News
Neuroplasticity is Due Out August 25 on Mute
Aug 22, 2014
By Laura Studarus
On August 25, dark singer/songwriter Cold Specks will release her sophomore album Neuroplasticity. More
Innocents Out October 1 via Mute
Jul 18, 2013
By Laura Studarus
Moby engages in a watery romance in the new video for “A Case For Shame,” a cut from his forthcoming album Innocents, due out October 1 via Mute. More
Interviews
Al Spx Reflects on the Last Year
Feb 12, 2013
By Under the Radar Staff
For Under the Radar‘s 10th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2012. Pick up the Best of 2012 issue to read many of the responses. We are also posting additional web-exclusive artist survey interviews to the website. Here are responses from Cold Specks. More
Reviews
Sep 19, 2017
By Stephen Mayne
After two albums, Cold Specks, the stage name used by Canadian singer/songwriter Ladan Hussein, still felt like a talent in search of a sound. Fool’s Paradise doesn’t do much to alter this situation, but it does allow Hussein to showcase the reason her embryonic style remains worth sticking with. More
Sep 03, 2014
By Hays Davis
What singer/songwriter Al Spx refers to as her “doom soul” is a sound that, had early gospel and blues styles come together in a contemporary setting, colliding freely and comfortably (with little spiritual chafing), might resemble the songs of Neuroplasticity. More
Aug 30, 2012
By Sam Cleeve
The golden, honeyed tones of Cold Specks—stage name of Canadian songstress Al Spx—are hard to ignore. More
