September 2024 Issue

Exclaim! Comics: Halloween Comes Very Early This Year

PUBLISHED Aug 12, 2024

Anyone up for a little trick or treating? No? Too early still? Suit yourself! As we enter the dog days of summer, we're practicing proper...

beabadoobee’s Music Remains an Insular World, Even as She Finds Fame: "I Was About to Shit Myself Every Second on Stage"

PUBLISHED Aug 7, 2024

When beabadoobee hit the road as one of the opening acts on Taylor Swift's Eras Tour, she figured she would get over her initial stage...

'Cuckoo' Is a Birdbrained Good Time

Directed by Tilman Singer

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2024

If I had a nickel for every time a blonde actress from HBO's 'Euphoria' appeared as the lead in a horror film in 2024, I would have two...

Inside the Cult of King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2024

In 2019, it felt weird to see King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard two nights in a row. Living in Ottawa at the time, travelling to Toronto...

The Organ Recall the "Precarious Situation" of 'Grab That Gun' While Celebrating 20th-Anniversary Reissue

PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2024

Even devoted fans of the Organ might not have noticed that the eerie aughts post-punks had reissued their first and only full-length...

"Weird Al" Yankovic Returns with a Decade's Worth of Polka Parodies — but Sadly No SZA

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2024

The last time "Weird Al" Yankovic released an album, the year was 2014 and his 14th full-length, Mandatory Fun, went on to be his most...

Charli XCX's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2024

It's officially 'BRAT' summer, which means it's time to start bumpin' that (interpret however you like), get jealous, act confident...