Articles by Stephen Carlick

The Flaming Lips

The Terror

PUBLISHED Apr 12, 2013

Just a few weeks ago, when Wayne Coyne posted an abridged medley of songs from The Terror to the Flaming Lips' website, he also posted a lo...

Jay-Z Addresses CNN, Brooklyn Nets and Detractors in "Open Letter"

PUBLISHED Apr 11, 2013

Last week, when Jay-Z was in Cuba with Beyoncé, he tuned into CNN in hopes of hearing an update on the North Korean missile threat, and ins...

James Blake

Overgrown

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2013

James Blake drew a fair amount of criticism when he eschewed the dub-y, uptempo nature of his 2010 EPs for his languid, more verse-/chorus-...

The Postal Service

Give Up

PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2013

There are a handful of bands whose impostors, even when they fail to replicate the original's sound, still do it well; I'll listen, for exa...

Wavves / FIDLAR

The Horseshoe Tavern, Toronto ON, April 5

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2013

For a bunch of "stoner slackers," or whatever simplistic term lazy writers are throwing at them these days, FIDLAR are really damn good per...

Jimmy Tamborello Sheds Light on Postal Service's Aborted Second Album

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2013

Just when it seemed as if the Postal Service were destined to be a done deal, Ben Gibbard and Jimmy Tamborello revealed that Sub Pop would...

Jessie Ware

"Wildest Moments" (remix) (ft. A$AP Rocky)

PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2013

On April 16, golden-throated UK songstress Jessie Ware will reissue her 2012 album Devotion in a North American expanded edition. Now, a ne...

Doldrums

Community Living

PUBLISHED Mar 25, 2013

Doldrums mastermind Airick Woodhead once remarked that his sample-based, electronic music project is "anti-internet music," but don't quote...