Articles by Stephen Carlick

The Weeknd

Kiss Land

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2013

The latest effort from the Weeknd is a mixed bag, but it can't be said that Abel Tesfaye is resting on his laurels. While many criticized h...

No Age

Deconstruction Time Again

PUBLISHED Aug 23, 2013

"We worked on writing songs prior to the ones we made for this album," explains Randy Randall, one half (along with Dean Spunt) of Southern...

The Challenge

Why Grimes' Misunderstood Boiler Room Set Wasn't "Trolling"

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2013

"Grimes trolls the Boiler Room" was the headline GQ chose; at music blog Pigeons and Planes, they went with "These People Are Very Weirded...

Illangelo

History of Man

PUBLISHED Aug 21, 2013

When Weeknd producer Carlo "Illangelo" Montagnese announced in July that he would be releasing his first solo LP, he quickly dispelled noti...

No Age Explain the "Rough, Naturalistic" Character of 'An Object'

PUBLISHED Aug 20, 2013

Now that we've all had a chance to hear No Age's An Object, fans have probably already passed judgment of the duo's latest album. But as th...

Porcelain Raft

Permanent Signal

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

On debut Strange Weekend, Porcelain Raft's Mauro Remiddi gave plenty of reasons to be excited about his future. "Drifting In and Out" and s...

No Age

An Object

PUBLISHED Aug 16, 2013

According to Randy Randall (one half of Southern California art-punk duo No Age, along with Dean Spunt), the idea was to "construct" an alb...

Exquisite Ghost

Shrines

PUBLISHED Aug 13, 2013

Writing press releases is not Jordan Thomas' strong suit. Scrawled across a single piece of folded up paper that came with his debut LP was...