Daniel Sylvester II
@danielsylvester.bsky.social
Music journalist. Anti-fascist.
I got to write about Marie Davidson's sassy dancefloor banger, "Fun Times," for Exclaim!'s 20 Best Songs of 2025 list.
Exclaim!'s 20 Best Songs of 2025 │ Exclaim!
Your daily dose of the best music, film and comedy news, reviews, streams, concert listings, interviews and other exclusives on Exclaim!
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November 28, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I got to write about Marie Davidson's sassy dancefloor banger, "Fun Times," for Exclaim!'s 20 Best Songs of 2025 list.
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org
Canada needs a monopoly buster!
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. https://openmedia.org/Competition4Cana...
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November 28, 2025 at 3:52 PM
⚠️ Canada will pick its next Competition Commissioner soon! Sign by Nov 28 ✍️ to demand a leader who will #StopMonopolies and fix Canada’s competition crisis ⚖️. openmedia.org/Competition4... @openmedia.org
I got to write about Exclaim!'s @exclaimdotca.bsky.social number one album of 2025, the much-deserving Bite Down by Montreal's Ribbon Skirt.
Exclaim!'s 50 Best Albums of 2025 │ Exclaim!
Your daily dose of the best music, film and comedy news, reviews, streams, concert listings, interviews and other exclusives on Exclaim!
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November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I got to write about Exclaim!'s @exclaimdotca.bsky.social number one album of 2025, the much-deserving Bite Down by Montreal's Ribbon Skirt.
Favourite Jimmy Cliff songs. RIP.
1. The Harder They Come
2. Many Rivers to Cross
3. You Can Get It if You Really Want
4. Guns of Brixton
5. I Can See Clearly Now
6. Wild World
7. Wonderful World, Beautiful People
8. Vietnam
9. Reggae Night
10. Treat Youths Right
1. The Harder They Come
2. Many Rivers to Cross
3. You Can Get It if You Really Want
4. Guns of Brixton
5. I Can See Clearly Now
6. Wild World
7. Wonderful World, Beautiful People
8. Vietnam
9. Reggae Night
10. Treat Youths Right
November 24, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Favourite Jimmy Cliff songs. RIP.
1. The Harder They Come
2. Many Rivers to Cross
3. You Can Get It if You Really Want
4. Guns of Brixton
5. I Can See Clearly Now
6. Wild World
7. Wonderful World, Beautiful People
8. Vietnam
9. Reggae Night
10. Treat Youths Right
1. The Harder They Come
2. Many Rivers to Cross
3. You Can Get It if You Really Want
4. Guns of Brixton
5. I Can See Clearly Now
6. Wild World
7. Wonderful World, Beautiful People
8. Vietnam
9. Reggae Night
10. Treat Youths Right
Fave somgs featuring Mani on bass. RIP.
1. Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
2. Primal Scream - Accelerator
3. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
4. Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes
5.Stone Roses - Fools Gold
6. Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
7. Primal Scream - Kowalski
8. Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
1. Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
2. Primal Scream - Accelerator
3. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
4. Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes
5.Stone Roses - Fools Gold
6. Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
7. Primal Scream - Kowalski
8. Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
November 21, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Fave somgs featuring Mani on bass. RIP.
1. Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
2. Primal Scream - Accelerator
3. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
4. Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes
5.Stone Roses - Fools Gold
6. Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
7. Primal Scream - Kowalski
8. Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
1. Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
2. Primal Scream - Accelerator
3. Stone Roses - Love Spreads
4. Primal Scream - Swastika Eyes
5.Stone Roses - Fools Gold
6. Primal Scream - Kill All Hippies
7. Primal Scream - Kowalski
8. Stone Roses - I Am the Resurrection
Travelled to a strange French colony last night to write a piece for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social on some upstart named Paul McCartney. Looks like he's going places.
Paul McCartney Made Montreal Come Together at Rock and Roll Megachurch │ Exclaim!
Bell Centre, November 18
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November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Travelled to a strange French colony last night to write a piece for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social on some upstart named Paul McCartney. Looks like he's going places.
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Canada Needs Privacy Law Reforms Now!
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
🇨🇦 Canada’s privacy laws are DECADES old and fail to protect us from corporate misuse & government overreach. ✊ Tell MPs it’s time for real Privacy Law Reform and to make #Privacy4Canadians a priority! 📨 openmedia.org/Privacy4Cana...
@openmedia.org
@openmedia.org
Société Générale: Stop Financing Adani's Coal
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Société Générale: Stop Financing Adani's Coal
Société Générale brags about its so-called coal ‘exclusion policy’, but behind the scenes, it’s bankrolling one of the world's most corrupt, climate-wrecking coal giants: Adani. Rings a bell? Yes, it’
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November 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Société Générale: Stop Financing Adani's Coal
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Ten favourite Squeeze songs with Gilson Lavis on drums. R.I.P.
1. Tempted
2. Pulling Muscles (From the Shell)
3. Hourglass
4. Take Me, I'm Yours
5. Christmas Day
6. Another Nail in My Heart
7. Satisfied
8. Black Coffee in Bed
9. Up the Junction
10. Annie Get Your Gun
1. Tempted
2. Pulling Muscles (From the Shell)
3. Hourglass
4. Take Me, I'm Yours
5. Christmas Day
6. Another Nail in My Heart
7. Satisfied
8. Black Coffee in Bed
9. Up the Junction
10. Annie Get Your Gun
November 7, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Ten favourite Squeeze songs with Gilson Lavis on drums. R.I.P.
1. Tempted
2. Pulling Muscles (From the Shell)
3. Hourglass
4. Take Me, I'm Yours
5. Christmas Day
6. Another Nail in My Heart
7. Satisfied
8. Black Coffee in Bed
9. Up the Junction
10. Annie Get Your Gun
1. Tempted
2. Pulling Muscles (From the Shell)
3. Hourglass
4. Take Me, I'm Yours
5. Christmas Day
6. Another Nail in My Heart
7. Satisfied
8. Black Coffee in Bed
9. Up the Junction
10. Annie Get Your Gun
You don't mess with the Zohran.
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
You don't mess with the Zohran.
I got to write a few words about They Say Stories, a very cool power pop band from Calgary, AB Treaty 7, for Exclaim!
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5 Emerging Canadian Artists You Need to Hear in November 2025 │ Exclaim!
Meet Exclaim!'s latest New Faves, including Indigenous power pop from Treaty 7, Toronto's next big thing in post-hardcore and more
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November 3, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I got to write a few words about They Say Stories, a very cool power pop band from Calgary, AB Treaty 7, for Exclaim!
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Technically, his name should be Franken Berry's Monster.
October 30, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Technically, his name should be Franken Berry's Monster.
You guys ever notice that that the President of the United States is a lil' bitch?
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
You guys ever notice that that the President of the United States is a lil' bitch?
Just like Springsteen himself, I worked my basebell cap-holding lil' butt off ranking every one of The Boss' studio albums for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
Bruce Springsteen's Albums Ranked │ Exclaim!
The blue-collar rock everyman almost never delivers a dud
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October 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just like Springsteen himself, I worked my basebell cap-holding lil' butt off ranking every one of The Boss' studio albums for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
No Mos Def, but I finally got to hear Talib Kweli perform a few Black Star songs. I'll take it! Here's what I have to say about it via @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
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Talib Kweli Demanded to Be Heard in Ottawa │ Exclaim!
27 Club, October 9
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October 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
No Mos Def, but I finally got to hear Talib Kweli perform a few Black Star songs. I'll take it! Here's what I have to say about it via @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
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🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
Fix Bill C-8: Stop the Fast-Track of a Flawed Cybersecurity Bill
Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let it fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 https://openmedia.org/FixBillC8
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October 9, 2025 at 2:32 PM
🇨🇦’s Cybersecurity bill is back! Bill C-8 is Bill C-26’s twin. 👯♀️ Huge encryption risks, same secret orders. 🚨 Don’t let #BillC8 fast track through Parliament. Speak up and tell your MP to #FixBillC8 now! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bsky
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
@openmediaorg.bsky.social
Happy 25th anniversary to Kid A. I celebrated the only way I know how, by ranking all of Radiohead's albums for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social.
Radiohead's Albums Ranked from Worst to Best │ Exclaim!
To mark 25 years of 'Kid A,' we're counting down the highlights of the band's calogue
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October 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Happy 25th anniversary to Kid A. I celebrated the only way I know how, by ranking all of Radiohead's albums for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social.
Favourite LPs featuring Danny Thompson, RIP.
1. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Pentangle - Sweet Child
4. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
5. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
6. T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
1. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Pentangle - Sweet Child
4. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
5. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
6. T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
October 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Favourite LPs featuring Danny Thompson, RIP.
1. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Pentangle - Sweet Child
4. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
5. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
6. T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
1. Nick Drake - Five Leaves Left
2. Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden
3. Pentangle - Sweet Child
4. David Sylvian - Secrets of the Beehive
5. Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells a Story
6. T. Rex - Zinc Alloy and the Hidden Riders of Tomorrow
I got to write about Ducks Ltd. first Ottawa appearance for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social . Spoiler: it was worth the wait.
Ducks Ltd. Were as Big as All Outside at Long-Awaited Ottawa Debut │ Exclaim!
27 Club, September 26
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September 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
I got to write about Ducks Ltd. first Ottawa appearance for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social . Spoiler: it was worth the wait.
"The wheel hasn't been reinvented, but you get all the inside jokes because they're your friends — and you're just happy to have been invited along for the ride."
Sloan's 14th LP does all the Sloan stuff you expect from a Sloan album. Here's what I had to say about it for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
Sloan's 14th LP does all the Sloan stuff you expect from a Sloan album. Here's what I had to say about it for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
Sloan's 'Based on the Best Seller' Is Blockbuster Canadiana │ Exclaim!
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September 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
"The wheel hasn't been reinvented, but you get all the inside jokes because they're your friends — and you're just happy to have been invited along for the ride."
Sloan's 14th LP does all the Sloan stuff you expect from a Sloan album. Here's what I had to say about it for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
Sloan's 14th LP does all the Sloan stuff you expect from a Sloan album. Here's what I had to say about it for @exclaimdotca.bsky.social
Time to get rid of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission! action.eko.org/a/eu-no-conf...
No confidence in von der Leyen
Our friend and colleague Mariam Abu Dagga was killed in Gaza. She was reporting from Nasser Hospital when an Israeli missile hit. Minutes later, another strike killed her and the rescue team.Ursula vo
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September 9, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Time to get rid of Ursula von der Leyen's European Commission! action.eko.org/a/eu-no-conf...
Five favourite Flipper songs.
RIP Bruce Loose.
1. Sex Bomb (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
2. Ha Ha Ha (single, 1980)
3. Sacrifice (Gone Fishin', 1984)
4. Way of the World (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
5. Learn to Live (Love, 2009)
RIP Bruce Loose.
1. Sex Bomb (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
2. Ha Ha Ha (single, 1980)
3. Sacrifice (Gone Fishin', 1984)
4. Way of the World (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
5. Learn to Live (Love, 2009)
September 8, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Five favourite Flipper songs.
RIP Bruce Loose.
1. Sex Bomb (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
2. Ha Ha Ha (single, 1980)
3. Sacrifice (Gone Fishin', 1984)
4. Way of the World (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
5. Learn to Live (Love, 2009)
RIP Bruce Loose.
1. Sex Bomb (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
2. Ha Ha Ha (single, 1980)
3. Sacrifice (Gone Fishin', 1984)
4. Way of the World (Album - Generic Flipper, 1982)
5. Learn to Live (Love, 2009)
Nobody better lay a finger on my Badmotorfinger.
August 29, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Nobody better lay a finger on my Badmotorfinger.
Favourite albums featuring Jim Kimball on drums
1. Mule- Mule
2. The Jesus Lizard - Blue
3. Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime
4. Firewater - Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
5. Laughing Hyenas - You Can't Pray a Lie
1. Mule- Mule
2. The Jesus Lizard - Blue
3. Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime
4. Firewater - Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
5. Laughing Hyenas - You Can't Pray a Lie
August 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Favourite albums featuring Jim Kimball on drums
1. Mule- Mule
2. The Jesus Lizard - Blue
3. Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime
4. Firewater - Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
5. Laughing Hyenas - You Can't Pray a Lie
1. Mule- Mule
2. The Jesus Lizard - Blue
3. Laughing Hyenas - Life of Crime
4. Firewater - Get off the Cross, We Need the Wood for the Fire
5. Laughing Hyenas - You Can't Pray a Lie