Exclaim! is a music and entertainment publisher based in Toronto, Canada, which features coverage of new music across all genres with a special focus on Canadian and emerging artists. The monthly Exclaim! print magazine publishes seven issues per year, distributing over 103,000 copies to over 2,600 locations across Canada.
In addition to music, the magazine also covers film and comedy.
History
Exclaim! began as a discussion among campus and community radio programmers at Ryerson's CKLN-FM in 1991. It was started by then-CKLN programmer Ian Danzig, together with other programmers and Toronto musicians. The goal of the publication was to support great Canadian music that was otherwise going unheralded. The group worked through 1991 to produce their first issue in April 1992, with monthly issues being produced since.
Ian Danzig has been the publisher of the magazine since its start.
Website
The Exclaim! website is updated daily with the latest in music news, reviews, interviews, premieres, and feature stories, reaching over 675,000 unique visitors each month. There are also a number of recurring content series, including the monthly the Eh! List Spotify playlist, New Faves emerging artists, the Exclaim! Questionnaire, Music School, Canadian Cannabis Heroes coverage and more.
In addition to music, Exclaim! covers major film festivals, such as the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), the Sundance Film Festival, Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival, and the Toronto After Dark Film Festival, and publishing interviews with a number of high-profile directors and movie stars. Its comedy section, similarly, focuses on profiles and interviews with established and up-and-coming stand-up comedians. The magazine's website also has contests where readers can enter for a chance to win various music, film and apparel prizes.
Contributors
Many notable writers have worked for Exclaim! over the years, including Canadian radio personality Matt Galloway, Canadian punk chronicler and new media personality Sam Sutherland, hip-hop scribe and CBC Music producer Del Cowie, published author Andrea Warner, Canadian editor at The FADER Anupa Mistry, filmmaker Bruce LaBruce, and award-winning DJ and author Denise Benson.