Articles by Stephen Carlick

July Talk

'July Talk' (album stream)

PUBLISHED Oct 16, 2012

Toronto blues-rock outfit July Talk's debut self-titled album drops today (October 16) courtesy of White Girl Records. And if you're curiou...

Joanna Newsom

"Look and Despair" (live video)

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012

Yesterday (October 14), during her short set at San Francisco's Treasure Island Music Festival, harp-slinging songstress Joanna Newsom play...

Blue Hawaii

"In Two" / "In Two II"

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012

Fresh off the announcement of the forthcoming album, Untogether comes a pair of album tracks from BRAIDS offshoot Blue Hawaii. Courtesy...

Watch Bill Stevenson, Brendan Kelly and Fat Mike Cross Microphones on Exclaim! TV Conversaions

PUBLISHED Oct 15, 2012

Here's one for the archives: Exclaim! TV recently sat down with Bill Stevenson (Descendents), Brendan Kelly (Lawrence Arms) and Fat Mike (N...

Charity Auction-Bound Painting of the Beatles' Penises Defaced in Liverpool

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2012

A painting of the Beatles' penises that was to be sold at auction to benefit a children's charity has been "pressed and badly smudged." A...

The Coup

"Guillotine" (video)

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2012

Bay Area hip-hop troupe the Coup have always been politically-minded, and their new video "Guillotine" is no exception. The video, seen bel...

How to Dress Well

Great Hall, Toronto, ON, October 4

PUBLISHED Oct 5, 2012

When I first saw Tom Krell perform two years ago at the tiny Drake Underground, he was not only visibly nervous, standing alone onstage wit...

Divine Fits

A Thing Called Divine Fits

PUBLISHED Aug 29, 2012

If, when Divine Fits announced their "bandness" (coining that term now), you had a hard time imagining how Spoon's studio finesse and Hands...