Articles by Stephen Carlick

Ezra Koenig Goes Deep on Vampire Weekend's "Preppy" Image

PUBLISHED May 14, 2013

This week, Vampire Weekend finally release their much-anticipated third album, Modern Vampires of the City, and though it's been almost fiv...

Daft Punk

Random Access Memories

PUBLISHED May 13, 2013

The disco blueprint laid out by "Get Lucky" begins on album opener (and mission statement) "Give Life Back to Music," on which Nile Rodgers...

Vampire Weekend

Modern Vampires of the City

PUBLISHED May 10, 2013

After the eager, school days feel of their debut and the worldly influences of Contra, Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig has called Modern Vamp...

Daft Punk's 'Random Access Memories': A Track-by-Track Preview

PUBLISHED May 1, 2013

On May 21, Daft Punk will release Random Access Memories, easily the most anticipated album of 2013. (Sorry, David Bowie.) In mid-April,...

James Blake Slams Music Industry for Intervention in the Creative Process

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2013

James Blake was caught between a rock and a hard place on his new record, the much-anticipated (and beautiful) Overgrown. He's found succes...

James Blake

Finds His Voice

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2013

When James Blake's self-titled 2011 debut eschewed the post-dubstep of The Bells Sketch and CMYK, the two EPs that made his name a year ear...

Last Shop Standing

Graham Jones

PUBLISHED Apr 19, 2013

On the surface, record stores are about selling a commodity, but unofficially, they've always been about something far more important: comm...

"This Is Not My Debut": Jai Paul's Album Taken Down from Bandcamp

PUBLISHED Apr 15, 2013

Over the weekend, world-influenced beatmaker Jai Paul suddenly unveiled what was thought to be his debut album on Bandcamp. But controversy...