Articles by Stephen Carlick

Jean-Michel Blais Explains His Inner Journey to Minimal Piano Masterpiece 'Il'

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2016

The world came close to never hearing Il, the immaculate new minimalist piano masterpiece that composer Jean-Michel Blais just released wit...

Jean-Michel Blais

Il

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2016

I was recently playing Il, the debut album by classically trained Montreal pianist Jean-Michel Blais, in my office, and a co-worker stopped...

Frankie Cosmos

Next Thing

PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2016

On 2014's Zentropy, New York songwriter Frankie Cosmos (aka Greta Kline) brought her cozy, poignant pop nuggets out of the bedroom — litera...

David Bowie

Fantastic Voyage

PUBLISHED Mar 9, 2016

David Bowie's presence in popular culture was such that we're still processing both his passing and his elegant swan song, Blackstar. Thous...

Sarah Neufeld on Aphex Twin, Climate Change and Breaking Out of the Box with 'The Ridge'

PUBLISHED Feb 25, 2016

On Friday (February 26), solo and Arcade Fire violinist Sarah Neufeld will finally follow up her excellent solo debut, Hero Brother, with T...

Ten Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About David Bowie

PUBLISHED Feb 9, 2016

For this month's issue of Exclaim!, it felt wrong to write our regular Timeline feature on any other artist than David Bowie, from whose re...

Chairlift

Spread Their Wings

PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2016

Halfway through its 40-minute runtime, you'll find the seed from which Brooklyn avant-pop duo Chairlift's third album, Moth, grew. While al...

Chairlift Explore "Personal Joy" on New Björk-Inspired 'Moth'

PUBLISHED Jan 21, 2016

Partway through answering the question of whether pop duo Chairlift's third LP, Moth — out January 22 on Columbia — is a record about falli...