Emerging inauspiciously in 1993 with a raw, post-Pixies sound before plotting one of the most distinctively creative courses in indie rock, Spoon has made a career of ignoring rules and trends,…   Read Story »

Spoon had been around nearly a decade before they released Kill The Moonlight, and they'd been places. They'd gone from indie label to major, then to major label purgatory, and then back to the…   Read Story »

We've already heard a bunch of news about Divine Fits, the new group that Spoon frontman Britt Daniel has formed alongside Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs co-leader Dan Boeckner and the New Bomb Turks' Sam…   Read Story »

A couple weeks ago, we witnessed that Spoon's Britt Daniel, the Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner and New Bomb Turks drummer Sam Brown would be teaming up to release an album on Merge later this year as…   Read Story »

Four days ago, Handsome Furs announced their breakup. But Dan Boeckner, the Wolf Parade co-leader who made up half of that duo, didn't take too long to get a new project going. Boeckner is now one of…   Read Story »

Spoon's latest video is a live take of Transference closer "Nobody Gets Me But You," filmed at New York's Cake Shop. It's shot surveillance-style, since most people inside Cake Shop have to watch…   Read Story »

Austin City Limits hosted some of the nicest weather in years alongside an impressive line up with main headliners The Strokes, Muse and the Eagles. Some tough scheduling choices though needed to be…   Read Story »

Expanding on Yo La Tengo's approach to covering Matador bands while reading the lyrics off a sheet of paper in front of you, Spoon gave a go at the late Jay Reatard's "No Time" while performing at…   Read Story »

Even if you're not a fan (I'm not) you gotta give Green Day credit, first for introducing Lookout! to mall-punks back in the day, later for showcasing political awareness on an MTV-sized scale. Now…   Read Story »

While in town to play MSG with Arcade Fire, Spoon stopped by Jimmy Fallon and did Transference's "Nobody Gets Me But You" with an understated but effective Questlove assist. Afterward, Questo…   Read Story »