Artists Artist

Cold Specks

Cold Specks is the stage name of Ladan Hussein, a Somali Canadian singer and songwriter from Toronto, who earlier performed as Al Spx. Her debut album, I Predict a Graceful Expulsion, came out on Mute in 2012, and her fourth, Light for the Midnight, in 2025.

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On Earbuddy

Guest: background vocals on "Bring the Sun"

Review Experimental rock, Noise rock

Swans To Be Kind

Swans' third album since the 2010 reunion grew out of 18 months on the road: ten songs, two hours, a 34-minute centrepiece and nothing wasted.

Elmo Phelge · 4 Nov 2026