Dusty Sparkles Discography of CDs

Live Recording Photographer: Chelsea Mosher. Unknown Contributor Roles: Ida No; Dusty Sparkles. Glass Candy: Dusty Sparkles, Ida No, Johnny Jewel. Recording information: Death Disco (12/2004). ...

Dusty Sparkles music CDs Cue record, raise devil horns. Danava's sophomore outing, UNOMOU, is an epic of molten guitar riffage that recreates the moment circa 1973 when hard rock, brown acid psychedelia, and heavy metal were the same thing. And they do it with a passion that makes it all undeniably current. The band smokes, but singer Dusty Sparkles gets the star turn here with dynamic vocals that recall Ozzy Osbourne and the Flower Travellin' Band's Akira Yamanaka in equal measure. Personnel: Dusty Sparkles (vocals, guitar, keyboards, synthesizer); Danny Bensi (cello); Buck Rothy (clarinet, drums); Dell Blackwell (bass guitar). Recording information: Kemado Studios, New York, NY (05/2007-07/2007).

Dusty Sparkles albums On his second solo album, BEFORE THE DREAM FADED, Dub Narcotic Sound System mastermind Calvin Johnson applies his distinctively deep, monotone voice to a breezy set of lo-fi pop tunes. Many of these spare ditties (particularly the spry "Rabbit Blood") recall his former indie-rock band, the charmingly primitive Beat Happening, though Johnson works with a wider range of styles, as revealed on the chain-gang lament "Red Wing Black" and the murky blues number "I'm Down". Recording information: a; C; D; Dub narcotic, Olympia, WA; E; H; I; Nowhere, Anacortes, WA; O, Portland, OR; s; T. Photographers: Saint Laurent, Danielle; Krista Gaylor; Michael Lavine; Aaron Hartman. Personnel: Calvin Johnson (guitar, percussion); Calvin Johnson; Phil Elverum (guitar, drums); Nora Danielson (violin); Dusty Sparkles (bassoon); Khaela Maricich (electric piano, organ, background vocals); Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn (electric piano, background vocals); Johnny Jewel (keyboards); Dirk Kinsey, Kristyn Leach (percussion); Adam Forkner (guitar, trumpet); Devin Welch (guitar); ...