[ATTENDED: March 29, 2022] Sparks
Sparks is, without question, a weird band. I got into them back in 1997 when they released an album of re-recorded versions of their best songs and called it Plagiarism. Since then they have released eight albums. Before that the had release sixteen albums dating all the way back to 1971. And yet despite the occasional hit, they remained largely unknown in the States. They are from the States even though many people assume they are from Europe. Sparks are Russel Mael (vocals) and Ron Mael (everything else).
And they remained at a certain level of obscurity until 2021 when a documentary called The Sparks Brothers was released (and did very well) and when they created a musical movie called Annette which won the Cannes Soundtrack award.
The time seemed ripe to do a (limited) tour of the States. Sparks last played toured American back in 2013, they played at Le Poisson Rouge in 2017, but that was just two shows in New York and two in California–not much of a tour. Normally I hate going into New York and will only do it for special occasions. (more…)
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