Articles by Stephen Carlick

Washed Out

Paracosm

PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2013

After capitalizing on the hype built by breakout EP Life of Leisure, Washed Out's Ernest Greene released the more dance-focused Within & Wi...

Washed Out Talks the Dreamy, Nostalgic Sound of 'Paracosm,' Streams Album on Exclaim.ca

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2013

As Washed Out's Ernest Greene prepares for the release of his second full-length for Sub Pop, Paracosm, next week, the Georgia-born musicia...

OVO Fest 2013 featuring Drake, Lil Wayne, Kanye West, Diddy, TLC

Molson Canadian Amphitheatre, Toronto ON, August 5

PUBLISHED Aug 6, 2013

Anyone who accuses Drake of not caring about Toronto has never been to OVO Fest. The fourth edition of Drizzy's annual love letter to his c...

Van Dyke Parks

Songs Cycled

PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2013

Songwriter Van Dyke Parks has always been the kind of artist whose fans are more compulsive than copious, so it's no surprise that his viny...

Black Atlass

Drake Underground, Toronto ON, July 18

PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2013

"Lights out, please," requested Black Atlass (a.k.a. Alex Fleming) at about 11pm last night. Toronto's Drake Underground, already filled wi...

Justin Timberlake / Jay Z

Rogers Centre, Toronto ON, July 17

PUBLISHED Jul 18, 2013

As the lights dimmed and the Rogers Centre lit up with flashes of about 50,000 cameras and phones, the duo walked onstage to a grandiose or...

Björk / Death Grips / Mykki Blanco

Echo Beach, Toronto ON, July 16

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2013

"I feel like I'm the prettiest girl at the festival" boasted Mykki Blanco as she strutted commandingly about the stage in broad daylight, c...

Boards of Canada

Tomorrow's Harvest

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2013

Despite being on vastly different planes of popularity and genre, there are a number of parallels between Daft Punk and Boards of Canada in...