Improv and Avant-Garde

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Canadian Songs of the 2010s

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2019

With the takeover of streaming platforms and playlists, not to mention the shrinking of our collective attention spans, a single track has...

Stream Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross's 'Watchmen: Volume 1' Soundtrack

PUBLISHED Nov 6, 2019

Damon Lindelof's new Watchmen series is currently airing on HBO, and as promised, we've now got the first volume of the soundtrack by Nine...

Moor Mother

Analog Fluids of Sonic Black Holes

PUBLISHED Nov 5, 2019

As an artist, poet and musician, as well as the one-person prodigy behind Moor Mother, Philadelphia's Camae Ayewa  creates music that is in...

Keith Jarrett

Munich 2016

PUBLISHED Nov 4, 2019

With Munich 2016, Keith Jarrett has released over a dozen albums featuring lengthy, improvised solo piano. When Jarrett plays solo shows li...

A Winged Victory for the Sullen Hit Montreal and Vancouver on World Tour

PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2019

Stars of the Lid offshoot A Winged Victory for the Sullen released their new album The Undivided Five today through Ninja Tune. Their winge...

Exclaim!'s 50 Best Canadian Albums of the 2010s

PUBLISHED Oct 31, 2019

After the CanRock explosion of the 1990s and indelible contributions to the 2000s golden age of indie, Canadians' musical output at-large t...

Swans

Leaving Meaning

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2019

There's only one rule when it comes to Swans — don't be conventional. The World's Strangest Band has existed on the outer fringes of the mu...

Oneohtrix Point Never's Daniel Lopatin Details 'Uncut Gems' Soundtrack

PUBLISHED Oct 29, 2019

It was revealed this summer that after connecting for 2017's Good Time, Oneohtrix Point Never and the Safdie Brothers would collaborate onc...