L.A. Times - Entertainment — After she'd worked her microphone for the duration of an assured, memorable set at the Echo in Echo Park, the artist known as Cold Specks ditched the amplifier altogether for the final stanza of her encore.  more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Menzingers in Chicago in June (more by Jeff Ryan) You can browse our full NYC show calendar for all of tonight's shows, but here are some highlights... Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival The multi-venue BEMF continues tonight with Booka Shade... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Robb Sperry-Fromm 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... more info

Stereogum — Back when we premiered the “Absisto” video, we mentioned that the new Cold Specks album Neuroplasticity features a couple songs with Swans leader Michael Gira. One of them is “Exit Plan,” on which Gira’s creeping baritone undergirds Al Spx�... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — 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. D'Angelo, Lianne La... more info

Stereogum — London via Canada “doom soul” act Cold Specks will release an album called Neuroplasticity on Mute this August. The first single is “Absisto,” a foreboding minor-key track laced with atmospheric sounds of rock and orchestral varieties and pro... more info