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  Exclaim!'s Staff Picks for January 23, 2023: Little Simz, Jockstrap, Dream Unending

  PUBLISHED Jan 23, 2023

  Honey, we're home! 2022 was certainly a banner year for great music, and this year is already gearing up to be the same. But, after the yea...

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  Black Mountain's "Riff-Hungry" Psych Rock Epic 'In the Future' Turns 15

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023

  In the mid-aughts, Vancouver was home to some buzzing indie bands like the New Pornographers and Destroyer, and respected metal bands like...

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  This Funny Week in Funny Tweets: January 20, 2023

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2023

  Your uncle Mark died, my mom was right, a quiet elevator ride, David Crosby's wise insight, and much more from this week in funny tweets....

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  Streaming Must-Sees (and Must-Skips) in January 2023

  PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2023

  January is not know for having a particularly strong film calendar to get excited about – although, M3GAN has been making waves this year –...

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  'Skinamarink' Director ​Kyle Edward Ball Turned His Nightmares into a Viral Horror Hit

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2023

  Back in December 2021 to combat the tedium of another lockdown, I was scrolling through Reddit's r/Filmmakers sub. A post titled, "Skinamar...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2023: Eliza Niemi, NYSSA, Louie Short

  PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2023

  Montreal? That's not all! We're back with even more on deck for the third weekend of Exclaim!'s Class of 2023 concert series, proudly suppo...

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  Belle and Sebastian's 10 Best Songs Ranked

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2023

  There are two Belle and Sebastians. The first were the shy wallflowers who emerged from Glasgow's coffee shop scene in the mid-'90s and def...

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  Meet Exclaim!'s Class of 2023: Mitch Davis, Steel Saddle, the Wesleys

  PUBLISHED Jan 17, 2023

  There's a certain je ne sais quoi in the air. It might just be mercury retrograde, but it's more than likely the scintillating music scene...