Groenland Agora des arts, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1

Published Sep 02, 2016

As the follow-up to Charlotte Cardin's dazzling Thursday night (September 1) set, Groenland had their work cut out for them, but the Montrea...

Charlotte Cardin Agora des arts, Rouyn-Noranda QC, September 1

Published Sep 02, 2016

Charlotte Cardin's minimal, jazzy R&B is deeply intoxicating, and translated perfectly to the serene ambience of the Agora des arts in Rouyn...

Big Thief Masterpiece

Published May 25, 2016

Naming your debut record Masterpiece, regardless of the intention, is a dangerous play. But that's only because of our narrow interpretation...

Mulligrub Soft Grudge

Published Apr 20, 2016

Soft Grudge opens with a lethargic, jagged guitar chug ripped straight from the '90s, mixed with sweet and trashy summer poetry. Singer Kell...

Sturgill Simpson A Sailor's Guide To Earth

Published Apr 13, 2016

With the recent surge in popularity for "real" or "outlaw" country music, many have turned the focal point of discussion about the genre to...

Sarah Neufeld The Ridge

Published Feb 24, 2016

A flurry of anxious violin strokes opens The Ridge on its eight-minute title track, rushing headfirst into a climax of splashing cymbals and...

Mothers When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired

Published Feb 24, 2016

When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired begins on an almost unbelievably delicate note, with the plucked acoustic guitar and melancholy...

Pinegrove Cardinal

Published Feb 10, 2016

The emotionally charged Cardinal begins with wistful twang and the all-too-common existential dilemma of the young-but-swiftly-aging: the fa...

Bruce Springsteen The Ties That Bind: The River Collection

Published Dec 04, 2015

The Boss inspires no casual attitudes toward his music; you either can't stand him, or you have a voracious obsession for everything he's ev...

Steven Lambke Days of Heaven

Published Oct 28, 2015

Days of Heaven, Steven Lambke's first album under his own name, is as gentle an affair as the scene depicted on its cover: a couple in missi...

Julien Baker Sprained Ankle

Published Oct 23, 2015

On "Blacktop," Sprained Ankle's powerful opener, Julien Baker sings, "come visit me in the back of an ambulance."   She's calling out to w...

Kurt Vile b'lieve i'm goin down…

Published Sep 24, 2015

On b'lieve I'm goin down… Kurt Vile takes his time, and he takes it easy. Even upbeat opener "Pretty Pimpin" feels like a laidback roa...

Craig Finn Faith In The Future

Published Sep 09, 2015

Craig Finn has never shied away from monumental themes in his work, and Faith In The Future doesn't offer any grand deviation from the formu...

Titus Andronicus Ambition In Five Acts

Published Jul 29, 2015

Since Patrick Stickles rose up with fists held high in July 2005 as frontman for Titus Andronicus, he and the band have done nothing half-as...

Titus Andronicus The Most Lamentable Tragedy

Published Jul 22, 2015

The Most Lamentable Tragedy is not an easy record to experience. Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles felt it was necessary to release...

​Titus Andronicus Dissect the Epic, Emotional 'Most Lamentable Tragedy'

Published Jul 21, 2015

"By the way, all my tears are on the record," Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles tells Exclaim! over the phone from his NYC home. "T...

Tess Parks & Anton Newcombe I Declare Nothing

Published Jul 08, 2015

While Anton Newcombe — best known for his role as leader in the consistently volatile and often brilliant Brian Jonestown Massacre &#8...

Konig Puberty

Published Jul 03, 2015

[freq] [July 3] [7/10] Konig Puberty As an introduction to Toronto's Konig, the minimalist dream-pop project of 20-something Nadia Pace...

Tough Age I Get The Feeling Central

Published Jun 19, 2015

I Get The Feeling Central is a deliriously fun romp through layers of delicious scuzz-pop, packed with more sharp hooks than a tackle box. I...

Hop Along Dance Cave, Toronto ON, June 7

Published Jun 08, 2015

Unless you were near the front of the crowd for the last show on Hop Along's tour, there was no way you were going to see lead singer France...