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.
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The Red Bull Music Academy NYC residency continues tonight and runs through May 31 with tons of cool events.
Read MoreFeist has won the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's answer to the Mercury, for her fourth album Metals.
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Cold Specks takes the Best Fit Q&A and talks to us about Christopher Walken, a Tibetan mastiff called Jack and who she would most like to apologise to.
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For Under the Radar 's 10th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2012.
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Last SXSW, my pal Jefe and I got pretty bombed on Friday.
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To start the week I thought I would get some videos out there.
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I haven't owned a really nice set of headphones since high school — for one reason or another, it always seemed easier to rely on speakers or settle for earbuds — so when Sony came knocking with an offer to review these, it was too tempting to resist.
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That wasn't something I expected to learn about the 24 year old Canadian singer Thursday night at Schubas.
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CMU approved Canadian artist Lowell has just arranged to promote her new mini-LP, 'If You Can, Solve This Jumble' , via a one-off live date at London's Sebright Arms on 11 Dec. In similar info, Mute's Cold Specks will play her own solo set – also at the Sebright – on 21 Dec. It's a special Winter solstice party, and tickets are free to those who RSVP via this Facebook page.
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Cold Specks is Canadian-born, London-based singer-songwriter Al Spx and she calls her sound "doom soul."
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You might be thinking, haven't I seen Cold Specks videos on the KEXP blog before?
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Al Spx, the centerpiece of the Canadian "doom soul" outfit Cold Specks , made waves in the music world this past summer when she released her debut album "I Predict a Graceful Expulsion."
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Check out this super creepy video for I Predict a Graceful Expulsion cut, "Hector."
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When she sings 'I am I am, I am I am a goddamn believer' on I Predict A Graceful Expulsion number 'Blank Maps' you could easily be forgiven for thinking Cold Specks ' soulful, perfectly flawed voice was nurtured in the gospel air of the deep south: its velvety texture and rough edges wrapped in a world weary weight.
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As Cold Specks, she has emerged from Etobicoke, Toronto, with a grave, sparse sound she has handily dubbed doom soul.
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Feist has won the 2012 Polaris Music Prize, Canada's answer to the Mercury, for her fourth album 'Metals'.
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A few songs into Cold Specks ' set at The Great Hall, singer Al Spx announced that since they had trouble coming up with a setlist, the band decided to just play the songs from the album in order.
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Last weekend was the 2012 Calgary Folk Music Fest and yours truly was front and center (well sometimes more off to the left or right) and below is a short run down of who I saw and some commentary.
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Mumford & Sons kicked off a monthlong American tour on Wednesday night with an outdoor concert in Hoboken, N.J., providing thrills for more than 15,000 people who crowded into Pier A Park to hear these English folk rockers.
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Every time I read Al Spx's name in print, I want to swap her pseudo-surname with Sphinx.
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I am looking to see 3 artists (at least) today at the Calgary Folk Fest. The festival was once again nice enough to outfit yours truly with a media pass, so I will be taking photos, listening to great music and overall just being folky.
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Last weekend, Evie Macafee packed her bags and went off to experience Latitude on a solo music and poetry mission with cake.
Read MoreEtobicoke, Canada via London's Cold Specks have just released their latest Hoxton Hall Session video, "Hector" -- the second of a four-part series filmed in London.
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Following the release of their debut album I Predict A Graceful Expulsion,' Cold Specks, the solo project of Canadian singer-songwriter Al Spx, have announced October live dates.
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Cold Specks are set to head out on tour this Autumn, after announcing a full set of October shows.
Read MoreFourth of July " is a song from X's album See How We Are. I've been listening to two debut albums and, in my mind, have set them up as polar opposites of one another.
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When Al Spx, the Canadian singer-songwriter known as Cold Specks , performed live on Jools Holland in November, the two horn players who accompanied her played a grand total of 12 notes.
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Welcome to our weekly round-up of what's happening in the grand concert halls, dimly lit basements, airy cafe's and grimy sweatboxes across the UK and Ireland.
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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription.
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I didn't really have a theme for this post but I know it has been a few days since my last post and I thought I better get a few items up for you folks.
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About a year ago I got an email from Al Spx with a link to "Holland", the haunting and arresting debut song from Cold Specks , her latest musical project.
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If you've already heard Al Spx describe her music under the minkier Cold Specks as 'doom soul', disregard whatever weird sounding preconception you have of this record.
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It is Friday and I am on an extended long weekend (because that is how I roll) and wanted to throw some videos and a few songs at ya to see what sticks.
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Canadian-born, London-based singer songwriter Cold Specks (a.k.a. Al Spx) has been drawing hushed plaudits over the last couple of years with her brand of spectral southern blues.
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Cold Specks are offering fans a new teaser of debut album 'I Predict A Graceful Expulsion'.
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