While it is difficult to believe that Lazer Guided Melodies is nearly twenty years old, Spiritualized are still very much alive and kicking as they stopped by the Wiltern Theater in support of their…   Read Story »

The first time I saw Spiritualized live, I was maybe 21, and I was absolutely determined that I would not experience them sober. They were playing in Rochester, about a 90-minute drive from where I…   Read Story »

You have to love the fact that Spiritualized are getting airtime on network television in 2012. Last night, the band rolled through the Late Show With David Letterman, playing an abridged but still…   Read Story »

Spiritualized have never recorded a bad album. Depending on your feelings about Amazing Grace, they've never recorded one that's less than great. (That one had "Hold On," so I'm on the pro-Amazing…   Read Story »

Since Spiritualized announced their new release Sweet Heart Sweet Light, the album cycle has already produced a great single as well as that song's memorable, AG Rojas-directed music video. Last…   Read Story »

Name: Spiritualized Progress Report: Jason Pierce chats about the new Spiritualized album and the perils of perfectionism. It’s easy to take for granted what an influence on popular music Jason…   Read Story »

Tom's on his way to NYC's Pop Conference -- here's his event, a panel about mixtapes, which he knows a little bit about -- so I'm filling in today on the video beat. Even if he was around, he's still…   Read Story »

The protagonist of the video for "Hey Jane," Spiritualized's sweepingly stunning new single, is a transwoman who attempts to raise kids while turning tricks, stripping, and -- in one unforgettable…   Read Story »

Earlier today, Spiritualized stopped by the BBC Radio Station 6Music to do a live-in-studio performance. In the process, they debuted a warm, elegiac new song called "Little Girl." After the great…   Read Story »

This has been a pretty great morning for long, sprawling, multi-part songs! First, there was the excellent 13-minute version of the Gorillaz/James Murphy/Andre 3000 track "DoYaThing." Now, there's…   Read Story »