2005 News:
  • Happy Birthday Rodney! Rodney on the ROQ played Happy Birthday during his "Flash Forward: Bands to Watch" segment on KROQ in honor of his birthday! (2005-12-15)

  • Thanks for voting!

    • YOU COULD WIN COOL BUTTERSPRITE STUFF!

    Our debut self-titled CD is in the running for Top Northwest Release of 2005 in the ThreeImaginaryGirls.com Readers Poll. We'd sure like to win, and would sure appreciate your vote!! A vote for us and you could win lots of cool Buttersprite regalia-T- shirt, buttons, CD, shot-glass, candy and posters! Let us know by email at buttersprites@yahoo.com that you've voted (remember by dec 25), and we'll have a drawing sometime after X-mas and let you know if you've won!!!

    Buttersprites Swag
    Please vote for us in the Three Imaginary Girls Top Northwest Releases of 2005 Readers Poll before December 26th.

    Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you!!!!!
    Love and Kisses, Buttersprites

  • London Calling! Our first international CD review....and it's bloody brilliant! (2005-11-18)

  • We are a ROCKRGRL Pick in the Seattle Weekly! (2005-11-11)

  • Seattle Times Says "Spread the word..Buttersprites are on the rise" (2005-11-11)

  • Dionysus Records exclaims, "The Buttersprites are Everywhere!" (2005-11-11)

  • Billboard chart! Top 10 Artist and Album searches on allmusic.com (#7 for Week Ending: October 14, 2005)

  • KEXP's Audioasis! Three Imaginary Girls feature Buttersprites during their guest appearance on Audioasis. (2005-10-08)

  • Imaginary CD Review! Chris Estey of Three Imaginary Girls says "...it's the originals that really sparkle, showing just how intuitive all five of the women are at working together to create a richly textured, yet still visceral sound." (2005-10-05)

  • Bitch of a Review! Look for a review of our CD in the Fall 2005 issue of Bitch Magazine. Bitch says, "If you could eat this music, it would melt in your mouth." (2005-10-05)

  • HOT NEW ARTIST! Check it out! We're this week's "Hot New Artist" on All Music Guide!!! AMG says, "Buttersprites are as unlikely a group from Seattle as one is liable to find: a bright, happy, and funny female quintet combining Japanese pop with 1980s post-punk. Out of place at home, elsewhere their gleeful mix is catching on thanks to their outstanding debut disc and colorful live performances." (2005-10-04)

  • Causing a Stir! We are "Up and Coming Stars" on Asian American TV magazine show, StirTV! (2005-09-30)

  • iTunes! Our music is now available on iTunes. (2005-09-07)

  • rockazine.com Interview! Check out our Elizabeth being interviewed by Sondra Faye of rockazine.com. (2005-08-22)

  • Buttersprites Radio - A big THANKS to these stations for playing the Buttersprites!

    US           Canada  
    WCSB Cleveland   WCBN Ann Arbor   CJSF BC (2 weeks- #21)
    WNYU New York (3 weeks-#2)   KDVS UC Davis Top 30 (#27)   CFBX BC
    WFMU Jersey City   KTUH Honolulu Top 30 (8 weeks-#8)   CITR BC Top 30 (4 weeks- #6)
    WMBR (MIT) Cambridge   KDHX St. Louis   CFBU ON
    WMSE Milwaukee Top 30 (4 weeks- #3)   KEXP Seattle   CJAM ON
    WRVU Nashville   WHPK Chicago
    WHFR Detroit   WBEZ Chicago  
    KUPD Phoenix    
    • BC Canada Top 30 (several weeks) / !Earshot Canadian charts Aug 2005 #141 / RIYLmusic weighted charts July 2005 #272  (updated 2006-01-29)

  • More CD Reviews! Matt Gonzales of Hoosier Logic says, "The Buttersprites had me at Hello Kitty." While Paul Gaita of Sleazegrinder.com describes our music as a "sugar-and-saki blend of indie pop and ‘80s downtown art-punk" (2005-08-08)

  • Buttersprites Rock Canada! The tiki gods smiled upon us at the Waldorf Hotel with Lushy. We also had a great time at the Powell Street Festival (below). The crowd LOVED us!!! (2005-08-08)

    Powell St
    Powell St

  • Check out the All Music Guide review! Uncle Dave Lewis says, "it is a terrific debut that will hook the listener, who will want to return to this brand of ear (and eye) candy repeatedly" (2005-07-06)

  • We HEART You! Thank-you Thank-you Thank-you to all for your love and support!!!

    Buttersprites CD

    Thank-you to all of you that came to our party! It was a standing-room only extravaganza!

    Thank-you to the naughty nurse cigarette girls, Lori Ramon and Tiffany Orford; Thank-you to the sassy sailor hula-hoop go-go boy Seth Sexton; Thanks to our costume designer Tiffany Orford; Thanks to Justin Martin and Peter Jameson, our photographers; Thanks to the producers of our CD, Andy Sodt, Lynval Golding and Johnny Horn; Thanks to Joshua Kohl and Mike Daugherty; Thanks to Lynval Golding and Chela, and Chela's band for playing with us; Thanks to Lee Joseph and Dan King of Dionysus Records; Thanks to all at the Rendezvous

    LOVE and KISSES!
    XXOO
    Buttersprites

    (2005-06-28)


  • Buttersprites CD May 10! Our CD on Dionysus Records is available NOW!!! Get yours at one of our gigs or check with your favorite local or online record store. Buy one now from Amazon.com. (2005-05)

    Buttersprites CD

  • Check out "Coffee with an Art Star." Our rockin' guitarist Elizabeth talks about her art, her 'sprites! (2005-03)

    Elizabeth

  • Buttersprites are starting 2005 with a bang! We've been bustin' our humps in the studio working on our first commercial release. The sake's been flowing and songs are rockin'! Look for our CD release this spring!

    In the meantime, pick up the latest issue of Juxtapoz Magazine! The March/April 2005 issue has a couple of nice shots of your 'sprites rockin' the Mark Ryden opening at the Frye.

    Also, check out the Spring 2005 issue of Giant Robot Magazine for a review of our CD! (2005-01-25)



    • 2005 Shows:
  • Thursday, March 24 2005 Super Geek League, Dead Vampires (Dirtnap record release), Buttersprites, NRDLNGR. Chop Suey 1325 E. Madison, Seattle, WA 98122, (206)324-8000. 9pm, $6, 21+

  • Monday, March 28, 2005 Japan Girls Nite US Tour! Petty Booka, Titan Go King's, TsuShiMaMiRe, Buttersprites. Sunset Tavern, 5433 Ballard Ave, Seattle WA 98107, (206) 784-4880. Doors 8pm, Show 9pm, $10, 21+

    Japan Girls Nite

  • Thursday April 21, 2005  Buttersprites, Henkensiefken, Kingsley, Sylvan Smith Solution. El Corazon (formerly Graceland), 109 Eastlake Ave E, Seattle, WA 98109, (206)262-0482. Doors 8PM, Show 9PM, $6, 21+

  • Friday, June 24, 2005  Buttersprites CD Release Party!!! Buttersprites made arts and crafts for sale! Music! Costumes! Cigarette girls! Showtimes 10:30pm and midnight with Chela featuring Lynval Golding of the Specials between sets. Rendezvous 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA, 206-441-5823. $5, 21+

  • Saturday, July 30, 2005  Rumbletone Productions presents Lushy and Buttersprites. Mid-Century Polynesian chic...a tiki lover dream!!! Don't miss this show at this great venue!!! Waldorf Hotel's Tahitian Twighlight Lounge, 1489 East Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC Canada, V5L1S4 (604) 253-7141. 9PM

  • Sunday, July 31, 2005  Powell Street Festival Japanese celebration runs from July 30-31 in Vancouver, BC

  • Friday, September 16, 2005  Buttersprites invade New York! Playing CBGB's! We've been invited to play the CMJ Music Marathon in NYC! CB's 313 Gallery, 313 Bowery @ Bleecker Street, 212-677-0455. 1am.

  • Friday, November 11, 2005  Yumiko Kayukawa and Moira Hahn Opening. Roq la Rue Gallery 2312 2nd Ave (*new location* between Battery and Bell), Seattle WA 98121, (206) 374-8977, 6-10pm. Buttersprites at 7pm. All ages.

  • Friday, November 11, 2005  ROCKRGRL Music Conference 2005!!!!  Three Imaginary Girls and ROCKRGRL present: Japan Girl Night Extravaganza!!!!  Buttersprites, Megababe, Amppez, TsuShiMaMiRe, Red Bacteria Vacuum.  High Dive, 513 N 36th, Seattle, WA 98103, Buttersprites @ 1am, $8.

    Japan Girl Nite

  • Saturday, November 19, 2005  The Primate 5, Tales from the Birdbath, Buttersprites.  The Funhouse, 206 Fifth Ave. N. Seattle, WA 98109, (206) 374-8400. 9:30pm, 21+, $5.