| NME @ London's Islington Union Chapel 21/11/97 | First impressions? Christ! He's tall. We're so used to seeing Mark Linkous peddling his eccentricities from the waist-height confines of a wheelchair that the first of tonight's many surprises comes just seeing him walk, unaided, teetering and pin-thin on to the Union Chapel altar... [more] |
| Liverpool Daily Post @ Manchester's University MDH 10/10/98 | Sparklehorse are true thoroughbreds in a new stable of American indie/country bands. That's why I don't mind travelling 50 miles to see them in concert. If you want to see the best it's worth a little bit of trouble. Sparklehorse are the best... [more] |
| Rollingstone @ Bowery Ballroom, New York 17/04/99 | Outfitted with a white cowboy hat and standing before two microphones, Sparklehorse boss Mark Linkous was contrast personified. Through the first mic, his voice sounded strong and sweet, and on this night it filled New York's Bowery Ballroom like Geoff Lynne's once filled arenas brimming with ELO fans. Through the second, his pretty tones were strangled by static, as though he were singing through a garbled pay phone or from an old record crackling on a creaky turntable... [more] |
| CLUAS @ Olympia, Dublin 04/09/99 | Faintly illuminated and the band quietly followed a rather lacklustre Frames on to the stage. The audience barely seemed to notice until Linkous cranked up the noise... [more] |