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Dark Night of the Soul By Danger mouse and sparkle horse

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:41:00 +0100

So many great singer all on one record. One day the public will hear this awesome collaboration by Danger Mouse(Brian Burton) and Sparklehorse(Mark Linkous). One quick deep dive and you will some of the most beautiful songs sung by Wayne Coyne(Flaming Lips), Jason Lytle(grandaddy

Next Stop Indie Wonderland - Part 4/4

Sun, 11 Oct 2009 13:30:00 +0100

Weâ€™re Making Music For The Fun Of It! As the millennium came to an end, the best thing that could ever happen to music gradually became to reach its toll: the slow death of music industries and labels. This was the most pleasant news for the underground kids to somehow make the

sparklehorse + fennesz - in the fishtank 15

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:08:00 +0100

Ya habia mencionado en un post anterior (que por cierto borraron y por lo cual me atrevo a repetirlo) que me gusta mucho el Folk Rock Bizarre de Mark Linkous y por supuesto es el motivo para traerles este trabajo de colaboraciÃ³n con el austriaco Christian Fennesz, una combinaciÃ

Jonah Matrangaâ€™s Random Covers, Vol.1

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:56:00 +0100

He's at it again. Lead vocalist of prolific rock band Far and all around genuine singer songwriter Jonah Matranga has digitally released a collection of unique covers from over the years. With the almost sensitive hip-hop version of Weezer's Say It Ain't So to to the delightfully

The â€œIâ€™ve been gone so long, so here is a bunch of coversâ€ post, or this post title is ...

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:46:00 +0100

So I have been away from posting new stuff (or old stuff for that matter) - due to day to day life getting in the way.Â I know, this is no excuse - in a cut throat world of mp3/music blogging this comes as a hollow excuse disguised as a "reason".Â Well, dear blog readers, [...]

Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse - Pain feat. Iggy Pop

Thu, 23 Jul 2009 16:41:00 +0100

Iggy Pop in gran spolvero nel featuring per il progetto "Dark Night of the Soul": Ascoltatevi "Pain" dal player sottostante e ditemi se questi non sono gli Stooges che vorreste sentire nel 2009! Un consiglio all'iguana...per il prossimo disco farsi produrre da Danger Mouse e Spar

Are You Feeling This: Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse, The Harlem Shakes, JC Poppe and Amanda Blank

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:53:00 +0100

Lots of songs never make it to the radio that are getting lots of attention online. Live tracks, sanctioned and unsanctioned remixes, mash-ups, overlooked gems by unsigned artists. Every week on "Are You Feeling This," we invite you to hear what the buzz is all about. You tell us

Sparklehorse - Distorted Ghost EP

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:35:00 +0100

01 - Happy Man (Memphis Version) 02 - Waiting For Nothing 03 - Happy Place 04 - My Yoke Is Heavy 05 - Gasoline Horseys 06 - Happy Pig Sparklehorse... (Read complete

Rare endangered sparkling mouse-horse hybrid with flaming lips snapped by David Lynch, but may ...

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:46:00 +0100

Uber-wierd film director David Lynch has released a film in which an uber-wierd film director manages to get two very different musicians together to record an album with lots of other cool collaborators, but then a row with their record company meant it was buried, and eventuall

The Needle Drop: 06-13-09

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:04:00 +0100

This week on the show, Sonic Youth tears through speakers, ear drums, and traditional notions of songwriting. We've also got a stunning debut from a group of guys with enough keys to break out of prison, What's Up. That infamous never-to-be-released LP Dark Night of the Soul is a

Biography Sparklehorse

Sparklehorse is a rock music group led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Linkous, who records much of Sparklehorse's material in his home studio. Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Scott Minor is a frequent collaborator. Recording History Sparklehorse's first album, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995), was a modest college radio success. In 1996, while touring Europe with Radiohead shortly after Vivadixie?s release, Linkous overdosed on a combination of anti-depressants, Valium, alcohol, and heroin in a London hotel room. [LINK: http://www.harpmagazine.com/articles/detail.cfm?article_id=4606] [1]. Unconscious and with his legs pinned beneath him for almost fourteen hours, the resulting potassium buildup caused his heart to stop for several minutes after his body was lifted up. The ensuing surgeries nearly caused him to lose both legs and left him wheelchair-bound for six months.