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Sparta’s Wiretap Scars: “This record has been part of people’s lives for 20 years now.” (8/1 at Underground Arts)

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July 19, 2023

When Wiretap Scars – the debut LP from Sparta, an El Paso-based post-hardcore outfit comprised of 3/5ths of the recently disbanded At The Drive-In – dropped, I was about to start my senior year of high school. The Spectrum, North Star Bar, and Trocadero still remained, Franklin Music Hall...
Sound&Shape: “Nice and loud and easy to latch onto”

izzy

August 8, 2018

This Monday, August 13th, Sparta (led by At The Drive-In alum Jim Ward) are playing a surprisingly cozy show at Johnny Brenda’s (Sorry, it’s sold out), after taking quite the hiatus (They’ve released a couple of songs in the past year, but their last album remains Threes, released way...