Carly Rae Jepsen's 'Dedicated' Is Proof That 'E•MO•TION' Was No Fluke

Published May 29, 2019

It's a common artistic dilemma: a musician releases a defining work early, then faces the struggle of following it up.   "This has been su...

Carly Rae Jepsen Discusses the Role Therapy Had on New Album 'Dedicated'

Published May 17, 2019

Today, Carly Rae Jepsen releases her long-awaited new album, Dedicated — a record that, over its four year gestation, took her through a han...

Carly Rae Jepsen Dedicated

Published May 16, 2019

Carly Rae Jepsen's fourth studio album, Dedicated, starts inauspiciously, with nothing but the simple, understated synth throb. "Julien" is ...

R.I.P. Canadian Music Publicist Darryl Weeks

Published Feb 12, 2019

Toronto music publicist Darryl Weeks passed away this past Sunday (February 10).   While a cause of death has yet to be revealed, Weeks' l...

King Princess's New Album Is "Best Consumed Stoned and Sad"

Published Feb 12, 2019

King Princess is laughing her head off; it just occurred to the musician born Mikaela Straus — the artist behind the sad, sophisticated and...

The Blaze, DJ Koze, Laurel Halo and Jon Hopkins All Took Gentler Electronic Paths This Year Best of 2018

Published Dec 18, 2018

It happened slowly but steadily over the last few years: tempos slowed, beats softened; in the underground, ambient music saw a sharp rise,...

Jeff Goldblum The Exclaim! Questionnaire

Published Nov 07, 2018

Is Jeff Goldblum the most charming person on Earth? By the end of our 25-minute interview (it was supposed to be 15, but that never comes up...

​Charli XCX Is No Angel (And She Won't Learn)

Published Aug 23, 2018

On stage at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Charli XCX is absolutely captivating the 50,000-plus crowd — but it isn't hers. It'll be another h...

Meet Hubert Lenoir, the Iconoclastic Young Quebecois Songwriter Behind the Polaris Music Prize-Nominated 'Darlène'

Published Jul 10, 2018

When the Polaris Music Prize long list was announced on June 14, most of English-speaking Canada probably didn't even notice the inclusion o...

Jon Hopkins Found Inspiration for 'Singularity' in Desert Solitude

Published May 09, 2018

Fans have waited five breathless years for Singularity, UK producer Jon Hopkins' fifth full-length, but no one is more excited for its relea...

Jon Hopkins Singularity

Published May 01, 2018

In contrast to its title, Jon Hopkins' fifth full-length is actually comprised of two distinct sides: from the titular opening track through...

Jon Hopkins' 'Singularity' Is the Culmination of Self-Care, L.A. and, Yes, Our Very Conception of the Universe

Published Apr 30, 2018

"Overall," Jon Hopkins tells Exclaim! of his forthcoming LP, "Singularity has a certain lightness to it compared to Immunity. It's less clos...

U.S. Girls Achieve Balance Between Pissed Off and Buoyant on 'In a Poem Unlimited'

Published Feb 14, 2018

On her last album as U.S. Girls, 2015's Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted Half Free, Meg Remy's sample-based songwriting reached storytelling...

U.S. Girls In a Poem Unlimited

Published Feb 09, 2018

In interviews since Meg Remy's last album as U.S. Girls, 2015's Half Free, she indicated that her next batch of songs would be more direct,...

U.S. Girls Embraces Righteous Rage on 'In a Poem Unlimited'

Published Feb 08, 2018

On February 16, Meg Remy will release new album In a Poem Unlimited, her sixth under the U.S. Girls moniker and first since 2015's Polaris M...

Ranking the Year in Aughts Nostalgia, From LCD Soundsystem to the Shins

Published Dec 14, 2017

This year, Lizzy Goodman chronicled the 2000s indie rock revival in her excellent book Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in...

Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year Best of 2017

Published Dec 13, 2017

As our annual rollout of genre-specific album lists for the Best of the Year — which so far has covered the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Top 10...

Angel Olsen Phases

Published Nov 06, 2017

When you have a voice like Angel Olsen's, you can afford to strip away almost all of the instruments, and most of the production value, and...

Beck Colors

Published Oct 12, 2017

Beck has long been lauded as a shape-shifting musical chameleon, but even transcendent, genre-hopping geniuses hit a wall at some point — an...

Beck Talks the "Lightness" of 'Colors,' Hails Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams

Published Oct 03, 2017

On October 13, Beck will finally release his long-awaited followup to 2014's Grammy-winning Morning Phase. Colors, as we referred to it in o...