Alan Sparhawk

Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker, who passed away in late 2022. Their music derived elemental power from its fearless exploration of quiet, gentle places. Low released thirteen albums and influenced a movement of spacious, graceful, intimate, and ever-evolving music. Over time, Low’s anthemic songs heightened in urgency and tone, unearthing new layers of musical exploration and lyrical questioning. Their final album, Grammy nominated “Hey What,” was released in 2021 to universal acclaim and marked a high point in their musical evolution and trajectory. Sparhawk has recently been playing with various collaborators and projects with friends and family members, including guest appearances with Yo La Tengo, Trampled by Turtles, Peder Mannerfelt, Charlie Parr, and funk band Derecho Rhythm Section. He is performing solo shows and releasing the album “White Roses, My God” in fall 2024.

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Alan Sparhawk (of Low)

Gigs

Leeds

Brudenell Social Club

Clwb Ifor Bach presents Alan Sparhawk (of the band Low)

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Cardiff

Clwb Ifor Bach

Pitchfork Festival London presents:

JESSICA PRATT + ALAN SPARHAWK

Wednesday 6th November 2024

London Barbican

Pitchfork Festival London is part of Bershka Music, in collaboration with DICE.

This is a 14+ event. Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult.

Pitchfork Music Festival

FORM Presents

Jessica Pratt + Alan Sparhawk

Back, Baby

Jessica Pratt 

London

Barbican Hall

Alan Sparhawk, figure emblématique de l’indie rock et moitié du cultissime groupe Low, sera en concert le 27 février 2025 à Petit Bain, à Paris. Il présentera sur scène "White Roses, My God", son premier album solo, prévu le 27 septembre via le label Subpop.

Trente ans après le début de sa carrière musicale, Alan Sparhawk aborde en 2024 un territoire inexploré. Sparhawk a cofondé le groupe Low avec la chanteuse et batteuse Mimi Parker. La musique de Low explorait sans crainte les éléments fondamentaux, et ses treize albums ont inspiré un mouvement en constante évolution d'artistes explorant l'espace, la grâce et l'intime. Au fil du temps, les chansons hymniques de Low ont gagné en urgence et en tonalité, intensifiant leur questionnement lyrique. Leur dernier album, "Hey What", nominé aux Grammy Awards, est sorti en 2021 et a été acclamé par tous. Parker est décédée à la fin de l'année 2022. Il ne fait aucun doute que le premier album solo de Sparhawk - "White Roses, My God" - est un disque porté par le chagrin. Cependant, il serait réducteur, voire stupide, de considérer le chagrin comme sa seule source ou son seul principe d'organisation. Son expérimentation tendue et provocante est alimentée par des paroles profondes et des rythmes propulsifs. "White Roses, My God" est un exorcisme dont le but n'est pas de chasser l'esprit, mais de le libérer.

Réservé aux plus de 18 ans

Paris

Petit Bain

Thirty years into a career of music making, 2024 finds Alan Sparhawk entering uncharted territory. Sparhawk co-founded the band Low alongside vocalist and drummer Mimi Parker. Low’s music fearlessly explored the elementals and their thirteen albums inspired a still-evolving movement of artists mining the spacious, the graceful, and the intimate. Over time, Low’s anthemic songs heightened in urgency and tone, as well as intensified lyrical questioning. Their final album, Grammy nominated Hey What was released in 2021 to universal acclaim. Parker passed away in late 2022. There is no question that Sparhawk’s first solo album—White Roses, My God—is a record borne of grief. However, it would be reductive, even foolish, to see grief as its sole source or organizing principle. Its taut, provocative experimentation is powered by profound lyrics and propulsive beats. White Roses, My God is an exorcism whose purpose is not to banish the spirit but to set it free. Having recently put in guest appearances with Matchess, Yo La Tengo, Trampled by Turtles, Peder Mannerfelt, Charlie Parr, and funk band Derecho Rhythm Section, Sparhawk’s tour schedule in support of White Roses, My God begins in November and extends through next spring, including an appearance at Pitchfork Music Festival London and support dates with Godspeed You! Black Emperor.

CHALK

Alan Sparhawk 

Brighton

CHALK 

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Communion ONE

Manchester

Band on the Wall

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