Album Review: Sparks – “A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip”

The quirk-rock fraternal duo Sparks adds another album to their 20-plus record discography with A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip. This new entry does its part to provide us with more of their singular combination of specific, off-kilter lyrics and an art-rock…

Album Review: Sparks – Hippopotamus

Listening to Sparks is not at all unlike seeing a hippopotamus at the zoo. Each entity is big, kind of weird looking, even weirder sounding, and yet likable, in a way that your conscious mind might not immediately be able…

Franz Ferdinand, Sparks announce collaboration album

Scottish indie rockers Franz Ferdiand and quirky American pop duo Sparks have announced details of their collaborative album under the name FFS. The record, also titled FFS, will be released on June 8 on Domino, which Franz Ferdinand is signed to. The…

July & August 2014 Best New Album Releases

[tps_header]July & August 2014 Best New Album Releases[/tps_header] It’s that time of the month again, in which I try to rush writing what’s been good in music for the last month, or months in this case, since I haven’t done…