviews Avey Tare Conference for Birds/ Bird in Disguise Animal Collective's Avey Tare is back with a twelve-inch EP, Conference for Birds / Birds in Disguise. The EP features songs played during h...
Reviews Stars LaGuardia Releasing music created across two decades could reveal a band's growing pains, but the new "best of" double vinyl from Montreal band Stars...
Reviews Carinae Carinae It's a testament to how completely we've dissolved genre barriers that a record can merge the sounds of seven decades of popular music witho...
Reviews Burial Tunes 2011-2019 Two-and-a-half-hour compilation Tunes 2011-2019 works its way backwards through the last decade of Burial's output, but like many of the pro...
Reviews Akasha System Echo Earth It might seem counterintuitive to make club music for home use, but it isn't half as weird as making club music for mornings spent meditativ...
Reviews Ducks Unlimited Get Bleak Jangle pop — that loose, chiming style of indie rock — is one of those genres that's easy to make, but deceptively hard to do well. Ducks Un...
Reviews Ralph Flashbacks & Fantasies If you caught Raffaela Weyman on one of her recent opening gigs for Carly Rae Jepsen, you know that the Toronto pop singer, who performs as...
Reviews Speaker Music Of Desire, Longing DeForrest Brown, Jr. transplanted himself from the deep South to New York City in the early 2010s, and has since garnered a reputation as a...
Reviews Badge Époque Ensemble Nature, Man & Woman It's only been six months since Badge Époque Ensemble dropped their self-titled debut, but if their new three-track EP is any indication, th...
Reviews Animal Collective Ballet Slippers In honour of the tenth anniversary of Merriweather Post Pavilion — Animal Collective's eighth studio album and their most commercially succe...