'I Like Me: John Candy' Is Ultra-Sweet

PUBLISHED Oct 10, 2025

"He will be remembered, very simply, for his good nature," Mel Brooks tells the camera during one of the many glowing testimonials for John...

Canadian Artists Celebrate the Albums That Inspire Their Own Music

Show & Tell

PUBLISHED Oct 9, 2025

No music comes from a vacuum. Every artist has influences who have inspired their work, so, for the latest Show & Tell, we touched base...

Yellowcard Look Inward to "Make a Record That Sounds Like You're 25 When You're 45"

PUBLISHED Oct 8, 2025

William Ryan Key never thought he'd be here. "We broke up. We really said, 'We're done,'" the Yellowcard frontman tells Exclaim!...

'The Smashing Machine' Is an Understated Bodyslam

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PUBLISHED Oct 3, 2025

Like many, I grew up knowing (and loving) Dwayne Johnson as the Rock, only to see the man who whooped so many candy-ass jabronis become a...

Artists Are Quitting Spotify Because of Its "Outrageous Perversion of Art" — but Can It Make a Difference?

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2025

Your Spotify Wrapped may strike a surprising new chord if you use it to ring in 2026. The music platform's viral marketing campaign prompts...

Tame Impala's Kevin Parker Is the Same Person, but "New and Different and Unsure"

PUBLISHED Sep 30, 2025

At first, Kevin Parker just wanted to make a techno record. But, he warns, "I wouldn't want people to overemphasize the influence of the...

Cœur de pirate Hails Sabrina Carpenter's Whip and the "Stunning" Minor Modulations of the "Thong Song"

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Sep 29, 2025

Speaking with Béatrice Martin — the one-woman act behind Montreal's legendary pop act Cœur de pirate — it immediately becomes clear how...

Neko Case Lights a Match for Dallas Good and Other Lost Friends

PUBLISHED Sep 25, 2025

Time casts a long shadow over Neko Case's 'Neon Grey Midnight Green.' On the opening track of her ninth album, Case promises, "If it eats us...