SPARKS

Madder is magnificent. I like all the songs more than I like a number of songs on Mad. I hope you all get to hear it soon.

Ahh, can't wait to hear it!

I'd put this in the class of Sparks albums that are just...kind of good? About on the same level as, say, Balls. Or Introducing... Standout tracks for me are I-405 Rules, Light Banter, Don't Dog It (l ...

Oh cool. What'd you think of it?

So...did the Japanese CD release really include that Cornelius remix of DTMOW? If it did, it seems weird that it didn't ever show up on youtube or anything, and I've never seen anyone saying they've h ...

Reinforcements is the one I'm most happy to see here, but I'm super excited about Goofing Off and Whippings and Apologies too -- both songs seem like they were made to play live. I'm curious to see ho ...

Love it! My favorite of the pre-release singles.

Could easily imagine Damon featuring them on a Gorillaz track. But if they are really collaborating I hope it's something more interesting than that.

This song has become an earworm. I like it a lot. Does anyone have any thoughts about the meaning of this line:

"But don't we owe
Someone in Hell?"

Is that an expression that I don't ...

Just been listening to a few tracks, I wouldn’t mind buying a hard copy if it’s available.

Thanks, that's good to know! I've been thinking about seeing if any labels would want to do a physical rel ...

I checked out the Bandcamp link, you're from Cleveland Heights? Hello neighbor! Any upcoming shows in the area? (Akron, hint, hint)

Well hey! I haven't spent much time in this part of the forum an ...

Hey, *I'm* an Other Artist!

I just put out an album that would probably(?) appeal to some Sparks fans. I wouldn't necessarily say it sounds like Sparks (apart from a couple spots that were directly ...

Confirmation: https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/john-woo-half-musical-sparks-exclusive/

I'm not a big action movie guy and the only John Woo movie I've seen is Face/Off, which was pretty fun ...

It's pretty great!

Ron and Russell have also mentioned another John Adams opera, The Death of Kinghoffer, as being an influence on them.

An album of one of his more recent operas, Girls of the Golden West, has just ...

I always thought they were crazy for not playing that song during the Hippo tour. Just seemed like it would come off amazingly well live. Not holding my breath for it in DC, but fingers crossed!

We ended up seeing the band in Knoxville so we're going to skip the MI show. It's this Friday, April 1. Let me know and I can give you a good price!

YES! That hadn't occurred to me, but I'd be surprised if they weren't planning something like that. I saw Terry Riley play that organ back in 2009. Wish I still lived in LA.

It was Amateur Hour: https://www.facebook.com/sparksofficial/videos/1164015907089200/

Just four dates:

New York, NY - October 11, 2017
Special Event: Sparks Take Over the El Rey - October 14/15/17, 2017
San Francisco, CA - October 20, 2017, 7 PM
San Francisco, CA - October 20, 20 ...

So jealous of anyone who gets to go to this! Meanwhile I'll be faced with dilemma of whether to check out the new songs via whatever youtubes get posted from this show or try to wait for the album to ...