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Album Review: Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse – Dark Night of the Soul

Articles about Sparklehorse

David Lynch’s 20 Weirdest Musical Moments

By Austin Trunick on November 11th, 2011

It’s a strange world, isn’t it?

A Collaborative History with Radiohead

By CoS Staff on July 15th, 2011

2+2 = 20 unique collaborations.

Check Out: Azure Ray’s collaboration with Sparklehorse

By Harry Painter on January 28th, 2011

There can’t be many more of these lying around…

Release date confirmed for Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse’s Dark Night of the Soul

By Harry Painter on April 21st, 2010

A year after Danger Mouse leaked it!

RIP Sparklehorse’s Mark Linkous

By Alex Young on March 7th, 2010

The Sparklehorse figurehead committed suicide.

Sage Francis tackles Li(f)e itself on new album

By Chris Coplan on February 10th, 2010

Turns out that Li(f)e is pretty rough. And catchy.

Album Review: Sparklehorse & Danger Mouse – Dark Night of the Soul

By David Buchanan on May 19th, 2009

What does one get when cross-breeding the world renowned director of Lost Highway, the sonically visionary half of Gnarls Barkley, and an ensemble cast of musicians spanning The Flaming Lips and The Shins? Some say a hipster’s wet dream, some say the most over-hyped, overpriced 13-track of 2009. Either way, it leaves the staff of [...]

Dark Night of the Soul makes blogosphere go boom!

By Alex Young on April 1st, 2009

Now, in most cases, something like news of Dark Night of the Soul would be your prototypical April Fools’ joke – a high-profile collaboration of two of music’s biggest names (Sparklehorse and Danger Mouse) that comes with no real details other than a cryptic promotional poster. But seeing as that the aforementioned promotional poster first [...]

Dusting ‘Em Off: Sparklehorse – Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain

By Matt Melis on February 1st, 2009

After recording four of the more experimental and accomplished alternative albums of the past decade, Sparklehorse (aka Mark Linkous) should really be a household name. So why has this band remained in relative obscurity all these years? Maybe it’s the fact that Linkous lives deeply secluded in the Smoky Mountains and, admittedly, has to remind [...]