When Spoon gave Conan "Written In Reverse" folks bellyached a bit. But then, not so much when the band went and recorded a live video (under better sound conditions) for the track. Last night Britt…   Read Story »

When we gave you our thoughts on Transference, "Written In Reverse" was described as "a bona fide rocker with Daniel's busy throat-shredding falsetto, splashy drums, and piano noise brushed beneath…   Read Story »

Spoon do a smooth down-tempo and echoing take on the British proto-goth punks 1979 Machine Gun Etiquette opener/all-around beloved anthem "Love Song" for Starbucks' newest Sweetheart compilation.…   Read Story »

If you're in NYC and you love Transference, or any other pitstop along Spoon's reliably banging discog for that matter, you might want to head to Mercury Lounge like three hours ago. The band's…   Read Story »

Spoon self-produced Transference and while there's some studio trickery at the heart of some of its arrangements, "Written In Reverse" (and maybe "Mystery Zone") came out of the gates as an example…   Read Story »

It was way back in June that Spoon released Got Nuffin, a brief collection that gave us our first taste of Transference via the dusky, percussive rocker that gave the EP its name. A couple of weeks…   Read Story »

After this morning, we were an album cover closer to Spoon's Transference in all its anticipated glory. In posting it Brandon likened collecting the various promo bits to piecing together a puzzle,…   Read Story »

We've talked a bit about Spoon's anticipated seventh album Transference, the band's followup to 2007's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga: You've seen the 11-song tracklist, heard some of its sounds via earlier live and…   Read Story »

This year in music was great and we'rea gonna let it finish (sorry), but in terms of notable album releases the ship has sailed. No offense, 30 Seconds To Mars. While the Gummys' virtual poll booth…   Read Story »

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…   Read Story »