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Debut of New American Music Union Festival A Hit
The Raconteurs' Jack White at the New American Music Union Festival, photo by C.C. Chapman Last weekend, American Eagle Outfitters launched its inaugural music festival, New American Music Union, in the SouthSide Works area of Pittsburgh. A sold-out crowd of 10,000 was treated to performances from Bob Dylan, The Raconteurs, Gnarls Barkley, The Roots and Spoon, among others, all under the curation of Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis.... read more
Found in: Blogs, FestivusInsound 20 project unveils merch for Death Cab, Spoon, more
With this being an election year and all, we are surrounded by obvious intersections between music and politics, but let’s not forget about other musical mishmashes, like the one between, say, bands and pretty, pretty artwork.Insound, online purveyor of all things indie rock, and designer Jason Munn of The Small Stakes studio, purveyor of all things design, have joined forces to bring the art/music connection back to the forefront with Insound 20.... read more
Found in: NewsSpoon - "Don't You Evah"
Click above to watch "Don't You Evah" from Spoon's newest album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, out now on Merge Records. Related Links: News: Spoon plans tour, preps remix EP Review: Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Feature: Spoon - The Way They Get By... read more
Found in: Video of the DaySpoon plans tour, preps remix EP
Not content to hide behind their shades (see above), those fellas in Spoon, the pride of Merge Records, are set to release a single/EP April 8, featuring their cover of The Natural History's "Don't You Evah." The track will appear on the EP as it did on last July's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, but the eight-song collection will also include the original version as performed by The Natural History. Additionally, the disc features a new Spoon song, "All I Got Is Me," as well as remixes by Diplo, DJ Amaze, Alan Astor, Ted Leo and Matthew Dear. The final... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSpoon plays Chicago NYE show, tours (mostly) Australia
Say you've got yr. cherry bomb and you're just aching to show off your rhthm & soul. Perhaps you'd like to experience the live rendition of Paste's #29 album of 2007. Well, you're in luck, kind, literate friend. That is, if you're going to be in Chicago for New Year's Eve or if you happen to live in Australia, New Zealand, London or Portugal. Those utensil-monikered Texans are set to hit a few select road spots soon, so check out a show if you're so geographically inclined, and tell 'em Diplo sent you. Dates: December 31 - Chicago, Ill. @... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSpoon brings its rhthm & soul back to the States
Sometimes it's easy to take Spoon for granted. The band does everything with such polish and consistency that each new album arrives as an almost foregone conclusion. Yeah, it's going to contain two or three of the greatest songs released that year, it's going to be eminently listenable and all of the critics will bow down to it. But with so many of the band's contemporaries sputtering from album to album, Spoon's hitting streak seems all the more impressive. These guys are worth treasuring, even if they are masters of the sonic understatement. So for those out there who slept... read more
Found in: Music, NewsSpoon - Quick Hit from ACL
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Found in: Featured VideosSpoon - "The Underdog"
Click above to watch "The Underdog" from Spoon's new record Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga out now on Merge Records.... read more
Found in: Video of the DaySpoon makes every city a target
Travel floozy Spoon added even more dates to its already extensive tour so kids in Chicago and the Midwest, too, can bop along to what we're predicting will make everyone's year-end lists. Get yr. rhthm and soul here: September 5 - Seattle, Wash. @ The Showbox 6 - Portland, Ore. @ MusicFest NW 7 - Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom 8 - Victoria, BC @ Sugar 10 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda Theatre 11 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda Theatre 12 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ Henry Fonda Theatre 13 - Austin, Texas @ La Zona... read more
Found in: Music, NewsKeepon robot keeps on boogying to Spoon
Unlike flying cars and transmogrifiers, robot backup dancers are imminent. We can’t know who will be the first to utilize them on a grand scale (probably not Madonna, since robots look straight up foolish in mesh), but the technology is here, my friends. Spoon knows it, and is more than happy to be an early adopter – the band’s new video for “Don’t You Evah” features a bobbing Japanese Keepon robot, playing off an earlier clip of the Peepish, snowman-like toy-creature rocking out to “I Turn My Camera On.” Anyone with a fear of robots (how is there not an... read more
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