News Drake Has Shared the Details for OVO Fest 8 Now that the NBA Awards have come and gone, it's time to focus on a different Drake-centred festivity. Specifically, Drizzy has come through...
News U2's Adam Clayton Says Pete Townshend and Eric Clapton Helped Him Get Sober U2 are currently celebrating 30 years of The Joshua Tree with a massive anniversary tour. The road to their longevity as a band hasn't alw...
News Toronto Capybaras Officially Named After Members of Rush Last month, the High Park Zoo in Toronto opened voting to name its trio of capybara pups — and the results are finally in. Torontonia...
News Melody Prochet of Melody's Echo Chamber Hospitalized After "Serious Accident" Melody Prochet, best known for making music as Melody's Echo Chamber, has cancelled a run of upcoming tour dates after a "serious accident."...
News A New Public Enemy Album Is Coming Next Week This past weekend, a Spanish publication broke the news that a new record from iconic hip-hop group Public Enemy would see release next mont...
News Ben Stiller, "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rainn Wilson Sing 'Hamilton' Songs to Support Immigrants If you thought the hype for hit Broadway musical Hamilton was dying down, think again. The show is heading to Los Angeles later this year, a...
News Teenanger Share "Just Drop It," Announce East Coast Tour Teenanger are gearing up to deliver their fifth studio LP next month, and before Teenager arrives, the band have shared a new cut from the...
News Watch Red Bull TV's Roskilde Festival 2017 Live Stream Here at Exclaim! Northern Europe's largest music festival Roskilde is entering its 47th edition, and this year organizers have put together another stellar l...
News Hear Kendrick Lamar and Eminem Recite Their Favourite Prodigy Verses The music world was shocked by the passing of Mobb Deep's Prodigy last week. Not only was he revered in his home state of New York, but also...
News Pinegrove Plot North American Tour Pinegrove delivered one of the best records last year with Cardinal, and now the group has announced plans to take the record on tour aroun...
News Starbucks Responds to Kelly Osbourne Pissing Herself Kelly Osbourne had an unfortunate run-in with Starbucks employees over the weekend, leaving her with wet shoes and the not entirely dignifie...
News Protest the Hero Map Out Southern Ontario Tour Between releasing Pacific Myth and forming Mystery Weekend last year, Protest the Hero had a relatively eventful 2016. Proving that there t...
News Cattle Decapitation Announce Tour with Revocation, Full of Hell and Artificial Brain Cattle Decapitation are the rare band that manages to improve with age; there's little-to-no pining for the first demo when your latest is a...
News Calvin Harris, Pharrell, Katy Perry and Big Sean Catch "Feels" in New Video EDM superstar Calvin Harris finally drops Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 later this week, but right now he's teasing eager fans with another sneak ...
News Vince Staples Brings Out Damon Albarn, Kilo Kish, Ray J and the Roots for "Love Can Be" on 'Fallon' Long Beach rap star Vince Staples just dropped his latest LP Big Fish Theory, and he brought one of the album's tracks to the masses last ni...
News Here Are All the Highlights from Drake Hosting the NBA Awards The inaugural NBA Awards took place in Los Angeles last night (June 26), and the Toronto Raptors' own ambassador Drake served as the show's...
News Comeback Kid, Counterparts and Stray From the Path Announce Co-Headlining Canadian Tour Both Comeback Kid and Counterparts recently lifted the curtain on new albums set to arrive later this year. Now, listeners across Canada wil...
News AJJ Take 'People Who Can Eat People...' On 10th Anniversary Tour AJJ delivered their sophomore album People Who Can Eat People Are the Luckiest People in the World back in 2007, and the band has now anno...
News Kidnapping Suspect Arrested at Iron Maiden Show After Posting Tickets Online Austin, Texas aggravated kidnapping suspect Derrick Roseland didn't have time to "Run to the Hills" at an Iron Maiden concert this past week...
News Louis Tomlinson Knows He Was the Most Forgettable Member of One Direction For those keeping score, Zayn, Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Liam Payne have all branched out from their One Direction origins, establishing...
Streams Kendrick Lamar "ELEMENT." (video) Mere hours after he was reciting his favourite Prodigy verse, the ever-busy Kendrick Lamar has revisited his DAMN. LP with a brand new vid...
Streams Freddie Gibbs "Andrea" (video) Freddie Gibbs wrote the majority of latest project, You Only Live 2wice, in prison after being wrongly accused of sexual assault. His lates...
Streams Lunice "Distrust" (ft. Denzel Curry, JK the Reaper & Nell) At the top of the month, Lunice lifted the curtain on his new CCCLX (360) LP. Now, the Montreal DJ/producer has shared the disc's first si...
Streams Wiki "Pretty Bull" (video) Ratking's leading MC Wiki announced his signing to XL Recordings, and to mark the occasion, he's returned with a new single in "Pretty Bull....
Streams Desiigner "Liife" (ft. Gucci Mane) Brooklyn upstart Desiigner has dropped a new track titled "Liife," featuring a guest appearance from Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane. The sin...
Streams Pale Lips 'Should've Known Better' (7-inch stream) Pale Lips delivered their Wanna Be Bad LP last year, spawning the video for "Queen of Spades," and now they seem to have grown up a bit and ...
Streams Mark Kozelek & Sean Yeaton 'Yellow Kitchen' (album stream) Sun Kil Moon's Mark Kozelek and Parquet Courts' Sean Yeaton recently revealed plans for a collaborative album dubbed Yellow Kitchen. The LP ...
Streams Culture Abuse "So Busted" Culture Abuse released their debut LP Peach last year, and have now revealed they've signed to Epitaph for a follow-up. Ahead of its arriv...
Streams Clams Casino 'Instrumentals 4' (mixtape stream) Nearly four years on from delivering the third instalment of his instrumental mixtape series, Clams Casino has returned with another batch o...
Streams Broken Social Scene "Stay Happy" Broken Social Scene are nearly ready to release their first new album since 2010's Forgiveness Rock Record, but before Hug of Thunder offici...
Streams TesseracT "Smile" TesseracT are at work on the follow up to 2015's Polaris, but ahead of any concrete details, the English metal outfit have returned with a ...
Streams Lil Yachty "Dirty Mouth" (video) As much as he is a beacon of happiness, Lil Yachty isn't above writing some more suggestive material, as evidenced by his Teenage Emotions ...
Streams Grizzly Bear "Four Cypresses" (lyric video) Grizzly Bear will drop their first new album in five years when Painted Ruins arrives later this summer, and the band have teased the forthc...
Streams Radiohead 'OKNOTOK' (album stream) Radiohead are celebrating the 20th anniversary of OK Computer with the release of a fancy reissue set dubbed OKNOTOK, and you can finally st...
Streams Vince Staples 'Big Fish Theory' (album stream) Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory has been lurking below the depths for months, but the LP has finally washed ashore in its entirety for you ...
Streams DJ Khaled 'Grateful' (album stream) DJ Khaled has been hyping up (WE THE BEST) his Grateful LP for the better part of these past few months, and now the album (ANOTHER ONE) ...
Streams King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard 'Murder of the Universe' (album stream) Aussie psych-rock unit King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard return with an epic new record titled Murder of the Universe today (June 23) via ATO...
Streams Wu-Tang Clan "Don't Stop" We've already heard Nas and DJ Shadow team up for a contribution to the Silicon Valley soundtrack, but now fellow hip-hop icons Wu-Tang Cl...
Streams Fall Out Boy "Champion" Later this year, emo band turned radio pop unit Fall Out Boy will return with their new album M A N I A, and they've shared a second tast...
Streams Carly Rae Jepsen "Cut to the Feeling" (lyric video) Last month, Carly Rae Jepsen delivered another pristine pop anthem with "Cut to the Feeling," and the catchy tune has now been given the lyr...
Reviews Alex Goodman Second Act It's no surprise that Alex Goodman's guitar playing is so good on his new album, Second Act; the 29-year-old prodigy is one of the most hotl...
Reviews EX EYE EX EYE Colin Stetson, Greg Fox and Shahzad Ismaily, all revered musicians with collaborations ranging from Feist to Liturgy, first came together fo...
Reviews Bérangère Maximin Frozen Remains It's difficult not to admire composers whose work is so recognizably fearless. French performer Bérangère Maximin produces recordings that...
Reviews Joss Stone Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 26 This year's edition of the Toronto Jazz Festival eagerly billed Joss Stone thusly: "Before Adele, before Jessie J, before Amy, before Floren...
Reviews Pat Lok Hold On Let Go Over the past three years, Pat Lok has been dropping singles at a steady pace, gaining an enviable following on Soundcloud and Beatport. Sig...
Reviews A Distorted Revolution: How Eric's Trip Changed Moncton, Music and Me By Jason Murray "Cult heroes" isn't the aspiration for most bands, but looking back at the short, inspirational life of Eric's Trip, it's hard to view the M...
Reviews Vince Staples Big Fish Theory Before Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory washed ashore, the Long Beach MC both amazed and aggravated listeners with lead single "BagBak," which...
Reviews DJ Khaled Grateful In an era when artists look to maximize on the way streaming affects the charts, lengthy albums seem to be the norm — and DJ Khaled delive...
Reviews Queens of the Stone Age Budweiser Stage, Montebello QC, June 24 It's been a few years since Queens of the Stone Age have toured, but they made their return well worth the wait. Taking no time to ease the ...
Reviews At the Drive-In Jagermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 24 If there's one thing to take away from recently reunited art-punk band At the Drive-In's set, it's that the band are excited to be back on s...
Reviews Alexisonfire Budweiser Stage, Montebello QC, June 24 After delaying their string of concerts in Toronto due to an ill band member, post-hardcore crew Alexisonfire came to Montebello prepared to...
Reviews Meshuggah Jagermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 24 During their Saturday evening (June 24) set, Swedish progressive death metal act Meshuggah sounded polished and machine-like in their abilit...
Reviews Thursday / Fucked Up / mewithoutYou Danforth Music Hall, Toronto ON, June 24 It's very rare to see three of the biggest bands in any given musical movement playing the same show outside of a festival setting, but that...
Reviews Rammstein Budweiser Stage, Montebello QC, June 23 It isn't often that German shock-rockers Rammstein make it over to Canada, given their spectacularly intricate stage show, but their perform...
Reviews Parkway Drive Jagermeister Stage, Montebello QC, June 23 As Australian metalcore crew Parkway Drive hit the stage, the crowd exploded with excitement. Opening with the anthemic track "Wild Eyes," t...
Reviews Norma Jean Tony Sly Stage 2, Montebello QC, June 23 When metalcore phenoms Norma Jean hit the stage at Montebello Rockfest, they brought along an enormous amount of confidence and prowess to t...
Reviews Terror Tony Sly Stage 2, Montebello QC, June 23 While the day began with a torrential downpour, Los Angeles hardcore crew Terror turned the mood around once they hit the stage in the early...
Reviews U2 Rogers Centre, Toronto ON, June 23 When U2's masterpiece The Joshua Tree was released, the world was a very different place. They were the biggest and most important band in t...
Reviews Future Lives Mansions Willie Nelson maybe have famously written the rascally romantic ballad "You Were Always on My Mind," but Future Lives up that ante on their ...
Reviews SassyBlack New Black Swing While the springy bass lines, booming drums, jazzy undertones and empowering themes of early '90s new jack swing may not exactly be en vogue...