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Sparks
A welcome invitation to reassess the oft-neglected but ingenious back catalogue amassed by the dynamic duo during this century’s first decade Given Edgar Wright’s documentary The Sparks Brothers and their…
Making Sparks: No.1 In Heaven
With Sparks: No.1 In Heaven, Ron and Russell Mael delivered an album which, while not performing well commercially, would prove one of their most influential records… By Mark Lindores A…
Sparks and Todd Rundgren reteam for Your Fandango
Fifty years ago Todd Rundgren produced Sparks’ debut album, Halfnelson, and now the singer and band are reuniting for the song Your Fandango, the third single from Rundgren’s forthcoming Space…
Sparks: Brothers Of Invention
We delve into the Classic Pop archives for this 2020 interview with Russell and Ron Mael, as they talked about their then-latest album, A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip… For a…
Edgar Wright shares first glimpse of The Sparks Brothers
Edgar Wright has unveiled the first trailer for his hotly-anticipated documentary about Sparks, title The Sparks Brothers. The feature-length documentary has been a labour of love for long-time Sparks fan…
Sparks reschedule European tour to next year with added date
Sparks have rescheduled their European tour to May and June 2021 with an added Bexhill date It’s been an exciting year for Sparks fans, with brand new studio album A Steady…
Sparks – Hippopotamus album review
BMG 4/5 Songs about sex and about Scandinavian design. Songs about The Macbeths and about Edith Piaf. Yep, the Mael brothers are back, and as delightfully oddball as ever. If…
Classic Pop Issue 32 is on sale now!
The new issue of Classic Pop magazine is on sale now! Available from WHSmith, Tesco, Waitrose, independent newsagents and Eason, this issue’s cover star is the remarkable Belinda Carlisle. We…
Sparks announce new album ‘Hippopotamus’
Musical mavericks Sparks – Californian brothers Ron and Russell Mael – will release their new studio album ‘Hippopotamus’ on September 8th 2017 on BMG, accompanied by the first European dates of…
Godfathers of Pop – Ron Mael Interview
Pioneers ever since Sparks began in the late 1960s, Russell and Ron Mael were among the first duos to make synthpop after teaming up with producer Giorgio Moroder on 1979’s…