By Michelangelo Matos, eMusic Contributor[To celebrate the release of his 11th studio album, Innocents, we invited Moby to take control of eMusic's editorial for a week. Below is our exclusive interview with him, and he also picked his 10… more »
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-Chief[To celebrate the release of his 11th studio album, Innocents, we invited Moby to take control of eMusic's editorial for a week. You can read our exclusive interview with him here, and he also picked… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorSince that gig with the Postal Service didn't work out, Moby has decided to go back to what he does best: soulful electronic music. Due out October 1st through Mute, Innocents features a stacked list… more »
By eMusic Artists, eMusic ContributorYou don't have to squint too hard to see the ways that being in love is a lot like being in a band. Both take patience and dedication. Both require open channels of communication. And… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic Contributor[Until the end of the year, we'll be featuring Daily Downloads from albums that made our list of the Best Albums of 2012] In concerts over the course of the last year Al Spx, the woman who writes, records and performs as Cold Specks, has been starting sets with an a cappella rendition of the old Elizabeth Cotten reel "Shake Sugaree." It's a sly, spooky little song, one where a lightness of melody distracts from a dark meaning. The song was written by Cotten, but the recorded version is sung by her great-granddaughter Brenda Evans, whose wide-eyed, angelic delivery adds to its peculiar tension. The lyrics to the song are so spare they almost defy literal meaning: You can read them on the page, but synthesizing them into a coherent story proves difficult. (A Google search reveals thousands of frustrated message board threads attempting to do just that.) The only clue to… more »
By J. Edward Keyes, Editor-in-ChiefIn concerts over the course of the last year Al Spx, the woman who writes, records and performs as Cold Specks, has been starting sets with an a cappella rendition of the old Elizabeth Cotten… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery year, when eMusic's editorial staff compiles our annual best-of list, the goal is never to come to some kind of academic determination of the year's best records via a series of complicated formulas and… more »
By eMusic Artists, eMusic ContributorYou remember Mad Libs, right? The game where you'd ask a friend for a list of parts of speech — nouns, verbs, adverbs — and then you'd plug them into the blank spots in a… more »
By Elisa Bray, eMusic Contributor[Of all of the records that came out this year, none captured our hearts as much as I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, the stirring, evocative debut from Al Spx, who records as Cold Specks. From… more »
By Daniel Miller, eMusic Contributor2012 has been a brilliant year for independent label Mute. As well as acclaimed releases from Liars, Can, Cold Specks, Yeasayer, Carter Tutti Void and Beth Jeans Houghton, label boss Daniel Miller was recently awarded… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorSo the new Cold Specks video is a little creepy, with the soul-stirring singer dragging the headless body of her dearly departed lover — someone she may have just brutally killed; we never quite find… more »
By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorWe're about halfway through the year, which means even if you're behind on new releases, there's still plenty of time to catch up on what you might've missed. Here are some of our editors' favorites… more »
By Laura Studarus, eMusic Contributor"Cross your heart and remember me, the good father and the bad seed," London-based songstress Al Spx sings on the opening track of her debut, I Predict A Graceful Expulsion. A sea away from her… more »
By Andrew Parks, eMusic ContributorSuckers — every last one of them. And by that, I mean the many badge-toting critics who spent most of their Friday night waiting in line to see Jack White's Third Man Records showcase. Don't get… more »
