Articles by Stephen Carlick

Doldrums / Cadence Weapon / Blue Hawaii

Great Hall, Toronto, ON, February 15

PUBLISHED Feb 16, 2013

Passing through the grand wooden doors of the Great Hall sets up expectation of a certain level of grandeur, so it's a strange feeling to t...

Yo La Tengo

PUBLISHED Feb 13, 2013

Even a band as restlessly experimental as Yo La Tengo has to reach a plateau at some point. By now, fans of the quintessential "indie" band...

A$AP Rocky, Bad Religion, Jim James, Daniel Romano, Local Natives, Hayden and More Fill Exclaim!'s New Issue

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2013

Out with the old, in with the new year — and a new issue of Exclaim! on the streets nationwide, with a fancy new redesign to match. N...

The-Dream Schedules New Album Release Date, Works With Kanye West on 'Fantasy' Follow-Up

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2013

Though he's still making waves with the recent commercial release of his mixtape, 1977, R&B crooner The-Dream is hard at work on his next L...

Youth Lagoon Plots North American Tour Dates, Drops New Single

PUBLISHED Feb 11, 2013

On March 7, Youth Lagoon (aka Trevor Powers) will drop Wondrous Bughouse, the follow-up to the lush, slow-building pop creations of 2010's...

The Translator

PBR&B

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

What is it? The socially and racially charged term refers to R&B that's been co-opted by "hipsters" ('cause they drink Pabst Blue Ribbon)....

Fucked Up, Yo La Tengo, Hot Water Music and Enslaved Lead This Week's Can't Miss Concerts

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

Reading about music is all well and good — it's one of our favourite things to do — but it's not the same as experiencing music...

My Bloody Valentine

m b v

PUBLISHED Feb 5, 2013

It would be stupid to assume, just because it took two decades to see the light of day, that m b v will somehow shake the world of popular...