New Spoon - "The Mystery Zone"

When we told you about the January release of Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga followup Transference (1/26, Merge) and revealed the 11-song tracklist, we included links to live versions of three of the tunes we've already heard along with... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON - "THE MYSTERY ZONE"»

Posted on November 4, 2009 (15 comments)
Tags: Free Energy | Spoon

Spoon Transference Out In January

Good news: new Spoon album! The band's typically terrific LP, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, came out two years ago, which is a long time to wait for typically terrific LPs. Britt stopped the gap with the Got Nuffin EP... CONTINUE READING SPOON TRANSFERENCE OUT IN JANUARY»

Posted on October 30, 2009 in MP3, Video (13 comments)
Tags: Spoon | Vetiver

Hear Arcade Fire, Spoon & Other Merge Artists Remixed

SCORE! 20 Years Of Merge Records: THE REMIXES! features Caribou, Four Tet, Xiu Xiu, Mark Robinson, the Blow, and others tackling classic and current Mergers. It's out 11/17 as a CD/download and is currently streaming for a limited time at... CONTINUE READING HEAR ARCADE FIRE, SPOON & OTHER MERGE ARTISTS REMIXED»

New Spoon - "Is Love Forever?" (Live At Stubb's)

Earlier this morning it was Kate from Toronto on the Broken Social Scene beat. Here, a reader named Renee witnessed new Spoon during the band's three-night "SpoonX3" hometown stand at Austin's Stubb's (7/9-11) and thought to forward the details (thanks,... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON - "IS LOVE FOREVER?" (LIVE AT STUBB'S)»

Posted on July 13, 2009 in MP3, Video (13 comments)
Tags: Mercury Prize | Spoon | The Gossip

Preview Spoon's Got Nuffin EP, Due This Tuesday

Surprise! The good kind, which I think we all could use. We've heard nothing, but thanks to a tip we've got some basics to relay: Spoon is releasing three songs under the project title Got Nuffin on Tuesday 6/30. Track... CONTINUE READING PREVIEW SPOON'S GOT NUFFIN EP, DUE THIS TUESDAY»

Posted on June 26, 2009 in Album Art (12 comments)
Tags: Spoon

Neko Case, Britt Daniel On New Crooked Fingers EP

The Your Control EP, fronted by the Forfeit/Fortune duet between Eric Bachmann and Neko Case, is out digitally today with no physical release planned. In addition to the title track it includes Crooked Fingers covers by Britt Daniel and Lambchop's... CONTINUE READING NEKO CASE, BRITT DANIEL ON NEW CROOKED FINGERS EP»

New Spoon - "Well Alright"

Time for your daily dose of Dark Was The Night. "Well Alright" is credited to Spoon according to the liner notes, and to Britt From Spoon (Feat. A Drum Machine) according to your ears. Not to look a charity-comp contribution... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON - "WELL ALRIGHT"»

Posted on January 30, 2009 (16 comments)
Tags: Dark Was The Night | Spoon | Telepathe | Throw Me The Statue

New Live Britt Daniel - "Who Backs Your Money?"

That's right, Britt Daniel, not Spoon. Through the power of bootlegging, we heard a live take of the strutting new Spoon track "Writing To You In Reverse" as it was performed at the 2008 Pitchfork Fest in July. Last week... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE BRITT DANIEL - "WHO BACKS YOUR MONEY?"»

New Live Spoon - "Writing To You In Reverse"

The Pitchfork Festival feels like eons ago, though it was only late July. With the proliferation of summer music fests it can get difficult remembering where you saw which band, so it's nice when some sort of artifact (a good... CONTINUE READING NEW LIVE SPOON - "WRITING TO YOU IN REVERSE"»

Posted on September 4, 2008 in MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Spoon

Pitchfork Music Festival 2008: Sunday In Photos

By Amrit Singh & Brandon Stosuy Aaaaand we're back. Quite a weekend in Chicago, and this is the post to put a Fork in our coverage of this year's party in Union Park. For day last, the threat of... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2008: SUNDAY IN PHOTOS»

Spoon Cover Paul Simon

In March, Spoon debuted a cover of Paul Simon's "Peace Like A River" for radio contest winners in Annapolis. There is an excellent video of it here. (Add Spoon to the list of indie rock Paul Simon admirers.) Today you... CONTINUE READING SPOON COVER PAUL SIMON»

Posted on June 16, 2008 in MP3, Video (1 comments)
Tags: Paul Simon | Spoon

New Spoon Video - "You Got Yr Cherry Bomb"

Continuing today's early theme of animated videos, Spoon's Double Triple & Ryan Junell-directed "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" features a patterned land of floating light bulbs and drums, construction paper lightning, clapping hands (real and fake), a little 'c'mon' and... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON VIDEO - "YOU GOT YR CHERRY BOMB"»

Posted on March 17, 2008 in Video (9 comments)
Tags: Spoon

Britt Daniel Summons You Into A Black Cab

The folks at the Black Cab Sessions continue to exploit the heretofore untapped acoustic potential of London black cab's back seats with Spoonman Britt Daniel, who give us Fiction's "I Summon You." This follows in the wake of similar sessions... CONTINUE READING BRITT DANIEL SUMMONS YOU INTO A BLACK CAB»

Posted on February 29, 2008 in Video (7 comments)
Tags: Spoon

New Feist - "I Feel It All (Britt From Spoon Remix)"

Feist's "I Feel It All" single comes stacked with a few instances of the ultimate promotional tool: the remix. Fair enough, some of you were getting a little restless at the remix glut after we took a listen to Grizzly Bear's stabs and flourishes at the track, but it's worth noting that Chilly Gonzales and Britt sort of kill it. Gonzales's version is a total track transformation (think sexy, dusky, dancefloor). And as mentioned, Britt adds to the track by cutting stuff away, reforming Leslie's rollicking roots rock tune by sculpting it in his own band's image. The result is as spare and lean as a Spoon track with no guitars necessary: just a taut thwumping bass line, a tambourine, and a rising and ebbing and echoing Feist vocal. Nice job, Britt From Spoon.

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Posted on February 22, 2008 (11 comments)

New Spoon Video - "Don't You Evah"

We would've thought Keepon's keepin' on would've intimidated Spoon from even trying to top it, but here Portland resident Britt Daniel and his Austinites are, taking an Official stab at a music vid. Funnily enough, it's this touring-and-traveling clip that... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON VIDEO - "DON'T YOU EVAH"»

Posted on February 18, 2008 in Video (6 comments)
Tags: Spoon

Grizzly Bear And Spoon Remix Feist

Even when Leslie's wielding an explosive stick, it can be difficult remembering she has more tunes than one iPod commercial. This week, though, Arts & Crafts are giving us a reminder (ha) that, yes, Feist can do more than count to four by releasing the "I Feel It All" single with remixes by Britt Daniel, Gonzales, and Grizzly Bear. The former two take on the single, Grizzly do The Reminder's first single "My Moon My Man." So far there's just a clip of the Grizz mix, but 'tis a pretty, flourish-filled clip indeed, my man. (via)

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Posted on February 14, 2008 (5 comments)

New Spoon - "Don't You Evah (Diplo Remix)"

Sexy Spoon man Britt Daniel made a helluva splash in our annual hotties list, especially in the comment section -- wow, ladies, you're going ga ga ga ga ... etc. What's the first thing he does after hearing the news?... CONTINUE READING NEW SPOON - "DON'T YOU EVAH (DIPLO REMIX)"»

Posted on December 13, 2007 in MP3 (6 comments)
Tags: Diplo | Spoon

KROQ Celebrated X-mas Almost Acoustically

This past weekend, for the 18th consecutive year, the modern rock purveyors at Los Angeles's KROQ rang in the holiday season with their Almost Acoustic X-mas show, featuring a lineup pulled from their playlists ... meaning one night of mall-punk... CONTINUE READING KROQ CELEBRATED X-MAS ALMOST ACOUSTICALLY»

Posted on December 11, 2007 in Video (13 comments)
Tags: Feist | Silversun Pickups | Spoon | The Killers

NBC's Chuck Is Trying Really Hard To Woo You And According To The Ratings, It's Not Working

Not watching Chuck? That's for the best, although the suits at NBC would be shocked and saddened to hear it, especially since they've decided their 40 Year Old Virgin-meets-The Bourne Ultimatum (but not as good as that sounds) comedy appears... CONTINUE READING NBC'S CHUCK IS TRYING REALLY HARD TO WOO YOU AND ACCORDING TO THE RATINGS, IT'S NOT WORKING»

Saturday Night Live Sees Spoon Go Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Presents Kevin Federline's Parenting Tips

SNL will probably take a few cracks to top last week's Kanye cameoing fun, though the Seth Rogen/Spoon ep had its moments. Like Seth and Kristin Wiig's annoying-child cover of Winehouse's "Rehab." And every moment of the Douchebag Of The... CONTINUE READING SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE SEES SPOON GO GA GA GA GA GA, PRESENTS KEVIN FEDERLINE'S PARENTING TIPS»

Posted on October 8, 2007 in Video (18 comments)
Tags: Andy Samberg | Aphex Twin | Kevin Federline | Saturday Night Live | Spoon

Revenge Of The Bookeaters 2007: Literally Awesome

Just like last year, last night's Bookeaters benefit was one of those all-time classic events, custom tailored for indie nerds and charitable lit geeks alike. Carl Newman, Grizzly Bear, Britt Daniel, Feist, Kevin Drew, Jim James, Demetri Martin ...... CONTINUE READING REVENGE OF THE BOOKEATERS 2007: LITERALLY AWESOME»

Revenge Of The Bookeaters Gets Some Broken Social Sceners

Just a few days away from this year's 826NYC benefit show at Beacon Theater, and in order to sway the remaining holdouts amongst you into buying tickets (tax-deductible!), there's been a few noteworthy additions to the Revenge Of The Bookeaters... CONTINUE READING REVENGE OF THE BOOKEATERS GETS SOME BROKEN SOCIAL SCENERS»

Posted on August 23, 2007 (1 comments)
Tags: Broken Social Scene | Kevin Drew | Spoon

Dropping A Bomb On Spoon's "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"

A tipster writing under the condition of anonymity emailed yesterday with a link to some music-analysis muckraking over at Nashville Cream, where the issue is whether Spoon's "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" is too close for comfort to Tennessee band... CONTINUE READING DROPPING A BOMB ON SPOON'S "YOU GOT YR. CHERRY BOMB"»

Posted on July 25, 2007 (25 comments)
Tags: Spoon

Pitchfork Music Festival 2007 [Friday; 7/13] Rating: 8.7

There's a vague subtext of "Us and Them" at most concert festivals: like, you know more than half the folks you brush elbows with at Bonnaroo have never heard of the Hold Steady, and most definitely will not be dancing... CONTINUE READING PITCHFORK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 [FRIDAY; 7/13] RATING: 8.7»

Spoon Hang With Radiohead, Spend Two Days Taking Over The City

Ga was in the air in New York this week, and every time you looked around, there was Spoon: doing instores, getting horn-y on TV, playing in the rain, and drinking in the East Village. With Radiohead. That, indie rockers,... CONTINUE READING SPOON HANG WITH RADIOHEAD, SPEND TWO DAYS TAKING OVER THE CITY»

Posted on July 12, 2007 (15 comments)
Tags: Spoon