Cold Specks

Bad Brains at DeLuna Fest 2012 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) As discussed, the free 2014 AfroPunk Festival is going down in Brooklyn’s Commodore Barry Park from August 23…

D’Angelo at Brooklyn Bowl in 2013 (more by PSquared) We already know Shabazz Palaces and clipping. would be playing Brooklyn’s free AfroPunk Festival in Commodore Barry Park (8/23-24) and now many more artists have been announced…

“Recording with Michael Gira and Swans was a dream come true. Proud to have been a part of an epicly great record. #johncongleton” – St. Vincent Swans at Warsaw in 2013 (more by Caroline Harrison) Swans are finally set to follow up their excellent 2012 LP The Seer with a new album, To Be Kind, on May 13 via Michael Gira’s Young God label in North American and Mute worldwide…

Moby at Moogfest 2011 (more by Diana Wong) The last album from electronic musician Moby was the rather downcast Destroyed., which he put out in 2011…

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James brought his tour in support of his new solo LP, Regions of Light and Sound of God, to Austin for a show at Stubb’s on May 6…

It’s a strange juxtaposition going from witnessing a caped James fronting My Morning Jacket at a packed Madison Square Garden, which holds roughly 20,000 during concerts, to seeing his dancing, up-close in a Blues Brothers-themed suit, 20 blocks south at Webster Hall, which fills with a little more than 1,400 at the main stage…

Cold Specks in Chicago earlier this month (more by James Richards IV) today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Brain Cloud @ Barbes * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Leslie Kritzer @ Joe’s Pub * Lizz Winstead @ The Bell House * Jim James, Cold Specks @ Webster Hall * Liam Finn, Rohypnotize @ Knitting Factory * Opeth, Katatonia @ Music Hall of Williamsburg * How to destroy angels_, DIIV @ Apollo Theater * Frank Londons Shekhina Big Band @ The Stone * The Neighbourhood, Wardell @ Bowery Ballroom * Wyatt Cenac, Dan St…

On Saturday night (4/20; Record Store Day), Jim James came through Chicago in support of his triumphant new solo album, Regions of Light and Sound of God, for a sold-out show at the Vic Theatre with tourmate Cold Specks (aka Al Spx)…

Phosphorescent at Bonnaroo 2011 (more by Graeme Flegenheimer) As mentioned, Newport Folk Festival is returning this year to Fort Adams State Park from July 26 to 28, and since we last spoke, the lineup has been revea…

Cold Specks at Polaris Music Prize 2012 Gala (more by Dominick Mastrangelo) As mentioned, My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James is going on a tour which hits NYC on April 29 at Webster Hall (now sold out)…