Sparkadia
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Kirin J Callinan Vs Sparkadia: ‘It Would Be Cooler To Break His Legs’
Tuesday, June 26 2012 at 05:00 AM
Did Kirin J Callinan pen two of Sparkadia’s biggest hits? In a recent interview with The Vine, the Sydney solo artist claims that two of his ideas ended up being reworked as Hottest 100 inclusions ‘China’ and ‘Mary’ from Sparkadia’s 2011 album The Great Impression. The story goes that Callinan ha…
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Touring News: Ed Kuepper, Batrider, Sparkadia
Tuesday, July 5 2011 at 03:00 AM
– Following two sold-out shows at the Famous Spiegeltent in Melbourne earlier this year, Ed Kuepper and drummer Mark Dawson will present selections from their 1990 collaboration Today Wonder and Kuepper’s 1985 solo debut Electrical Storm, alongside other classics, in Melbourne, Darwin, Brisbane and …
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Sparkadia’s Private Universe
Monday, Apr 4 2011|by Darren Levin
When his band deserted him, Sparkadia’s Alex Burnett decided to decamp to London and create his own private universe, writes DOUG WALLEN. After the rest of his Sydney-based band Sparkadia jumped ship, Alex Burnett did something unexpected: he retreated to England to record an epic second album on his own. Ultimately working with Mark Tieku of Florence and the Machine fame, he conceived The Great Impression as a pri…
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Sparkadia - China
Wednesday, February 16 2011 at 11:00 PM
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Sparkadia Talk New Single, Touring With Little Red
Friday, October 15 2010 at 12:00 AM
Currently on the road with Little Red, Sparkadia’s main man Alex Burnett talks to M+N about living in London, how he nearly quit music and the progress of the band’s new album, the follow-up to 2008 debut album Postcards. So how's the tour going so far? The tour has been incredible. Incredible. We…
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Auf Wiedersehen Sparkadia
Tuesday, February 10 2009 at 01:00 PM
When you've "conquered" Australia like Sparkadia have – a #23 album on the ARIA charts, an 11am slot at The Big Day Out – European expansionism is the next logical step. The Sydney four-piece will relocate to Germany "indefinitely" later this year. Following in the footsteps of Aussie expats Devast…
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Gigs In Brief: Dave Graney, Davey Lane, Deaf Wish
– Dave Graney doesn’t slow down. He does quiet down, though: in additi…
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Forthcoming: Naminé
What: Celestial Love by Naminé.
When: June 3 through Bossman.
Ke…
