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Pop and Rock 2012: Breakout Label - Arbutus
One of 2012's undeniable breakout stars was Montreal's Grimes (pictured above) and her Polaris-nominated album, Visions. The label behind he...
Pop and Rock 2012: It's Getting Loud
Separated by musical backgrounds and international borders, a phalanx of young bucks were united in 2012 by a common purpose: the hard and f...
Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Improv and Avant-Garde
Given the diversity and depth of the improv and avant-garde scene, instead of ranking and rating releases, we've asked regular contributors...
Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Hip-Hop
Assuming you already picked up our 2012 year-end issue, you already know our number one album here, not that Kendrick Lamar's poignant debut...
2012 in Beefs
While it's easy for musicians to play nice in an effort to save face, maximize networking and rack up a nice Rolodex, that gets a little bor...
Exclaim!'s Best of 2012: An Analysis of the Year in Groove
Our Exclaim! Best of 2012 lists have been posted for Dance and Electronic, Metal and Hardcore, Folk and Country, and, as of this morning, ou...
Groove 2012: PSY vs. Snoop Lion
Nobody could have predicted that a cherubic thirty-something rapper from South Korea would record the most popular song of 2012. However, ju...
Groove 2012: What Frank Ocean's 'Channel Orange' Taught Us
Owner of perhaps this year's most unique backstory, R&B artist Frank Ocean's ascendance into the mainstream was a perfect storm of promotion...
Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2012: Pop and Rock, Part Two
We left you hanging on Friday (December 14) with 30 through 16 on the Pop and Rock list. Now, we're unveiling the rest of our top 30, from 1...
Exclaim!'s Best of 2012: An Analysis of the Year in Electronic
Now that we've sorted out the Exclaim! Best of 2012 in Dance and Electronic, it's time to take a closer look at what trends defined this yea...
Top 10 Canadian Music Videos of 2012
The clips accompanying our Canadian artists' finest singles this year ran the gamut from big-budget productions with countless set pieces to...