Next month, Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman and Maggie Gyllenhall are pulling together for a surreal flick, in which Will plays a ho-hum IRS agent who realizes that his life is controlled…   Read Story »

That Pitchforkmedia must be doing something right; 19,000 people a day hit up their Festival for 18 hours of music over two days, despite some serious heat and humidity. Whether that's a testament to…   Read Story »

We all know the real problem with the music industry these days: not enough awards. Thankfully Esquire's attempting to fix it with another unnecessary installment of their Esky Awards For Outstanding…   Read Story »

I'm reluctant to keep posting these what-song-was-on-TV updates, since it's only interesting when a cool song gets picked up by a shitty show/commercial, but Veronica Mars fans crave attention, and…   Read Story »

In an effort to stay close to free beer and Port-A-Potties, Stereogum didn't catch any of Siren's Stillwell Stage (tell me what I missed in the comments). It was an awesome Saturday nonetheless, and…   Read Story »

Download Spoon's Flag Day concert at Englewood, CO's Gothic Theater here (via Brooklyn Vegan). Great setlist ... first encore was a cover of Bill Callahan's "Held." Here's the original: Spoon -…   Read Story »

Pirate enthusiast and rejected Real Worlder Dave Eggers persuaded Stereogum's favorite nü-folkies to cover each other's songs for the Believer bard's new compilation CD. Free with the June…   Read Story »

Hot off the Spoon e-mail list:1 - Spoon has been invited to tape another Austin City Limits performance. We're not sure who to thank...quite an honor. We're on at 3pm this Thursday the 17th and there…   Read Story »

Download their version of "Take Me Out" at Fluxblog. It does indeed have a "Billy Joel-ish spin." 52nd Street era specifically. Elsewhere, Spoon have posted a Spoony new demo: Spoon - "I Summon You"   Read Story »