Oso Oso Basking in the Glow

Published Aug 13, 2019

On Oso Oso's third album, Basking in the Glow, Jade Lilitri channels his uneasiness into composed, spacious melodies tracing themselves thou...

Strange Ranger Remembering the Rockets

Published Jul 23, 2019

On their third full-length, Strange Ranger persist on their unpredictable trajectory, and are a markedly different-sounding band since their...

​Hatchie Channel "Trust, Understanding, Loyalty, Love" on Shoegaze-y Debut LP 'Keepsake'

Published Jun 26, 2019

"I felt like my EP was all bright and shiny, so I wanted to break things up a bit with new tones," says Hatchie mastermind Harriette Pilbeam...

Hatchie Keepsake

Published Jun 21, 2019

On her debut full-length, Keepsake, Harriette Pilbeam, also known as Hatchie, delivers a soundtrack of sighing heartbreak, longing nostalgia...

Big Thief U.F.O.F.

Published May 01, 2019

On Big Thief's third album, U.F.O.F. (UFO Friend), the band sound more at ease than ever, yet there is an unmistakeable, gentle restlessness...

Big Thief's New Album 'U.F.O.F.' Confronts Birth, Death, Belief and Extra-Terrestrials

Published May 01, 2019

Adrianne Lenker is speaking in an Exclaim! interview about her band Big Thief's new album, U.F.O.F. — short for "UFO Friend" — and talk has...

​Julia Jacklin / Black Belt Eagle Scout Mod Club, Toronto ON, April 28

Published Apr 29, 2019

Originally scheduled for the Horseshoe Tavern, Julia Jacklin's show got moved to the sleeker, larger Mod Club, which she filled with her imm...

Sasami / Sen Morimoto Baby G, Toronto ON, April 25

Published Apr 26, 2019

After years of recording and playing music with a host of other bands — Wild Nothing, Hand Habits, Vagabon and, most notably, as the keyboar...

Alice Phoebe Lou Paper Castles

Published Mar 06, 2019

Alice Phoebe Lou got her start as a musically curious and naturally talented teenager from Cape Town, South Africa, busking in Europe before...

Deerhunter Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, February 21

Published Feb 22, 2019

Compared to their contemporaries of late '00s and early '10s indie rock, Deerhunter are an enigma, incomparable to the likes of Vampire Week...

Cherry Glazerr / Palehound Velvet Underground, Toronto ON, February 20

Published Feb 21, 2019

Fresh off the release of their third full-length record, Stuffed & Ready, Los Angeles-based Cherry Glazerr brought their bratty garage-punk...

Adrianne Lenker Longboat Hall, Toronto ON, February 18

Published Feb 19, 2019

With a bright light shining down on her, and hundreds of sets of eyes patiently gazing at the stage from all angles of the catwalk that wrap...

Mothers Render Another Ugly Method

Published Sep 05, 2018

While their impressively articulate art-folk 2016 debut When You Walk a Long Distance You Are Tired quietly bled fractured sentiment and sel...

Foxing Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, August 31

Published Sep 01, 2018

On their third and latest record, Nearer My God, Foxing make an unapologetic decision to act on their arena-rock impulses, expanding on thei...

Little Kid Might As Well With My Soul

Published Aug 22, 2018

On Little Kid's fifth self-released album, Might As Well With My Soul, the band continue to build on their astutely crafted folk-rock that h...

Pedro the Lion Lee's Palace, Toronto ON, August 8

Published Aug 09, 2018

Often, band reunions aren't fully satisfying or as good as the peak of their popularity — original members leave, songs sound forced and it...

Tomberlin At Weddings

Published Aug 08, 2018

Existing within a haunting, hymnal veil, Sarah Beth Tomberlin's debut At Weddings is a loosely bound, but tender examination of a search for...

Fog Lake Uses 'Captain' to Pay Tribute to the Newfoundland He's Left Behind

Published Jul 09, 2018

Being born and raised in the small coastal town of Glovertown, NL has undeniably shaped Aaron Powell's art; it has been distinctly apparent...

Fog Lake Captain

Published Jul 04, 2018

As Fog Lake, Aaron Powell makes music that lives up to his project's namesake — secluded and deeply reflective, while slowly decaying with a...

Hop Along / Bat Fangs Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, June 8

Published Jun 09, 2018

When someone in the crowd asked frontwoman Frances Quinlan why her band is called Hop Along she responded with, "It was a nickname I had in...