Articles by Stephen Carlick

How to Write About Music

Edited by Marc Woodworth and Ally-Jane Grossan

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2015

The rise of blogs and social media in the last decade has made getting one's opinion out to an audience simpler than ever; it's writing abo...

Ibeyi

Ibeyi

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2015

Ibeyi is both the band name of French-Cuban fraternal twin sisters Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi Díaz and the literal term for twins in Yoruba, a c...

Ibeyi Discuss the Impact of Richard Russell and "Cool" Parents on Their Debut LP

PUBLISHED Feb 12, 2015

French-Cuban twins Ibeyi will release their hotly anticipated self-titled debut for XL Recordings on February 17, and as the duo reveal in...

Belle and Sebastian

Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance

PUBLISHED Jan 16, 2015

In their two decades as a band, Belle and Sebastian have reinvented themselves a few times already, and on Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance...

Gift of Gab Reveals Plans for Three-Volume Album Series from Blackalicious

PUBLISHED Jan 14, 2015

Bay Area hip-hop duo Blackalicious have been hinting about a follow-up to their 2005 album, The Craft, for the past few years, but it wasn'...

Stuart Murdoch Explores the Dark Places of Belle and Sebastian's 'Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance'

PUBLISHED Jan 12, 2015

In the lead-up to their forthcoming eighth album, Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance, veteran indie pop troupe Belle and Sebastian have rolle...

Exclaim!'s 2014 in Lists:

Top 5 Albums Heralding Disco's Return

PUBLISHED Dec 17, 2014

Even in the year that Yeezus shook the world, Daft Punk's epic disco suite Random Access Memories had a more tangible influence, yanking di...

James Blake Debuts Two New Songs in Toronto, Reiterates Album Out "Soon"

PUBLISHED Dec 1, 2014

Revered electronic-based songwriter James Blake kicked off his current mini-tour last night (November 30) at Toronto's Mod Club, where he t...