Magnet Magazine — Happy 115th birthday Howlin’ Wolf. R.I.P. All night boogie. Read Cold Specks in MAGNET on Mr. Chester Arthur Burnett: The post Happy 115th Birthday Howlin’ Wolf, R.I.P. appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — The Toronto-based musician Al Spx makes dark, atmospheric soul under the name Cold Specks, but she hasn’t released an album since 2017’s Fool’s Paradise. Last year, she released “How It Feels,” the first new Cold Specks song in seven yea... more info

Stereogum — In 2017, Cold Specks released the album Fool’s Paradise . Today, the Toronto musician is finally back with “How It Feels,” her first new material since then. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex). Good time girl. Read Cold Specks in MAGNET on Poly: The post Happy Birthday Poly Styrene (X-Ray Spex) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Magnet Magazine — Happy birthday Howlin’ Wolf. All night boogie. Read Cold Specks in MAGNET on Mr. Chester Arthur Burnett: The post Happy Birthday Howlin’ Wolf appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Guardian Music — Ronnie Scott’s, LondonThe young American trumpeter led a set of scalding jazz improv that veered between lyrical delicacy and fierce dramaThere was a wilder edginess to Ambrose Akinmusire’s opening set at Ronnie Scott’s than form... more info

Stereogum — Cold Specks is Ladan Hussein, a Toronto musician who makes heavy, intense art-soul. Back in 2014, she impressed us with Neuroplasticity , an album that included a few collaborations with Swans frontman Michael Gira. And now she's announced that she'... more info

New York Times — Hear 10 new songs selected by our pop critics from Algiers, Sad13, Cold Specks and more. more info

Stereogum — Last year Cold Specks (aka Al Spx) put out another phenomenal doom-soul record called Neuroplasticity. Spx’s voice is a scratchy, brilliant thing that fits right alongside soul legends, but if you’re wondering how the doom element factors into th... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 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... more info