cLOUDDEAD; Neil Young; Joy Division; Chet Baker; Cranes; The Legendary Pink Dots; Nico; Sole; Low; Smog; Varèse; Ravel; Thelonious Monk; Cri-Cri (El grillito cantor); Yo La Tengo; XTC; Nick Drake; Tindersticks; Can; Autour de Lucie; Mazzy Star; Juan Gabriel; The Sunshine Rains; Charlie Parker; Subtle; The Clash; Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions; My Bloody Valentine; Beth Gibbons and Rustin Man; Bracken; TV on the Radio; Portishead; Hood; Slowblow; Mogwai; Billy Holiday; Notwist; Soda Stereo; Nick Cave; Prokofiev; Themselves; Nina Simone; Boards of Canada; Johnny Cash; Stereolab; Will Oldham; Sonic Youth; Devendra Banhart; Stockhausen; Why?; Thee More Shallows.
Sounds Like
the fearsome sparrow at Public Assembly for the Brooklyn The Borough one year anniversary party 12/2/09
the fearsome sparrow formed years ago in Southern California where they began a process of trial and error before settling into a unique meeting place between american folk rock,hip hop and avant-garde.
After moving to Brooklyn they recorded and released their second full-length album shimmer. They are currently writing and recording new material for an upcoming EP and booking a US tour for June 2009.
Resonator Magazine
the fearsome sparrow, who apparently got together in San Diego, have fittingly moved east where their brand of melancholy, girl-meets-boy idm has two seasons in which to fit, Autumn AND Winter, instead of 365 days of sunshine. Liz Godoy’s sweet, plaintive soprano and Brenden Beu’s charmingly unsure tenor are enough to make you fall head over heels through your headphones, while glitched out, skittish electronic textures keep things from becoming cloyingly sweet. - 8/21/08
The Deli Magazine
Brooklyn’s Fearsome Sparrow produce music that submerges listeners in rich electronic textures and bittersweet vocals, and it’s no surprise that they cite Portishead, the Notwist and even Mazzy Star as influences....
Fans of even the most glitch-laden and experimental electronic music should be able to appreciate Fearsome Sparrow, songs like “Stay Pale,” off of 2004’s Idiot Savants weaves jittery electronic bursts around a perfectly melodic guitar line that should be intriguing to even the most discriminatory listener. – Bill Dvorak
Published on Mon, 27 Aug 2007
The Devil's Music
You know, people often ask me, 'Hey Satan, what kind of music do you like?'
And then, they get all upset when I tell them I'm a big Joni Mitchell fan. Like I can't be as sentimental as the next guy. Like I don't have a heart or something.
Since I retired, though, I've really gotten into slowcore and the more melodic experimental indie stuff. My current favorite band to listen to is the fearsome sparrow. Check out their page. The singing can be a little painful at first, but the music is great, the mix of old-school electronic and more conventional instrumentation is a real pleasure, and by all accounts, they're very nice people.
And I'm not biased or anything. I mean, they never sold me their souls or anything like that, they're not my property. If they were mine, they'd be a lot flashier and more technically dazzling, like Paganini or Randy Rhodes (hi, boys!). So you know I'm giving my honest opinion. -Nick
August 17, 2006
Thought I lost you guys for a second...Lovely meeting you on THE MOST DRAMATIC lame night of my life. Hope you got to eat some good Thai and that the rest of the tour goes well. xoxoxo
The House Sparrow first came to North America in 1851, when it was introduced to Brooklyn, New York. From there, the House Sparrow population quickly spread to the Rocky Mountains and on to the West Coast, mainly due to introductions in San Francisco, California and Salt Lake City, Utah.
HI LIS !!!!!!!!! HOW ARE YOU ? do you remenber me ? your cousin carlos ? espero que este muy bien ! me saludas a melissa ohh and i like your music, es diferente a lo que he escuchado
awesome video, i must've watched it like 6 times, i like how brenden appears to be as tall as i am. i would go to the show but some guy wouldn't give the time off.
