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01/20/10
A bunch of great new videos are available. First, the Lovely Sparrows cover Big Star's "Take Care" in another dreamy animated setting. Then, footage from the Virgin of the Birds' New Years Eve show at the Song, By Toad house in Edinburgh. Check out "Ilona, You Should Still Be My Vampire Attendant", "Spanish Accusations", "Lessons Learned in Turkish Valleys" and "She's in the Moon Again".
In end-of-year list notes, Virgin of the Birds' Dear Furies was #9 in Fensepost's Top 20 Eps of 2009 while "Ilona, You Should Still Be My Vampire Attendant", from Every Rival, came in at #37 in Song, By Toad's Festive Fifty of 2009. Both Dear Furies and Every Rival are totally FREE downloads so be sure to check them out.
12/09/09
Abandoned Love Records will be one of many Pacific Northwest labels at the DIY Holiday Fair at the Vera Project in Seattle on Saturday, December 12th. Come on by and say hello. Also, a couple of shows for Virgin of the Birds in December - one local in Seattle plus a special house show in Scotland!!! Check out the tours page for all the info.
09/15/09
Dear Furies, the second in a series of FREE, download-only EPs by Virgin of the Birds is now available. Check out Spanish Accusations and become a fan of Virgin of the Birds on Facebook. Also, check out Fensepost for the first review of Dear Furies and an exclusive extra track, Magic and Sincere
06/30/09
The first in a series of FREE, download-only EPs by Virgin of the Birds is available right HERE. Every Rival chases beauty. And the void. And reverb.
Check out I Loved John.
02/27/09
For the third year in a row, the Lovely Sparrows have been selected to play SXSW showcase in their hometown of Austin, TX. They'll also be playing a few free day parties during the festival, check out the tours page for info.
01/05/09
We welcome the arrival of the Heavy Edition, a more thoughtful, graphical take on the music blog-arama we've all come to know and love and thank them for featuring the Lovely Sparrow's awesome video for "Year of the Dog".
01/01/09
Thanks for another great year - while we weren't terribly prolific with new releases in 2009, we're extrememly proud of our one release. The Lovely Sparrows' Bury the Cynics was honored on year end "best of" lists by Fensepost (#2 album of '08), The Bomb Shelter (#11), the Austinist (#5), Side One: Track One v1 (#7) and Side One: Track One v2 (#1!!!). Look for more good stuff in 2009.
10/30/08
Reviews for the Lovely Sparrows' Bury the Cynics have been stellar, including our first ever pick up from Pitchfork. Check out the press page for all the digs.
09/09/08
It's go time. The Lovely Sparrows' Bury the Cynics is out. Pick up your copy from the store, your neighborhood store, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic and all sorts of places. In celebration of their outstanding new release, the Lovely Sparrows will be playing more shows, including CMJ in New York and the Pop Montreal festival. Stay tuned to the tours page.
08/04/08
Today is the day of the pre-sale - The Lovely Sparrows' Bury the Cynics is now available for pre-sale in the store. Pre-order your copy now and have it onhand when Bury the Cynics hits stores on September 9th. Also, the Lovely Sparrows will be doing some pre-release touring as well, with shows in New York City, New Haven and Seattle. Check out the tours page.
06/13/08
Check out the interview/feature on the Lovely Sparrows on KUT's Texas Music Matters. It'll wet your whistle for Bury the Cynics...
05/24/08
Morning Spy's "Daughters of History" aired on tv's Ghost Whisperer, episode 317 called "Stranglehold". Pretty nuts - to check out more Morning Spy music and pick up CDs, check out the store.
The Lovely Sparrows' Bury the Cynics release has been pushed back a bit - it'll be officially released on Tuesday, September 9th with a pre-release through the ALR store beforehand. Stay tuned...
04/15/08
The swirling blog love hopefully already brought your attention to the new Lovely Sparrows song, "Department of Forseeable Outcomes". Unfortunantely, airline hijinks kept the Lovely Sparrows from their April 10th Seattle show, but be on the lookout for extended touring behind the upcoming Bury the Cynics.
Speaking of live music magic, swing by the tours page to see additional midwestern tour dates from Nire.
03/31/08
"Department of Forseeable Outcomes," from the Lovely Sparrows' upcoming debut LP entitled Bury the Cynics is available NOW for download in handy MP3 format at the band's fancy, freshened-up website (great job Ellie!). Stay tuned to your friendly neighborhood Abandoned Love Records interweb for more news, cover art and other goodies soon. And if you're in the Seattle area, Shawn from the Sparrows will be playing a super special local show on April 10th, or at least that's what the tours page told me. That rad tours page also told me about Nire's Midwestern mini-tour (including WIUX Culture Fest!) and Parker Street Cinema's continual California campaign.
03/02/08
So the Lovely Sparrows are all set for SXSW - Friday night, March 14th at 8pm at Red Eyed Fly. If you'll be in Austin for the festival and want to catch up with your friends at Abandoned Love - drop us a line at info (AT) abandonedloverecords (DOT) com. We'll grab a taco at Torchy's or something.
Also, some great interviews are up on the press page. Ink 19 caught up with Josh from Nire for a great interview. Also, UK music blog Partly Porpoise caught up with our old friends Grumpy Bear - here's pt. 1 and pt. 2.
01/01/08
First of all, we proudly annouce the Lovely Sparrows' inclusion in this year's South By Southwest (SXSW) music festival in thier hometown of Austin, TX. The Sparrows killed last year at thier showcase and should be even deadlier this year in preparation for their tremendous (we know, we've heard rough mixes) debut full length due later in 2008.
Second of all, thanks to those folks who included ALR music in their year-end best-of lists. Italian music blog Happy Days are Here Again slotted Nire's Vespers as the #5 album of 2007. The Architectural Dance Society called out Virgin of the Birds' "You Haven't Talked to Tara" in their extensive year's megamix as did music blog Your New Favorite Song. And extra thanks the commenter (we swear it wasn't us) on uber-popular blog Brooklyn Vegan who proclaimed Virgin of the Birds' Mixed Choir as the #2 album of 2007 in defiance of the more Pitchfork-approved, same-y best-of lists. Viva la marginalia!!!
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