Jim Ward is going on tour in support of Quiet In The Valley, On The Shores The End Begins & The Electric Six, which is a compilation release containing the material from his last three solo EP's. Dates in the replies.

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Sparta will play their first show since 2008 in El Paso, Texas on November 17th. They will also be hitting the studio this fall to begin working on their fourth LP. More info here.

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Read an interview Late Night Wallflower conducted with Jim Ward, lead singer of Sparta and Sleepercar, here.

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Keeley Davis of Sparta has submitted a few t-shirt designs to Threadless.com. If he scores high enough, his designs will be printed and sold through the site.

Sparta's Threes is going to be pressed on vinyl. A pre-order for this can be found here. Check out the replies for the track listing with bonus tracks and other details.

Update: That chat is now over. Thank you to Jim for spending a Tuesday evening with us. We wish him the best of luck in all his endeavors.

Here, in this thread, at approximately 7 p.m. EST, Jim Ward of Sleepercar (and Sparta and formerly At the Drive-In) will be chatting with AP.net users. Come in, say hi and chat it up about the band's new album, West Texas, which officially hits stores...[read more]

The high-resolution artwork for Sleepercar's upcoming West Texas can be found in the AP.net gallery. There is also a new promotional picture in there as well. Enjoy.

Jim Ward's (Sparta, At the Drive-In) side project has been given the name Sleepercar. Their debut release, West Texas, will be available April 22nd through Civil Defense League/Doghouse Records.

Jim Ward (Sparta) has sent out a bulletin urging everyone to vote for Obama.

Message from Jim

The last few weeks of my life have been inspiring and I am left, at least to some degree, a changed man. It started with an invitation to play a rally for Barack Obama with my friends in Bright Eyes in Omaha. I stood amongst some of the most charged up and positive folks I have ever met. Up to this point,...[read more]

Jim Ward will be playing the Barack Obama rally tomorrow at Slowdown in Omaha, NE. The show is free and Bright Eyes, Secret Life of Sparrows and M. Ward are also playing. Check the replies for info on how to get tickets.

Jim Ward (Sparta) will be doing will be performing a full set acoustically for the first time at the Paul G. Gleason Theater in Hollywood on January 25th. Ward will be playing a cross section of songs from his past, present and future, most notably from his recent EP release, Quiet. Tickets are now on sale through Ticketmaster.

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Sparta, Ash, and The Donnas will be touring on The Jagermeister Rock:Liga Tour in Germany. You can order tickets here or here. The dates can be found below. Wir lieben sie!

Tour

Nov 26 Würzburg -...[read more]

Jim Ward (Sparta) will be releasing a solo acoustic EP entitled jimward.quiet on November 6, 2007 via Civil Defense League. Read a message from him below or listen to two of the songs at their myspace.

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Jim Ward (Sparta) has announced several new albums coming out on his label, Civil Defense League. Read his update below.

Update

hey gang
i just wanted to take a second and let you know about this thing i am doing-its called Civil Defense League, its a record label that Doghouse Records is helping me out with. My record with Bobby Byrd was the...[read more]

Sparta's new music video for "Erase It Again" can be seen in the replies.

An update from Sparta can be read in the replies.

Sparta has announced a tour with Velvet Revolver. Check the dates in the replies.

Head over to Sparta's myspace and listen to an acoustic version of their song "Unstitch Your Mouth" off of their criminally underrated Threes.

Sparta has confirmed European tour dates for the rest of the summer. Find them in the replies.

A tour video for the Lovedrug/Sparta/Straylight Run tour can be seen in the replies. All of the tour dates are listed below.

Tour Dates

1-Jun San Luis Obispo CA Downtown Brew
2-Jun San Francisco CA Slim's
3-Jun Sparks NV The New Oasis
5-Jun Portland OR Hawthorne Theatreread more]

Alice In Chains and Velvet Revolver are heading out on tour together this summer, and Sparta is slated to be the opening act for the tour's second leg.

Check out all of Lovedrug's upcoming tour dates in the replies, including both headlining dates and shows supporting Sparta and Straylight Run.

Lovedrug has been confirmed to be sole support for the Sparta and Straylight Run co-headlining tour this spring. Dates will be announced soon.

A fan has reported in from the mewithoutYou secret show with Sparta.

Fans Report In

At the myspace secret show in Kansas City, Aaron Weiss of Mewithoutyou told the crowd that he wasn't really into myspace and that he'd never been to chili's (the sponser of the myspace secret shows) and that he's more into real community with people face to face, rather...[read more]

Sparta and mewithoutYou will be playing the next Myspace Secret Show at The Grand Emporium in Kansas City, MO on March 20th.

Sparta have released a stream of their new track, “Erase it Again” from their new album, Threes. This is the latest Sparta single to hit radio.

Anti-Records will re-release Sparta's Threes with a bonus track ("Born and Buried") on May 1st.

Here is the tour trailer for the Sparta, mewithoutYou, and Aloha tour.

Polyvinyl Records' post-rockers Aloha will be touring alongside Sparta and mewithoutYOU.

Tour Dates

02-21 Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
02-22 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground
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Sparta has released an MP3 of the track “The Most Vicious Crime” off their latest album Threes.