Articles by Stephen Carlick

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  Slowdive

  Green Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2014

  Perhaps it was because the crowd was too young to care, but it seemed too easy to get close to the Green Stage late in the day for Slowdive...

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  Kendrick Lamar

  Green Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 20

  PUBLISHED Jul 21, 2014

  Only after a year's passing has it become clear just how bona fide a classic Kendrick Lamar's Good Kid, m.A.A.d. city is. On Sunday night (...

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  The Haxan Cloak

  Blue Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 18

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2014

  To see Haxan Cloak not just as actual people creating the otherworldly transmissions, but to be doing so in daylight, was jarring. As Bobby...

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  SZA

  Blue Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 18

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2014

  SZA came onstage beaming, throwing herself into her performance despite momentary sound issues. After some feedback, the effects on her mic...

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  Giorgio Moroder

  Red Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 18

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2014

  "Hello Chee-cahgo," said Giorgio Moroder, hard "ch" sound and all, as he took the Red Stage at dusk. "My name is Giovanni Giorgio, but you...

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  Beck

  Green Stage, Union Park, Chicago IL, July 18

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2014

  Beck closed out Pitchfork's Friday night (July 18) with a set as odd and varied as his discography. He started in nice and hard on "Devil's...

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  Morrissey

  Misery Loves Company

  PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2014

  Is there a more divisive figure in pop music than Morrissey? The former Smiths singer and prolific solo performer has been a fixture in the...

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  Morrissey

  World Peace Is None of Your Business

  PUBLISHED Jul 15, 2014

  2009's Years of Refusal found Morrissey at his most vicious and effervescent, spewing vitriol to cut through the crushing weight of the wor...