Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes offers a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer posted a couple of days ago. The disc, titled "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer" will be released via Conspiracy Records in Europe and through Sargent House in the USA. Check out the t... Read More/Discuss on Metal Underground.com

Joanna Newsom - "Have One on Me" (23.02.2010, Drag City) Tracklist: Disc One 1. "Easy" 2. "Have One on Me" 3. "'81" 4. "Good Intentions Paving Company" 5. "No Provenance" 6. "Baby Birch" Disc Two 1. "On a Good Day" 2. "You and [...]

Salem, MA's Doomriders have booked some dates in the coming months, the bulk of which will also involve instrumental post-metal act Red Sparowes .
Tickets are on sale for the Girls show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale or the Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) show at Webster Hall. Tickets are on sale for the Smith Westerns / Male Bonding show at Mercury Lounge. Tickets are on sale for the Japanther show at Mercury Lounge. [...]
A few weeks ago we were telling you how excited we were for new music from RED SPAROWES. Now we are even more excited as the band has announced a string of tour dates with DOOMRIDERS opening the first half of the tour and CASPIAN the second half. Sparrowes and Doomriders together on one bill? [...]
The above is a mixture of tracks from the upcoming album from Red Sparowes , The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer out on April 6, 2010 on Sargent House Records. The Los Angeles based instrumental group is known for their immense and monstrous records (also known for their ridiculously long song titles) such as At The Soundless Dawn (2005) and Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (2006). With only a few EP released in past few years, Red Sparowes returns and I can't wait to [...]

Monotonix at 2009 Siren Festival ( more ) Photo : Jon Klemm ( Buy Monotonix Tickets ) 42 events in NYC go on sale today folks! Buy Event Name Venue Event Date On Sale Buy The Black Keys [...]

[Tim Booth of James turns 50 today? It's not so bad north of the half-century mark, lad ... salute. Meanwhile, in L.A. environs, it's a busy night:] Imaad Wasif, whose album "The Voidist" made our 2009 a whole lot better , kicks off a three-week residency at Spaceland — each of those Thursdays have a theme. Tonight it's "An Evening of Dead Wasif," featuring his band, supported by members of Red Sparowes performing as Mockingbirds and Jason Simon of Dead Meadow. ... It's the [...]
by BBG Red Sparowes w/ Brendan Tobin of Made Out of Babies ( more here ) Red Sparowes and Doomriders will team up for a pair of NYC dates at Mercury Lounge on April 13th ( tix ) and 14th ( tix ). Tickets go on sale at noon on Friday (2/5). Red Sparowes [...]

Top Album Releases: January 2010 Nick's Top Beach House: Teen Dream Surfer Blood: Astro Coast Magnetic Fields: Realism Spoon: Transference Owen Pallett: Heartland [...]
by Casey Boland Those familiar with A Storm of Light 's pedigree won't be surprised by Forgive Us Our Trespasses ( Neurot , 2009). Vocalist/guitarist Josh Graham's involvement with Neurosis and Red Sparowes rubbed off on his musical inclinations. As on ASOL's debut And We Wept the Black Ocean Within , the band erects massive songs of epic ambition not unlike Neurosis. In its weakest moments, the album too closely resembles that progenitor of the form. From tempestuous swells to eerie passages bathed in violins, ASOL readily adopt some of [...]
Click image above to watch video. Red Sparowes preview forthcoming album with video teaser Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes offers a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer posted today (watch it HERE). The disc, titled The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer will be released via Sargent House on April 6th, 2010. See
Red Sparowes "The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer" preview Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes is offering a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer below. The disc, titled " The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer " will be released via Sargent House on April 6th. 1. Truths Arise 2. In Illusions of Order 3. A Hail of Bombs 4. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors 5. A Swarm [...]
Red Sparowes The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies the Answer Sargent House 06 April 2010 What they're saying Earlier this week, LA post-rock collective Red Sparowes posted a MySpace blog about their stupidly-titled forthcoming third album. "There has never been as pronounced of a leap in style and scope as with Red Sparowes' latest offering. The Fear is Excruciating, But Therein Lies [...]
Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes will release new album, The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer , via Sargent House on April 6th, 2010. tracklisting: 01. Truths Arise 02. In Illusions of Order 03. A Hail of Bombs 04. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors 05. A Swarm 06. In Every Mind 07. A Mutiny 08. As Each End Looms and Subsides [...]
Il nuovo album dei Red Sparowes esce il 6 aprile. Su youtube già un trailer con la preview di alcune tracce.
Red Sparowes preview forthcoming album with video teaser Los Angeles quintet Red Sparowes offers a preview of song snippets from its forthcoming epic, heavy and sprawling third album in a video trailer posted today (watch it HERE). The disc, titled The Fear Is Excruciating, But Therein Lies The Answer will be released via Sargent House on April 6th, 2010. See complete track listing below. The band plans to announce spring headlining tour dates in the coming weeks. There has never been as pronounced of a leap in style and scope as with [...]
April 6thVia Sargent HouseAlbum TrailerTrack list:01. Truths Arise02. In Illusions of Order03. A Hail of Bombs04. Giving Birth to Imagined Saviors05. A Swarm06. In Every Mind07. A Mutiny08. As Each End Looms and Subsides/redsparowes

Vampire Weekend's second album, Contra , is the first highly buzzed release of 2010, which adds Latin American music influences to their mix. If you saw the film adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road , you know how effective Nick Cave and Warren Ellis's soundtrack was to the movie. The soundtrack is in stores tomorrow. Other albums I can strongly recommend this week are Owen Pallett's final album under the Final Fantasy moniker, Heartland , Laura Veirs' [...]
The end of the present decade is only days away, so our Frank Deserto has undertaken the massive task of presenting the highs and lows of each year. He continues this series with a look back on 2009. Hit us with your memories in the comment section. Well, we've finally made it to the end of the rainbow, just in the knick of time. A new year and a new decade just around the bend, and I can't wait to see what unfolds over the next ten years. 2009 has been a very curious [...]