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Alan Sparhawk of Low on American Football

Feb 09, 2022 1 Comment

This video is more than three years old, but with the Super Bowl coming up this weekend it seems appropriate to get Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk’s take on the sport of football.

The video was shot during Low’s tour of the United Kingdom prior to the release of the 2018 album Double Negative. Luke Turner, editor of the rock music and pop culture website the Quietus met Sparhawk at the Barbican Centre in London to talk about football as part of the website’s “At Leisure” series, looking at musicians and their non-musical interests.

Music, Sports, Videos Alan Sparhawk, Football, Low

Alan Sparhawk and Nat Harvie in Talkhouse

Jan 27, 2022 No Comments

Musicians Alan Sparhawk and Nat Harvie talk about how Duluth informs both their music and their outlook on the website Talkhouse, a media outlet where artists share firsthand perspectives and offer insight into their creative work.

Music, News and Current Affairs Alan Sparhawk, Nat Harvie

Limited tickets available to Alan Sparhawk at Sacred Heart

Jul 23, 2021 No Comments

Sacred Heart Music Center has just released a small amount of free tickets for a studio audience at its Live from the Heart songwriters/storytellers livestream featuring Alan Sparhawk.

Duluth record labels boosted the scene, but are going extinct

Apr 29, 2021 2 Comments

Compact discs and cassettes of releases from Duluth record labels fill a plastic bin at the Perfect Duluth Day headquarters. (Photo by Paul Lundgren)

Mark Lindquist, the chief purveyor of local albums at the turn of the millennium, thinks he can succinctly describe the difference between the best-known Duluth record labels.

“Chair Kickers’ put out the most gorgeous records,” he said. “Spinout had the most professional. Chaperone had the coolest. And Shaky Ray had … the most.”

Vansplaining, Episode 5: Chelsea Wolfe

Aug 16, 2020 No Comments

In the fifth episode of Vansplaining, Duluth’s Alan Sparhawk drinks peppermint tea and listens to Roy Orbison with gothic rock musician Chelsea Wolfe.

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Vansplaining, Episode 4: Mikaela Davis and Southern Star

Aug 08, 2020 No Comments

In the fourth episode of Vansplaining, Duluth’s Alan Sparhawk performs a one-of-a-kind magic trick for Mikaela Davis and her band Southern Star.

Music, Videos Alan Sparhawk, Low, Vansplaining

Vanspaining, Episode 3: Cat Clyde

Aug 04, 2020 1 Comment

In the third episode of Vansplaining, Duluth’s Alan Sparhawk talks with Canadian folk band Cat Clyde about the benefits of saline vaporization.

Music, Videos Alan Sparhawk, Vansplaining

Vansplaining, Episode 2: Lord Friday the 13th

Aug 01, 2020 No Comments

In the second episode of Vansplaining, Duluth’s Alan Sparhawk talks with Felix and Sloane of the Austin, Texas-based brother-and-sister band Lord Friday the 13th about meditation, fonts and flying tea.

At the six-minute mark, another Duluth musician makes a cameo. Nathan Amundson of Rivulets tells a car-accident anecdote.

Featured in the next three episodes are Cat Clyde, Mikaela Davis and Southern Star, and Chelsea Wolfe.

Music, Videos Alan Sparhawk, Low, Vansplaining

Vansplaining, Episode 1: Our Girl

Jul 29, 2020 1 Comment

Duluth’s Alan Sparhawk, a musician in various bands, most prominently Low, has a new web series called Vanspaining in which he chats with other musicians while helping them unload and load gear at shows.

In the inaugural episode, Sparhawk talks with the Brighton-by-way-of-London-based band, Our Girl about magnets. Featured in the next four episodes are Lord Friday the 13th, Cat Clyde, Mikaela Davis and Southern Star, and Chelsea Wolfe.

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Gaelynn Lea & Alan Sparhawk – Live at Square Lake Festival 2017

Feb 06, 2018 No Comments

Longing for hot summer-concert days? Well, PDD posted a Black-eyed Snakes concert video here from last summer … and it mysteriously disappeared from YouTube the next day. So here’s a replacement — Gaelynn Lea and Alan Sparhawk from the same concert, the Square Lake Film & Music Festival in Stillwater last August.

Dead Man Winter – “Destroyer”

Feb 12, 2017 4 Comments

The first video from the new Dead Man Winter album Furnace features cameos by numerous Minnesota music scene notables, including Duluth’s Al Sparhawk and two others who briefly called Duluth home, Haley Bonar and John Mark Nelson.

Dead Man Winter performs in concert Saturday at Pizza Luce.

Music, Videos Alan Sparhawk, Dead Man Winter, Haley Bonar, John Mark Nelson

The Alan Sparhawk Project

Feb 09, 2016 2 Comments

Ten year’s ago, Duluth musician Alan Sparhawk had his name dropped in this little comic (specifically panel three):

Questionable Content is an internet comic strip by Jeph Jacques of Halifax, Nova Scotia. It started in August 2003 and is still in production. The publish date of the comic above is not known, but it was first posted to PDD on Feb. 9, 2006.

History, Music Alan Sparhawk, Comics and Cartoons, Low