Sparks

In 2021, Music Documentaries Are Finally Getting Good

PUBLISHED May 18, 2021

Music documentaries are typically a mixed bag at best. For every fascinating Searching for Sugar Man, there are a dozen fawning puff pieces...

Watch the New Trailer for Edgar Wright's Sparks Documentary

PUBLISHED May 13, 2021

Edgar Wright has paid tribute to the cult art pop act Sparks with a new film called The Sparks Brothers. We've already seen the doc, and it...

'The Sparks Brothers' Brings Much-Needed Humour to the Rock Doc Genre

Directed by Edgar Wright

PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2021

Sparks are musicians' musicians — the kind of band who get talked about in hushed tones by their peers and devoted admirers, but are largel...

Sparks and Todd Rundgren Team Up for Their First New Song in 50 Years

PUBLISHED Apr 23, 2021

As Sparks see a resurgence thanks to Edgar Wright's new The Sparks Brothers documentary, the cult rock brothers have joined back up with th...

Edgar Wright's Sparks Documentary Is Getting a Wide Release

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2021

Edgar Wright recently premiered his Sparks documentary The Sparks Brothers at Sundance, and now it's thankfully set to get a wide release....

Edgar Wright's Sparks Documentary to Premiere at Sundance 2021

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2020

Today the Sundance Film Festival unveiled its 2021 lineup, and among the many films playing the digital festival will be Edgar Wright's ant...

'A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip' Shows That Sparks Will Never Go Out of Style

PUBLISHED May 12, 2020

Never chartbusters, Sparks' 2017 album Hippopotamus unexpectedly debuted in the UK Top 10, evidence that innovative, operatic glam never go...

Watch Sparks' Ron Mael Show Off His Hand Sanitizer Collection

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

Recent hand sanitizer hoarders include coronavirus panic buyers and the morally bankrupt, but Sparks' Ron Mael is neither. In fact, the key...