Between U.S. Girls topping our pop and rock list and Jeremy Dutcher topping our experimental list, 2018 turned out to be a great year for am...

It happened slowly but steadily over the last few years: tempos slowed, beats softened; in the underground, ambient music saw a sharp rise,...

From its inception, the genre known as R&B has relied on the venerable guitar for its unique bass-heavy sound and entrancing chord structure...

While a whiff of nostalgia hung across the 2018 pop landscape, the past 12 months were nevertheless a banner year for forward-thinking pop m...

When he wasn't dropping one of his own five Scorpion music videos, Drake was popping up in somebody else's this year. As 2018 comes to an en...

In 2018, the best Canadian music videos came from across all genres; we watched (and loved) everything from pot-smoking grunge punks to glob...

Our Top 10 Experimental & Modern Composition Albums of 2018 list is a little different than our lists of years prior. Typically, this one ap...

Just beyond the cut-off line for consensus "best" albums of the year are the records that meant the world to us but didn't quite make the cu...

This year, established electronic masters like Jon Hopkins, DJ Koze and Leon Vynehall outdid themselves by refining and finessing their musi...

As we rounding the halfway mark for the annual rollout of Exclaim!'s Best Albums of 2018 today (December 11), we're pleased to present the b...

Arguably the most anticipated of our year-end list is that of the Best Hip-Hop Albums of 2018. But while marquee artists like Drake, Cardi B...