Articles By Stephen Carlick
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![The Blaze, DJ Koze, Laurel Halo and Jon Hopkins All Took Gentler Electronic Paths This Year Best of 2018]()
FeaturesThe Blaze, DJ Koze, Laurel Halo and Jon Hopkins All Took Gentler Electronic Paths This Year Best of 2018 Published Dec 18, 2018It happened slowly but steadily over the last few years: tempos slowed, beats softened; in the underground, ambient music saw a sharp rise,...
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![Jeff Goldblum The Exclaim! Questionnaire]()
FeaturesJeff Goldblum The Exclaim! Questionnaire Published Nov 07, 2018Is Jeff Goldblum the most charming person on Earth? By the end of our 25-minute interview (it was supposed to be 15, but that never comes up...
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![Charli XCX Is No Angel (And She Won't Learn)]()
FeaturesCharli XCX Is No Angel (And She Won't Learn) Published Aug 23, 2018On stage at the Rogers Centre in Toronto, Charli XCX is absolutely captivating the 50,000-plus crowd — but it isn't hers. It'll be another h...
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![Meet Hubert Lenoir, the Iconoclastic Young Quebecois Songwriter Behind the Polaris Music Prize-Nominated 'Darlène']()
FeaturesMeet Hubert Lenoir, the Iconoclastic Young Quebecois Songwriter Behind the Polaris Music Prize-Nominated 'Darlène' Published Jul 10, 2018When the Polaris Music Prize long list was announced on June 14, most of English-speaking Canada probably didn't even notice the inclusion o...
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![Jon Hopkins Found Inspiration for 'Singularity' in Desert Solitude]()
FeaturesJon Hopkins Found Inspiration for 'Singularity' in Desert Solitude Published May 09, 2018Fans have waited five breathless years for Singularity, UK producer Jon Hopkins' fifth full-length, but no one is more excited for its relea...
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![Jon Hopkins Singularity]()
ReviewsJon Hopkins Singularity Published May 01, 2018In contrast to its title, Jon Hopkins' fifth full-length is actually comprised of two distinct sides: from the titular opening track through...
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![Jon Hopkins' 'Singularity' Is the Culmination of Self-Care, L.A. and, Yes, Our Very Conception of the Universe]()
FeaturesJon Hopkins' 'Singularity' Is the Culmination of Self-Care, L.A. and, Yes, Our Very Conception of the Universe Published Apr 30, 2018"Overall," Jon Hopkins tells Exclaim! of his forthcoming LP, "Singularity has a certain lightness to it compared to Immunity. It's less clos...
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![U.S. Girls Achieve Balance Between Pissed Off and Buoyant on 'In a Poem Unlimited']()
FeaturesU.S. Girls Achieve Balance Between Pissed Off and Buoyant on 'In a Poem Unlimited' Published Feb 14, 2018On her last album as U.S. Girls, 2015's Polaris Music Prize-shortlisted Half Free, Meg Remy's sample-based songwriting reached storytelling...
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![U.S. Girls In a Poem Unlimited]()
ReviewsU.S. Girls In a Poem Unlimited Published Feb 09, 2018In interviews since Meg Remy's last album as U.S. Girls, 2015's Half Free, she indicated that her next batch of songs would be more direct,...
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![U.S. Girls Embraces Righteous Rage on 'In a Poem Unlimited']()
FeaturesU.S. Girls Embraces Righteous Rage on 'In a Poem Unlimited' Published Feb 08, 2018On February 16, Meg Remy will release new album In a Poem Unlimited, her sixth under the U.S. Girls moniker and first since 2015's Polaris M...
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![Ranking the Year in Aughts Nostalgia, From LCD Soundsystem to the Shins]()
FeaturesRanking the Year in Aughts Nostalgia, From LCD Soundsystem to the Shins Published Dec 14, 2017This year, Lizzy Goodman chronicled the 2000s indie rock revival in her excellent book Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in...
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![Exclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year Best of 2017]()
FeaturesExclaim!'s Top 11 EPs of the Year Best of 2017 Published Dec 13, 2017As our annual rollout of genre-specific album lists for the Best of the Year — which so far has covered the Top 20 Pop & Rock Albums, Top 10...
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![Angel Olsen Phases]()
ReviewsAngel Olsen Phases Published Nov 06, 2017When you have a voice like Angel Olsen's, you can afford to strip away almost all of the instruments, and most of the production value, and...
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![Beck Colors]()
ReviewsBeck Colors Published Oct 12, 2017Beck has long been lauded as a shape-shifting musical chameleon, but even transcendent, genre-hopping geniuses hit a wall at some point — an...
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![Beck Talks the "Lightness" of 'Colors,' Hails Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams]()
FeaturesBeck Talks the "Lightness" of 'Colors,' Hails Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell Williams Published Oct 03, 2017On October 13, Beck will finally release his long-awaited followup to 2014's Grammy-winning Morning Phase. Colors, as we referred to it in o...
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![Beck Goes Through the Pop Prism on New Album 'Colors']()
FeaturesBeck Goes Through the Pop Prism on New Album 'Colors' Published Sep 27, 2017Beck and Pharrell Williams had never worked together until, as Beck now recalls, "four or five years ago," around the same time that he'd be...
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![Partner In Search of Lost Time]()
ReviewsPartner In Search of Lost Time Published Sep 08, 2017Over the past few years, power-pop outfit Partner's shows quickly became lore amongst Canadian music fans: not only were co-frontwomen Josée...
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![Five Things James Murphy Wants You to Know About LCD Soundsystem's 'American Dream']()
FeaturesFive Things James Murphy Wants You to Know About LCD Soundsystem's 'American Dream' Published Aug 31, 2017On September 1, LCD Soundsystem will finally drop their comeback album, American Dream. And though it's been over seven years since their la...
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![LCD Soundsystem American Dream]()
ReviewsLCD Soundsystem American Dream Published Aug 30, 2017Over their first three albums, LCD Soundsystem established such a unique, recognizable sound that just 45 seconds into American Dream opener...
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![LCD Soundsystem Finding My Religion]()
FeaturesLCD Soundsystem Finding My Religion Published Aug 22, 2017James Murphy is happy. Seated on a large, comfortable couch in a Brooklyn hotel room, the LCD Soundsystem frontman is open, talkative an...
