Articles by Stephen Carlick

Rustie

Green Language

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2014

The title of Scottish DJ/producer Rustie's second full-length Green Language refers, according to a release, to "a language that's non-dual...

Lewis

Romantic Times

PUBLISHED Aug 22, 2014

When news broke that enigmatic songwriter Lewis' apparently one-off album L'Amour was found in an Edmonton flea market earlier this year, t...

Spoon Talk the Inner Workings of 'They Want My Soul' and Explain Their Major Label Move

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2014

Texan pop auteurs Spoon will release They Want My Soul on Tuesday (August 5), and though it comes on the heels of a four-year break and a m...

Spoon

They Want My Soul

PUBLISHED Aug 1, 2014

On their eighth LP, Spoon want to you sing along. Where four years prior, Transference found the stylish indie-rock outfit embracing mood a...

Jenny Lewis

The Voyager

PUBLISHED Jul 28, 2014

If The Voyager is any indication, Jenny Lewis has matured a fair bit in the six years since her last solo album, 2008's Acid Tongue. On tha...

Deafheaven

Green Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 20

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2014

Even as only a low-end thrum announced their set, Deafheaven singer George Clarke was already dramatically vogueing and gesturing, seemingl...

Schoolboy Q

Green Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 20

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2014

"Y'all ready to turn up? I don't like none of them standin' around shows," announced Schoolboy Q from the Green Stage, and the crowd oblige...

Jon Hopkins

Blue Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 20

PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2014

Live, U.K. producer extraordinaire Jon Hopkins makes the musical equivalent of modernist architecture, beginning each song with bare bones...