Tag Archives: Sparks

Shooting Out More Sparks: New Album & Tour For 2023 From The Inimitable Maels

Posted on February 8, 2023 by postpunkmonk

Has it really been three years since the last Sparks album, “A Steady Drip, Drip Drip?” It seems like only yesterday, but I still need a copy since when it was released, I was completely unsure of my employment prospects … Continue reading →

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Want List: Sparks Release DLX RMs Of Their Dazzling 21st Century Canon

Posted on April 29, 2022 by postpunkmonk

We just got the email from the Sparks mailing list today with the great news that the first three of Sparks 21st Century reissue program has begun today with the first three of the seven titles out today with well … Continue reading →

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An Interview With Gleaming Spires’ David Kendrick [part 2]

Posted on September 17, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Today we finish up with the interview with Gleaming Spires’ David Kendrick. Touching on the late history of that band as well as the group’s concurrent existence as Sparks live and studio band for the first half of the 80s. … Continue reading →

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Want List: Collecting The Sparks Techno Pop Periphery – #2 Gleaming Spires

Posted on July 28, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Hilly Michaels was cut adrift when Sparks went to Europe to record two albums with Giorgio Moroder without a band. After their 1979/1980 releases, Sparks decided they wanted a band again, so they came back to The States and found … Continue reading →

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Record Review: Noel – “Dancing Is Dangerous” US 7″

Posted on July 20, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Noel: Dancing Is Dangerous – US- 7″ [1979] Dancing is Dangerous [7″ edit] 3:42 The Night They Invented Love [7″ edit] 3:45 With Sparks dominating my listening since seeing “The Sparks Brothers” documentary the weekend before last, i have now … Continue reading →

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Uh Oh! Second Sparks Post In A Row With 2022 North American Tour Dates Just Announced

Posted on July 13, 2021 by postpunkmonk

Wouldn’t you know it. Yesterday not 45 minutes after I posted the review of “The Sparks Brothers” film documentary on the Mael Brothers’ 50 year music career, than I received an email from the Sparks Maeling [ha-ha] list featuring the … Continue reading →

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Sparks Brothers Film A Compelling Look At The Mael’s Creative Lives

Posted on July 12, 2021 by postpunkmonk

After months of anticipation, the Summer Of Sparks® is finally underway when “The Sparks Brothers” was available on Video On Demand on July 9th in America. I missed the dicey Sundance Festival streaming and the film was not playing in … Continue reading →

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