Tour news: The Feelies, D.R.U.G.S., Damien Jurado, The Lemon Twigs, more
Plus: Calgary Folk Fest, Tim Barry (AVAIL), Postal Service / Death Cab, Ghais Guevara, Drug Church / Prince Daddy, Touche Amore, and more tour and festival news.
Cold Specks
New Order, Moby, Anna Calvi, Algiers & more contribute songs to Alzheimer’s benefit
The album also includes tracks by Beach Slang, TR/ST, Daniel Avery, Cold Specks, and more, and it's out digitally this week.
Depeche Mode, New Order, Wire, Afghan Whigs & more interpret John Cage’s 4’33” for new box set
Over 50 Mute Records artists, past and present, are offering up interpretations of John Cage’s famously ”silent” composition for the label's 40th anniversary.
Cold Specks releasing ‘Fools Paradise’ (stream 2 songs), touring this fall
Canadian artist Cold Specks will release Fool’s Paradise on September 22 via Arts & Crafts, her first record since 2014's Neuroplasticity...
Pop Montreal reveals full 2016 lineup
The 2016 edition of Pop Montreal happens September 21 - 25 at venues all over the city. It's the 15th anniversary of the festival and they've just announced the finalized lineup...
Polaris 2015 Long List revealed (Drake, New Pornographers, DFA1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, more)
The long list for the 2015 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's annual award for a great album, has been announced. It includes Drake, The New Pornographers, Death From Above 1979, Caribou, Alvvays, White Lung, Viet Cong, METZ, Cold Specks, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Colin Stetson & Sarah Neufeld, Patrick Watson, Absolutely Free, Badbadnotgood & Ghostface Killah, Braids, Tobias Jesso Jr an...
Sufjan Stevens shares another new song; Cold Specks, Naomi Shelton and Moses Sumney opening select tour dates
Sufjan Stevens already revealed "No Shade in the Shadow of the Cross" off his bare-bones new album, Carrie & Lowell (due 3/31 via Asthmatic Kitty), and now he's put out another, "Should Have Known ...
Afropunk Festival 2014 in pics & videos (D’Angelo, Bad Brains w/ guests, Body Count, Fishbone, Shabazz Palaces, more)
After weeks of will-he-or-won't-he speculation, enigmatic R&B recluse D'Angelo made good on his promise to headline the 2014 Afropunk festival in Brooklyn on Sunday night...
Cold Specks releasing new LP featuring Michael Gira, playing Afropunk Fest this weekend, touring this fall (dates, LP stream)
Cold Specks at Webster Hall in 2013 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
Canadian goth-inflected soul songwriter Cold Specks, who is playing AfroPunk this weekend in Brooklyn, will release Neuroplasticity on August 25, including two songs that feature Swans Michael Gira...
AfroPunk 2014 expands lineup: Bad Brains (but no HR), Sharon Jones, Cro-Mags, King Britt, DJ Rashad tribute & more
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...