The first taste from Spoon's forthcoming album is spreading the nets, and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is it nice! Actually it may not be for everyone, but give it five spins before coming to a conclusion, it's a creeper..
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It takes a special kind of band, and a special kind of slow news day, for us to get excited about an album cover preview.
We heard enough new material Monday night to know we're gonna dig the new album...
Spoon slid into Bowery last night for an expectedly excellent "secret show" (which sold-out soon after going on sale, so yes, very secret), knocking out 17 of your favorites and five cuts from the incredibly titled Ga Ga Ga Ga...
Although the overarching collection of songs still lacks a title, that hasn't stopped Spoon from divulging the titles of the individual tracks comprised by the band's forthcoming, sixth album, due out 7/10 on Merge. The misspellings (e.g.
"Yr," "Evah," "Rhthm"...
As promised, here's our last photo roundup of the shows we hit and folks we pestered on the streets of Austin during this year's South By Southwest music festival. All in all we had a great time, saw some old..
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As much as the stated intention of the annual trek to Austin is to discover new music, we couldn't resist checking in with hometown heroes Spoon at Stubb's for the Esquire showcase on Saturday night. We justified it with the.
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With more acts than you can shake a wristband at added by the day to the SXSW 2007 lineup, it'll be tough for any one showcase to be a must-hit -- but Esquire's booked a doozy.
The Stooges, Kings Of...
We're already commiserating over this year's Grammy nods, but it's never too early to get unexcited for the Oscar nods for Best Original Song. Relevance aside, how cool would it be if Spoon or DeVotchKa took home an Oscar? The.
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Our next installment of This Week In Covers comes from LA alt-rock band Rock Kills Kid, who tackle Spoon's "I Turn My Camera On.
" The cut comes from the latest edition of The OC Mix, which is a collection of...
Here's a stream of the latest from Britt Daniel and band; it's quick, with sunny piano-and-guit changes, and packing the sort of "hey, okay!" melody that's perfect for a slow walk out of your local movie theater after watching Will..
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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 by a "fiction" writer (played by Emma)..
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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 the awesome lineup or the show-going.
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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 Musical Achievement. The best part is each musician's awkward..
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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 it gives me an excuse to write about Britt Daniel..
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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 I do have some rock 'n'...
Pirate enthusiast and rejected Real Worlder Dave Eggers persuaded Stereogum's favorite n u -folkies to cover each other's songs for the Believer bard's new compilation CD. Free with the June issue..
. 01 The Decemberists - "Bridges Balloons" by Joanna Newsom 02..
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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 will be some seats...
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"...
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