Articles by Stephen Carlick

Sylvan Esso

Sound & Vision

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2017

Up until the making of their second album, What Now, things had gone pretty smoothly for Sylvan Esso.   In 2012, Amelia Meath, then lead si...

Under Pressure: Four Challenges Sylvan Esso Faced on Sophomore Album 'What Now'

PUBLISHED Apr 26, 2017

This week, Sylvan Esso will release their long-awaited second album, What Now, courtesy of Loma Vista Recordings. We spoke with Amelia Meat...

​Prozzäk's Simon and Milo

The Exclaim! Questionnaire

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2017

Rewind to 1999: A pre-9/11 world is enjoying economic prosperity, small (but dumb) cell phones and every imaginable colour of pants. But th...

​Lydia Ainsworth

Closer to the Heart

PUBLISHED Apr 13, 2017

When Lydia Ainsworth released her debut, Right From Real, in 2014, the carefully arranged strings and choral vocals — not to mention the fa...

Father John Misty

Pure Comedy

PUBLISHED Apr 3, 2017

"Leaving L.A." isn't the best song on Father John Misty's monumental third LP, Pure Comedy, but it's a fitting microcosm for it: The epic,...

Lydia Ainsworth

Darling of the Afterglow

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2017

Darling of the Afterglow, Lydia Ainsworth's powerful and self-assured followup to her 2014 full-length Right From Real, finds the Toronto m...

Lydia Ainsworth Extends Her Pop Explorations on 'Darling of the Afterglow'

PUBLISHED Mar 29, 2017

Casual fans might note a more pop-oriented sound to Lydia Ainsworth's second album, Darling of the Afterglow, compared to her debut, but ta...

Kelly Lee Owens Discusses the Pent-Up Creativity of Her Beguiling Debut

PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2017

UK techno maven Kelly Lee Owens' ascent has been incredible. Just a few years ago, she didn't even play an instrument; tomorrow (March 24),...