Tag: Sparks

Out this week: Sparks, Pere Ubu, Wedding Present, Danny Elfman, Waterboys, Suicide

Out this week: Sparks, Pere Ubu, Wedding Present, Danny Elfman, Waterboys, Suicide

This week’s releases include new albums from Sparks and Pere Ubu, a Wedding Present compilation, and reissues from The Waterboys, Danny Elfman and more.

This week’s new releases: Sparks, Waterboys, The Dream Syndicate, Living Colour

This week’s new releases: Sparks, Waterboys, The Dream Syndicate, Living Colour

Record Rack: A round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. New titles out this week include studio LPs from Sparks, The Waterboys, The Dream Syndicate and Living Colour.

Contest: Win tickets to see Sparks play ‘Kimono My House’ with an orchestra in L.A.

Contest: Win tickets to see Sparks play ‘Kimono My House’ with an orchestra in L.A.

Sparks will perform their classic 1974 album Kimono My House in its entirety — plus a selection of songs from across their 23 albums — backed by a 38-piece orchestra at a pair of Los Angeles concerts this month. And we’ve got a pair of tickets to one of those shows to give away to one lucky Slicing Up Eyeballs reader.

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alison Moyet, Sparks, Bryan Ferry

New releases: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Alison Moyet, Sparks, Bryan Ferry

This week’s new releases include a new 18-song compilation from Siouxsie and the Banshees, the U.S release of Alison Moyet’s new alive album, a 40th anniversary vinyl reissue of Sparks’ “Kimono in My House ” album, and the vinyl release of Bryan Ferry’s new record “Avonmore.”

New releases: OMD, Big Country, Morrissey, Electronic, Sparks, The Fall, The House of Love

New releases: OMD, Big Country, Morrissey, Electronic, Sparks, The Fall, The House of Love

This week sees the release of brand-new studio albums from OMD, Big Country (with Mike Peters of The Alarm) and The House of Love, plus reissues from Morrissey (‘Kill Uncle’) and Electronic (‘Electronic’), a live album from Sparks and a new 7-inch single from The Fall.

Sparks to release ‘Two Hands One Mouth’ live album, bring show to L.A., San Francisco

Sparks to release ‘Two Hands One Mouth’ live album, bring show to L.A., San Francisco

Sparks — aka brothers Ron and Russell Mael — this month will release their first-ever live album, a 2CD set called Two Hands One Mouth recorded on their European tour last year that found the duo performing for the first time without a full band or computers — a show they’re bringing to Los Angeles and San Francisco this spring.

Coachella 2013: The Stone Roses, New Order, OMD, Nick Cave, Johnny Marr, Blur and more

Coachella 2013: The Stone Roses, New Order, OMD, Nick Cave, Johnny Marr, Blur and more

The original lineup of The Stone Roses will makes its U.S. debut at April’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, joining headliners Blur, Phoenix and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, plus a bill that also includes New Order, OMD, both Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Grinderman, Johnny Marr and more.

New releases: Dead Can Dance’s first album in 16 years, plus Ride, Sparks, 45 Grave

New releases: Dead Can Dance’s first album in 16 years, plus Ride, Sparks, 45 Grave

This week’s new releases include ‘Anastasis,’ the first new album from Dead Can Dance in 16 years, plus a deluxe 20th anniversary reissue of Ride’s ‘Going Blank Again,’ a pair of 2CD singles compilations from Sparks, and the first album of new material in more than 19 years from deathrock pioneers 45 Grave.

Morrissey to tour Asia and New Zealand, release new Sparks remix of ‘Suedehead’

Morrissey to tour Asia and New Zealand, release new Sparks remix of ‘Suedehead’

Morrissey is expected to announce a 10-date April tour of Japan later this week, followed by concerts in Thailand, the Philippines and New Zealand — and he may be planning some performances in South America in February, too.