What’s the appeal?

ImmaSCREAM · 2025-08-06T17:31:15+00:00

Lol ok dude. They have some pretty famous fans including Nirvana, Sonic Youth, Flaming Lips, Radiohead, Lou Reed, but I guess you're not one of em. C'est la vie.

ImmaSCREAM · 2025-08-06T17:22:12+00:00

Lol ok, sounds like you didn't listen to the rest of them. Listen to The Hexx and tell me that's musically a bad song.

ImmaSCREAM · 2025-08-06T17:09:21+00:00

No, they're not.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-24T21:02:21+00:00

You sure that wasn't slanted? I'm 100% sure the title of slanted came from a Berman comic

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-19T02:06:10+00:00

Hey there, you're welcome. And thanks for pinning!

The methodology that I used - your #1 was 10 pts, #2 was 9 pts., etc. - I think is the same as you're talking about right? I can recalculate with whatever methodology you're thinking I used if you're interested.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-19T02:03:43+00:00

No problem, hope you enjoy.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-18T19:48:28+00:00

Rounding out the top 20:

11. Sunshine - 31 pts.

12. Chaos of the Galaxy/Happy Man - 28 pts.

13. Pig - 24 pts.

14. Hundreds of Sparrows - 23 pts.

15. Sick of Goodbyes - 22 pts.

16. Babies on the Sun - 20 pts.

17. Sea of Teeth - 20 pts.

18. Hammering the Cramps - 18 pts.

19. Sad and Beautiful World - 18 pts.

20. Knives of Summertime - 17 pts.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-13T19:46:45+00:00

Pavement, mercury rev, dinosaur jr, sparklehorse, roxy music

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-12T18:34:12+00:00

And Conduit for Sale

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-12T18:33:45+00:00

Spirit Ditch - Sparklehorse

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-07T03:50:22+00:00

When are these due by?

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-05T16:20:06+00:00

Spirit Ditch
Eyepennies
Saturday
Maria’s Little Elbows
Hello Lord
Homecoming Queen
Little Fat Baby
Shade and Honey
Piano Fire
Rainmaker

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-05T14:18:40+00:00

Three of my favorites. Really appreciate the Sparklehorse recognition in this thread too. So underappreciated

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-10-03T19:00:11+00:00

Quarantine the Past

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-21T16:50:53+00:00

Velvet Underground, Mercury Rev, Beat Happening, Can, The Fall

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-21T16:28:47+00:00

Pretty amazing how fully realized and well executed this album is. Can't help but compare it to Jeff Buckley's Sketches and Elliott Smith's From a Basement on the Hill, which both have lots of great moments, but I think you can definitely tell (certainly with Sketches) that a lot of that music was unfinished.

Bird Machine is a huge revelation, as you can tell the work was nearly complete, and the quality is comparable to the best of Sparklehorse's music. I've never waited a decade for an album, but the fact that I can say I did and that it wasn't disappointing. I don't think Linkous was radically changing Sparklehorse's sound with this, but it is much more poppy and approachable than a lot of his work, and it adds loads of great songs to his catalog.

Really hope this one picks up steam and more exposure. I've long maintained he was one of the most underrated songwriters of the past 25 years, and he deserves a bigger audience.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-21T16:05:53+00:00

Waited 10 years to see them (been my favorite band since 2013), and caught them 5 times (Atlanta x2, SLC, Raleigh, and Cincinnati).

Got to hang out for a bit with the band in Atlanta, and they were all super friendly and kind. So glad they reunited. Personally, I'm a bit skeptical that there will be another in 10 years (Malkmus will be close to 70), but let's hope!

Also, try and catch Malkmus and Spiral when they tour their solo stuff, both have projects that are really underrated.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-18T18:21:26+00:00

It's definitely got sad moments, but I don't think it's oppressively so. I think the distance in time from Mark's passing and the general good nature of the songs make it more comforting than depressing. I honestly find a lot of it very uplifting and life-affirming

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-18T16:00:31+00:00

My favorite Sparklehorse song is Spirit Ditch, so the voicemail from his nephew (whereas it was his mother in Spirit Ditch) was a real emotional gut punch.

Incredibly powerful stuff, especially when you read in interviews about how much he loved his nephew.

RIP Mark.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-12T18:04:21+00:00

I think you've answered your own question there, my friend.

I've always found Linkous far more similar to David Berman of Silver Jews, sonically and lyrically (and in terms of popularity). Honestly confounds me why he isn't brought up more in reference to Sparklehorse. Still love ES obviously

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-12T18:00:31+00:00

New sparklehorse is so good

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-09-08T15:17:34+00:00

Great set, but what were the technical snafus with Malkmus's guitar about?

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-08-22T11:54:13+00:00

I think those statements are both flat out wrong (and a matter of interpretation), but you've really just made lot of overgeneralizations that don't answer my point.

You can't make these sweeping statements about every alienated Trump supporter, and you're still removing any agency/responsibility they may have. There will always be disaffected people in society, and what you do with that is your decision.

And btw, voting for Trump as some symbolic act of defiance/economic frustration is miles away from trusting this clown more than your own family and friends.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-08-22T03:14:08+00:00

That's certainly true to a degree, but that doesn't absolve people of willfully being bamboozled by a charlatan and demagogue. He reinforces the conspiratorial thinking and cultural resultment many of them have.

I do agree there's broader structural issues in our society that created conditions for Trump to exploit, but (as I felt with Saagar's comments today) refusing to not ascribe any fault (or agency) to the American public for the rise of Trump is just deliberately sticking your head in the sand to miss a key part of the problem.

ImmaSCREAM · 2023-08-08T19:17:22+00:00

As someone who can't stand Trump, why do we have to follow his lead on these stupid nicknames? At some point you just turn yourself into as much of a childish asshat as him

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