Bryant Clifford Meyer
Greg Burns
Dave Clifford
Andy Arahood
Emma Ruth Rundle
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Red Sparowes is a Los Angeles based instrumental group known for its epic, heavy and sprawling sounds heard over the course of two full length albums -- At The Soundless Dawn (2005) and Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (2006) both on Neurot Recordings -- three split discs and the recently released Aphorisms (2008) digital EP. The band consists of current and former members of Isis, Halifax Pier, Pleasure Forever, Angel Hair, Made Out of Babies and The VSS.
Red Sparowes was formed in 2003 by guitarist Clifford Meyer (also of Isis), bassist/pedal steel player Greg Burns (ex-Halifax Pier), guitarist Josh Graham, bassist/guitarist Jeff Caxide (Isis) and drummer Dana Berkowitz. Caxide and Berkowitz relocated in 2004, leaving the band. Drummer David Clifford (ex-Pleasure Forever, ex-The VSS) and guitarist Andy Arahood (ex-Angel Hair) joined shortly thereafter in the fall of 2004. The band toured extensively in the U.S. and Europe following the release of At The Soundless Dawn. A split EP release with Gregor Samsa was released in 2005 on Robotic Empire and the Black Tar Prophecies Vol. 1 split EP with Grails followed in 2006 on the same label.
Red Sparowes second full-length release, Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun, was recorded at Prairie Sun and Louder Studios in San Francisco with producer Tim Green (Comets On Fire, The Fucking Champs, The Melvins). The album was released in September 2006 and the band toured even more extensively throughout 2006-2007, including its first show in Moscow. Earlier in 2006, the quintet's van was broken into in Stockholm and much of their rented equipment and personal gear was stolen. The band released the limited edition live recording from the performance earlier that night, titled Oh Lord, God of Vengeance, Show Yourself! in order to help raise funds to pay for the rented equipment that had been stolen. After considerable touring, the band began working on material for its third album in late 2007.
In January 2008, Graham left the band. For Aphorisms and touring Graham was replaced with Made Out of Babies guitarist Brendan Tobin who had already toured with the band several times. Red Sparowes went into the studio with engineer Toshi Kasai (Melvins, Big Business, Tool) in May 2008 and the resulting 3-song EP Aphorisms was released digitally that July via Sargent House. A physical release consisting of 12" vinyl will be out in November of 2009.
The band has just finished recording their third full-length album, with their new permanent guitarist Emma Ruth Rundle and returning again to producer, engineer Toshi Kasai. Set for release sometime in the first quarter of 2010 on Sargent House
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NEW RELEASES : Die Out! - Iteration 7" Way Down - Ghost Please Die 7" Together - s/t 7" Nine Eleven - City Of Quartz CD/LP Hope & State - Grand Gestures EP
U- Boat the Video by DJ MONKEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwMRbU8pC78&feature=response_watch “Just when you thought all musical avenues have been thoroughly explored, along comes an act that blows away past assumptions and rewrites the music books. DJ Monkey is such an act.” John Sollenberger, ‘Pasadena Weekly http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/djmonkey http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/djmonkey2
Just wanted to take a moment to say thank you for the add!!! Stay in touch & if we are ever anywhere near you when we are on tour please come out to a show! We will be going everywhere in the upcoming year. And PLEASE request us at radio.
100mNYC COMPILATION - VARIOUS ARTISTS Released January 26, 2010 To celebrate our first 10 releases, we are pleased to announce the 100mNYC compilation of artists from the New York underground. "Somber, heartfelt and sublime." - 3Hive “A singer whose breathy, visceral voice is matched only by the 21st-century downtempo electro-pop that backs her up.“ - XLR8R "Complex and remarkably accessible, atmospheric yet earthy, sparse acoustic instrumentation cutting through dense arrangements." - Lucid Culture
Six signals from void; in an inverted rotten era that stands for anything, everything and nothing Nekrasov embraces Nothing as a state and rejects Nothing as a value. The Clouds Will Pour Rain Unseasonably.
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