Interview

Vivek Shraya Embraces the Failure of Her Pop Star Dream

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2023

Objectively, Vivek Shraya's career is impressive by any measure: she has an extensive musical catalogue, numerous novels, children's books,...

Metric Turned a Church into a Studio and Indulged Their Wickedest Musical Whims

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2023

Impulse purchases were all the rage in 2020. Some people got dogs, others bought cottages. Metric bought a church in small-town Ontario and...

​TOBi Finds Strength in Vulnerability

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2023

She hadn't yet heard the song. But when TOBi pressed play, it blew her mind. The Toronto rapper (known for hits like "Made Me Everything"...

These Directors Failed to Pitch Spike Lee — but Succeeded in Pushing Canadian Filmmaking Forward

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2023

Individually, directors Kelly Fyffe-Marshall and Sasha Leigh Henry, along with producers Tamar Bird and Iva Golubovic, are some of Canada's...

Jeremy Dutcher Balances Beauty and Pain

PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2023

If you stop by the ground floor of the Killarney Lake Lodge in Wolastokuk (Fredericton, NB), you'll find a class of 12 students. Aged three...

'Saw X' Returns Franchise to Gory Glory: "We Wanted to Make This an OG 'Saw' Movie"

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2023

Twenty years and 10 films later, there's no denying the power and legacy of the Saw franchise. The first film debuted in 2003 introducing f...

Wilco Are Still Here Because They "Were Willing to Risk Things"

PUBLISHED Sep 28, 2023

"It's all about connection," Jeff Tweedy says of his multifaceted career. This is evident in the intimate books he has penned, as well as...

Fefe Dobson on the Magic of Céline Dion and the Karaoke Machine That Changed Her Life

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 27, 2023

Fefe Dobson has always been ahead of the curve. As the pop-punk revival has crashed into the nostalgia-bloated mainstream of the past coupl...