Rural Alberta Advantage, Charlotte Cornfield, Altered By Mom & more cover Big Star for Dave Bookman tribute concert on May 9!

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Five Must-See Acts at Toronto's Departure Festival + Conference 2026 │ Exclaim! The event runs May 4 to 10

Five Must-See Acts at Toronto's Departure Festival + Conference 2026

Project Nowhere's Outer Space Gets SUUNS, Snooper, La Sécurité for Inaugural Edition │ Exclaim! The two-day festival will take over Lee's Palace and the Dance Cave on May 1 and 2

Project Nowhere's Outer Space Gets SUUNS, Snooper, La Sécurité for Inaugural Edition

The Story So Far Schedule North American Tour If the space of your concert calendar is feeling empty, long-running Walnut Creek, CA-formed pop-punk unit the Story So Far have announced

The Story So Far Schedule North American Tour

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Lil Wayne and Fred Durst Conspire to Create a Worsechella Look, we can understand how invalidating it is to be left off big bills after hitting a career peak over two decades ago. It must not feel

Lil Wayne and Fred Durst Conspire to Create a Worsechella

Beck Dives Back Into 'Sea Change' Waters for "Ride Lonesome" A "sea change" refers to a complete transformation, so there's a certain irony to the way Beck has returned to his 2002 album 'Sea Change'

Beck Dives Back Into 'Sea Change' Waters for "Ride Lonesome"

All Hail 'Mother Mary' At a time when major studios and streamers (especially and egregiously the latter) have more or less trained audiences to be complacent, no

All Hail 'Mother Mary'

d4vd Charged with Murder of Missing Teen Girl Following his arrest on Thursday (April 17), alt-pop singer d4vd has now officially been charged for the murder of Celeste Rivas Hernandez

d4vd Charged with Murder of Missing Teen Girl

Concrete Vehicles (f.k.a. Computer) Expand Canadian Tour Vancouver-hailing Exclaim New Faves alumni Concrete Vehicles (formerly Computer) are taking their new name on the road this spring and

Concrete Vehicles (f.k.a. Computer) Expand Canadian Tour

Bieberchella Was Great, Actually There's a tragic moment in Justin Bieber's 2011 documentary Never Say Never, when the subject discusses how Michael Jackson lost his

Bieberchella Was Great, Actually

NPR Employees Banned from Betting on Who Will Play the Tiny Desk Everybody loves NPR's Tiny Desk concert series. It's always a fun surprise to find out which artist will be next to perform at the public

NPR Employees Banned from Betting on Who Will Play the Tiny Desk

Jane Remover Announces North American Tour Jane Remover is heading back to Toronto on their upcoming Live Exhibit North American tour, which will take them across the US and up to

Jane Remover Announces North American Tour

Loreena McKennitt Books 'The Mask and the Mirror' 30th Anniversary Tour Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Loreena McKennitt is celebrating the 30th anniversary of her fifth studio album, 'The

Loreena McKennitt Books 'The Mask and the Mirror' 30th Anniversary Tour

Inevitably, Grimes's New Album is Called 'Psy Opera' Can we all please stop talking about psyops? A military term popularized by terminally online conspiracy theorist types, a sensationalist

Inevitably, Grimes's New Album is Called 'Psy Opera'

Faouzia Plots 'FILM NOIR' International Tour Supporting her 2025 debut album 'FILM NOIR,' Winnipeg-based Moroccan-Canadian singer-songwriter Faouzia has announced a summer international

Faouzia Plots 'FILM NOIR' International Tour

Beth Orton Announces New Album 'The Ground Above,' 2026 Tour British singer-songwriter Beth Orton has announced her first new album in four years, as well as an accompanying tour of North America and

Beth Orton Announces New Album 'The Ground Above,' 2026 Tour

Toronto's 6 Can't-Miss Concerts, Including Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and Joyce Manor: April 20–26, 2026 Happy 4/20 to everyone who celebrates! On this week's roundup of can't-miss shows coming to Toronto this week, we have Waxahatchee

Toronto's 6 Can't-Miss Concerts, Including Waxahatchee, MJ Lenderman and Joyce Manor: April 20–26, 2026

Cancer Bats' Victoria Anniversary Show Was the Birth of a CanCon Hardcore Mount Rushmore │ Exclaim! Capital Ballroom, April 18

I saw Cancer Bats at Capital Ballroom last night. That was fun. What an epic Canadian hardcore bill with Anciients, TEETH, and Chastity. Words and pictures at @exclaimdotca.bsky.social.

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Exclaim! Comics: We've Got Knuckle Tattoo Ideas for Chillers Forget those "LOVE" and "HATE" knuckle tats — the latest edition of the Exclaim!'s comics page brings some chill ink, plus the pond's most

Exclaim! Comics: We've Got Knuckle Tattoo Ideas for Chillers

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Angine de Poitrine Receive Their Very Own Google Easter Egg Angine de Poitrine mania is permeating the internet's most prominent platforms, as Google has unveiled its very own Easter egg for the band

Angine de Poitrine Receive Their Very Own Google Easter Egg

Cancer Bats' Victoria Anniversary Show Was the Birth of a CanCon Hardcore Mount Rushmore Despite the fury and bluster of their aural explorations, last night's (April 18) event was full of nice Canadian boys who all seem fairly

Cancer Bats' Victoria Anniversary Show Was the Birth of a CanCon Hardcore Mount Rushmore

Surprise Explosion in Toronto Was Just Drake Filming There was an explosion in Toronto last night. But fear not, for it wasn't the end of the world, just content. T'was all in the name of

Surprise Explosion in Toronto Was Just Drake Filming

Tegan Quin Wins Canada Reads 2026 Tegan Quin has done more than get a little bit closer to sweet victory, having now been announced as the winner of Canada Reads — an annual

Tegan Quin Wins Canada Reads 2026

Thunder Bay's Wake the Giant Gets Flo Rida, the Wallflowers, Plain White T's for 2026 Thunder Bay's Wake the Giant has announced the lineup for the 2026 edition of its annual festival.Taking place on September 12, the Ontario

Thunder Bay's Wake the Giant Gets Flo Rida, the Wallflowers, Plain White T's for 2026

Calgary’s DandyFest Gets Hayden Pedigo, Charlotte Cornfield, Sunglaciers for 2026 Calgary's DandyFest is set to return this summer, taking over Dandy Brewing on August 22 for another one-day celebration of alternative

Calgary’s DandyFest Gets Hayden Pedigo, Charlotte Cornfield, Sunglaciers for 2026

Alec Baldwin Will Stand Trial in 'Rust' Civil Case It's been almost five years since Alec Baldwin fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust — and last we heard, Baldwin

Alec Baldwin Will Stand Trial in 'Rust' Civil Case

Sandra Bullock Wants Hollywood to Befriend Artificial Intelligence Sandra Bullock is embracing the reality of AI in Hollywood, even if it comes with some unease. Speaking at the CNBC Changemakers Summit

Sandra Bullock Wants Hollywood to Befriend Artificial Intelligence