After making eclectic, uncompromising albums since 1971, Sparks finds its status morphing into something approaching mainstream recognition. Above, brothers Ron, right, and Russell Mael of Sparks.

Ron and Russell Mael smile indulgently at me like affectionate uncles. “The Sparks Brothers”—as filmmaker Edgar Wright dubbed them in his 2021 documentary—find my flustered, haphazard interview style ...

Taking some cues from the Marx Brothers, the Mael Brothers have remained rooted in all manners Sparks. With Ron’s stone-faced Charles Chaplin-like facade and Russell’s flamboyantly delivered falsetto, ...

Russell Mael holding Ron Mael's face as a mask on the poster for The Sparks Brothers Credit: Image via Focus Features Focus Features is re-teaming with the sibling duo behind the band Sparks for a new ...

Brothers Russell and Ron Mael’s musical stylings have been anything but conventional over the past five decades, and yet they are among music’s most underrated geniuses. Embellishing elements of pop ...

Ron and Russell Mael talk about their forthcoming May album, a career-dream appearance at the Hollywood Bowl, and how they think their new single measures up to Mahler in Blanchett's recent musical ...

There’s a scene early in “The Sparks Brothers,” director Edgar Wright’s documentary on the brothers Ron and Russell Mael, where Russell reflects on a moment in the early ’70s when Sparks seemed poised ...

Over the course of nearly 30 albums and 54 years, Russell and Ron Mael have had plenty of time to perfect the DNA of a Sparks song. During those multiple decades of songcraft, the Maels have seen ...

LOS ANGELES — They’ve spent more than half a century together as bandmates, putting out dozens of records. But brothers Ron and Russell Mael — the duo behind the art-pop band Sparks — have no ...

Landing a first headlining slot at the Hollywood Bowl is a cherished milestone for any major musical acts who claim Los Angeles as their home base. It can even mean a little more, probably, when it’s ...

The subjects of the new documentary "The Sparks Brothers" join the director as he reveals his five favorites from the sibling duo's 25-album catalog. Filmmaker Edgar Wright turns to Ron and Russell ...