By: Staff – Hot off the back to back release of two of the most acclaimed albums of the year—The Shins’ Heartworms and Spoon’s Hot Thoughts — two pioneering acts whose singular styles defined the sounds of the early aughts and mid-90s respectively will join forces for four once-in-a-lifetime dates. The Shins and Spoon bill will hit the following cities … Continue reading
By: Staff – Months of speculation come to an end today as details of the new Spoon album can be confirmed: Austin’s rock ambassadors will release their ninth album, Hot Thoughts, on March 17th via Matador Records. Reuniting the band with the label that released their 1996 debut, Telephono, and following on Spoon’s streak of three consecutive Top 10 albums — Ga Ga … Continue reading
Photos by: Lindsay Duncan – Austin, TX-based indie rock band Spoon, who released their eighth album, They Want My Soul, on August 5th, 2014 via Loma Vista, which featured the singles “Rent I Pay”, “Do You”, and “Inside Out”, and which follows up their 2010 album, Transference, performed the second of two shows at The Phoenix … Continue reading
Photos by: Fernando Paiz (@capaphotograph1) – Supercrawl 2014 continued with performances by Chicago-based DJ Spinn, Austin, TX-based indie rockers Spoon, who released their eighth full-length album, They Want My Soul, on August 5, 2014, which was their first LP on new label Loma Vista Recordings, Broken Social Scene’s Kevin Drew, who released his second solo album, Darlings, on March 18th, … Continue reading
By: Jennifer Perkin – Spoon is a band that you are supposed to like – the Austin five-piece are critically acclaimed, they’ve paid their dues, they’ve released a slew of strong records and have constantly evolved as a band. Unfortunately, their headlining slot at Yonge-Dundas Square during NXNE felt a little too safe to live up to their reputation. Technically, the performance … Continue reading
Photos by: Curtis Sindrey (@SindreyCurtis) – Yonge-Dundas Square hosted another great line-up on June 21st with Austin, TX-based indie rockers Spoon, who are expected to release their eighth full-length album, They Want My Soul, on August 5, 2014, which will be their first LP on new label Loma Vista Recordings, Canadian psychedelic pop artist Mac DeMarco, who released … Continue reading