News The Flaming Lips Add Second Vancouver Show If you missed out on tickets to the Flaming Lips' Vancouver show, you're in luck. "Due to overwhelming demand," the band have just added a s...
News Jack White Is Releasing Alternate Versions of Raconteurs Songs It's been a big year for Jack White and Brendan Benson's the Raconteurs, but the band are closing out 2019 with at least one more release. ...
News Nick Cannon Declares Victory in Online Feud with Eminem Last week, Eminem reignited his old Mariah Carey feud with a guest spot on Fat Joe and Dre's song "Lord Above," and Carey's ex-husband Nick...
News There's No Talking Heads Reunion but the Band's Chris Frantz Is Releasing a Memoir The internet just lost its mind over the idea of a potential Talking Heads reunion — a rumour that was debunked in no time. But as a consola...
News Ice-T Announces New Body Count Album For a guy named after a refreshingly brisk beverage, Ice-T sure has plenty of piping hot aggression. Fortunately, he's found plenty of outle...
News Swamp Dogg Gets Justin Vernon, Jenny Lewis and John Prine for New Album Cult country/R&B figure Swamp Dogg is emerging with a new album, and it's packed full of notable guest stars. Called Sorry You Couldn't Make...
News Tom Petty's Daughters and Widow Settle $5 Million Estate Lawsuit An ugly lawsuit over the management of the late Tom Petty's estate between his two daughters and widow has been settled. While details of...
News Carly Rae Jepsen Debuts New Song at Jack Antonoff's Ally Coalition Benefit Show Carly Rae Jepsen delivered Dedicated earlier this year, but the Canadian pop star is already teasing new music. She performed an unreleased...
News Mastodon / Queens of the Stone Age / At the Drive-In Supergroup Gone Is Gone Are Back Out of nowhere, Gone Is Gone — the supergroup featuring members of Mastodon, Queens of the Stone Age and At the Drive-In — have returned. Ma...
News Atmosphere Return with Surprise Album 'Whenever' Rap vets Atmosphere recently announced "The Wherever Tour – North America," and it turns out the 2020 trek is in support of an entirely new...
News Grimes Is Voicing a 'Cyberpunk 2077' Character and Contributing to the Game's Soundtrack In the world of videogames, Cyberpunk 2077 stands as one of the most anticipated titles out there, and for good reason. Not only is the game...
News Taylor Swift Calls Out Scooter Braun Again During Billboard Woman of the Decade Speech Taylor Swift received Billboard's Woman of the Decade award last night (December 12), and she used her time onstage to reflect on her own ca...
News Kaytranada Is Bringing 'BUBBA' to Montreal for a Show and Pop-Up Market Fresh off the release of his highly anticipated sophomore album BUBBA today, Kaytranada has scheduled a solo pop-up performance in Montreal...
News Burlington's Sound of Music Gets Sum 41 and Third Eye Blind for Kickoff Show Live on the Lake The Sound of Music Festival will be back in 2020, but things will be a bit different for the long-running event in Burlington, ON, this time...
News Ontario Creates Poet Laureate Position in Honour of Gord Downie The province of Ontario has officially introduced a new poet laureate role named after Gord Downie, the late singer of the Tragically Hip....
News Lil Uzi Vert Sampled Nardwuar on His New Song "Futsal Shuffle 2020" Lil Uzi Vert has dropped a new track (complete with a viral dance) called "Futsal Shuffle 2020," and it features a very familiar Canadian vo...
News People Are Freaking Out About a Talking Heads Reunion Because of This Instagram Account David Byrne wasn't enamoured by the idea of Talking Heads reunion when asked about the possibility three years ago, but fans holding out hop...
News Selena Gomez Details New Album 'Rare' Selena Gomez recently returned with back-to-back singles, and now she's revealed full plans for a new album. Gomez will release Rare on Janu...
Features In 2019, Metal Learned to Share and Play Well With Others Metal bands and fans have historically isolated themselves within their own inner circle, unlike other genres who frequently collaborate wit...
News David Crosby and Jason Isbell Are in the Studio Together After tweeting their admiration for each other's work these past few years, David Crosby and Jason Isbell played together at the 2018 Newpor...
News A$AP Rocky Returns to Sweden, Performs in a Cage A$AP Rocky was detained in a Swedish prison for three weeks this summer, after being arrested for assault. The rapper returned to the Scandi...
News Juice WRLD's Mother Speaks Out About His Death and Battle with Drug Abuse Following the tragic passing of Juice WRLD this weekend, his family has released a statement, addressing the issues the late Chicago rapper...
Streams Grandaddy Are Back with an Epic Heartbreaker of a New Song Out of nowhere, indie-rock heroes Grandaddy have returned with a new song. It's called "RIP Coyote Condo #5," and you can hear the seriously...
Streams Jenn Grant Starts "The Party" on New Single Canadian singer-songwriter Jenn Grant has returned with a new single called "The Party." The song follows Grant's recent 2019 album Love...
Streams Travis Barker Drops "Gimme Brain" with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker has unveiled a new collaborative track with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. It's called "Gimme Brain," and you can...
Streams Moses Sumney Drops Teary Lyric Video for "Polly" Moses Sumney is set to release his new double album græ this winter via Jagjaguwar, and today he's giving us a taste of what's to come. T...
Streams Julian Casablancas and the Voidz Share Double-Header Video for "Did My Best" and "The Eternal Tao 2.0" Strokes frontman Julian Casablancas has returned with some new material from his other band the Voidz. They've unveiled a double-header musi...
Streams First Aid Kit Pay Tribute to Marie Fredriksson with Roxette Cover Following the death of Roxette's Marie Fredriksson earlier this week, fellow Swedish folk group First Aid Kit have paid tribute with a cover...
Streams Hear Macklemore Ruin Christmas with His New Holiday Rap Song Macklemore has returned with a festive rap tune for the holiday season — whether you like it or not. The song titled "It's Christmas Tim...
Streams Danny Brown, Baauer and Channel Tres Collide on "Ready to Go" Danny Brown and Baauer were once tour partners way back in 2013, and the two have now teamed up with Channel Tres for a new single. The t...
Streams Kesha Shares Video for "Resentment" Featuring Sturgill Simpson and Brian Wilson Kesha's latest single arrives today alongside a self-shot music video. The song — which features the musical accompaniment of Sturgill Simps...
Streams Watch Vampire Weekend's Performance of "Christmas Time Is Here" with a Children's Choir Vampire Weekend were the musical guests on The Late Late Show with James Corden (guest hosted by Anthony Anderson) last night (December 11),...
Streams Charli XCX and Tommy Genesis Drop New Track "Bricks" Charli XCX has enlisted Vancouver rapper Tommy Genesis for her latest collaborative track. The pair have unleashed a song called "Bricks."...
Streams Phoebe Bridgers Unveils Holiday Song Featuring Fiona Apple and the National's Matt Berninger Phoebe Bridgers is continuing her streak of releasing holiday songs, this time delivering a modern take on Simon & Garfunkel's "7 O'Clock Ne...
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...
Reviews Hollerado Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, December 13 Hollerado's final show on their retirement tour was the perfect goodbye after a decade full of confetti, white paint and peace signs. It...
Reviews Kaytranada BUBBA Two words were enough to send the internet into a frenzy late last month: "album. finito." A tweet, issued by Montreal-based Kaytranada, sig...
Reviews Harry Styles Fine Line From the beginning, Harry Styles let us know exactly what to expect from his sophomore album, Fine Line. According to him, the album is "all...
Reviews Pixies / Ice Cream Phoenix Concert Theatre, Toronto ON, December 12 For their last scheduled show of the year, Pixies played to an intimate crowd at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. Their comprehensive...
Reviews Daniel Lopatin Uncut Gems Dreams and aspirations in synth format. Soaring goals and idealized visions of a personal future, creating tension and conflict in an attemp...
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...