At one point I think Britt had talked about doing a solo album, but then Divine Fits ended up happening. Also the song that's inextricably part of your life is titled "New York Kiss."
― DavidLeeRoth, Thursday, 19 January 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
You know what's inextricably part of my life? Auto Correct on my phone.
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2017 12:37 (seven years ago) link
indeed. Wish they'd go back to producing their records like they did with Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, which is one of my favourite sounding recordings of the last 20 years.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, January 18, 2017 11:43 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
+1
― Wimmels, Wednesday, 18 January 2017 18:29 (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
+2
― i don't watch lamestream porn (bizarro gazzara), Thursday, 19 January 2017 13:17 (seven years ago) link
this song is great
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Thursday, 19 January 2017 14:23 (seven years ago) link
Spoon continue to rule. Fucking love the production on this.
― yesca, Tuesday, 24 January 2017 06:13 (seven years ago) link
Tour:
Date Venue Location Mar 06 The Observatory Santa Ana, CA Mar 14 The Main (SXSW Residency) Austin, TX Mar 15 The Main (SXSW Residency) Austin, TX Mar 16 The Main (SXSW Residency) Austin, TX Jun 27 Gorilla Manchester, United Kingdom Jun 28 The Arts School Glasgow, United Kingdom Jun 30 O2 Forum London, United Kingdom Jul 07 Mad Cool Festival Madrid, Spain Jul 14 Forecastle Louisville, KY Jul 15 Sloss Festival Birmingham, AL Jul 28 Panorama Festival New York, NY
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:24 (seven years ago) link
i'm going to go to the Santa Ana show and their first date, so excited! will pick up tickets on Friday when they go on sale.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 February 2017 03:25 (seven years ago) link
this is very very good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_yJYNF_Qas
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:09 (seven years ago) link
it's "can i sit next to you"
The beginning sounds like "Down on the Corner."
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:16 (seven years ago) link
am i insane or do both of the new songs released so far have a vague disco influence
― na (NA), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:24 (seven years ago) link
there's one figure in there that's v. much Lament by the Cure.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:55 (seven years ago) link
in Hot Thoughts, that is.
― by the light of the burning Citroën, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 22:56 (seven years ago) link
I haven't heard note one - waiting for the album to come out so I can experience it as a whole. (Which is my M.O. for almost every record these days.)
― Crazy Eddie & Jesus the Kid (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 22 February 2017 23:14 (seven years ago) link
I don't know Lament but totally re: Cure, it really sticks out
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 22 February 2017 23:44 (seven years ago) link
holy fuck is that good. i'm loving this direction, i really suites them.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 February 2017 03:00 (seven years ago) link
or it...
― Bee OK, Thursday, 23 February 2017 03:02 (seven years ago) link
So far their last album had more range and hooks but I'm still feeling this. Feels like it expands in a natural way from Spoon's emphasis on rigid grooves. Let's hear a whole record of "I Turn My Camera On"!
― yesca, Saturday, 25 February 2017 15:20 (seven years ago) link
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/3ajys7s9NKdoezgAIUJkvnC_4hCOAhWaJ197DPIfZszh61M7gCr3Ge_FokjSrBIVXUMqlUIQ9K_EaHErf-TbHZiMyqsaTB_eabVB5qtUP5CUccMH192PUqVwqAlU-VXLQJwqC344HahhgaU0zix64j9rMy9xTcMkIZDS5rXzW2FHHbyHttfLCYtt3aorNcPSYetiW2kB_pOOrVkWIniiU2BhM27hwB4t1Tqbx3MdXRHLcQM2q2CgHV241xaxi_m9fWyaoGNh-niFsv9vYwTSBXyhJCehjgqJBgA3-EajgO_6A5zcdOyuUzD_i-_gFqC-S9Pl2cF5HdQL-ohzXzZ3TF6-cil89FT0ibi-Tv1_5x-cSePb7MRmhv9c8zJcxmtdtdQe7pwj5okuaxiUZK3hcfFteoH1DclUZ70kf4AmSPjz80Gwa3XPpWPyWW2UpnCwTvfiINQxHTLfNK4T_GUeNp-9VJzipOM7FvkT7bqvvrOlil-8KjRtRcfOXWBRwhiE7fYQ5Nr0sAl809Bhm9OxQ1JlxzM_aTRAld9cCCZvqMkc5Py2gjo8VdNJgwfE0ZJse-jx3CZ4GpHMFKpQEQYJ2V5wHd3L7-USb71IFZEkZU_XVyriKequ=w535-h950-no
― Bee OK, Saturday, 4 March 2017 06:37 (seven years ago) link
let's try this again:
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/kg0afHzhdgMj2sxxN4F2SnbEVVJd91MEx31KFGKiTAAMKc4bTVue6eVMkWDkDwn4kTbA9ofQFB855VhBwBJBpqYDEwBWGMJAtzDJT53ny9VsLLzJsrdL8IzbIlbCOizBOBNZudjBfwkh1xET2xg2O9-dqm0nveTKMMaWBwjRqpXGKhypQp2MBMzYZc6_esttbnZvehhWOGnvIFWCy-1Neusr68vzci9saOpWMLE47XLn_nBcccDEDBqCS0TrsuC6sAzr66htTvqUTLdyDMcC9l8lfCW2tvkRR8hLsmJd2WtdlDOVkf9URgU8gFOgx1rlmzxV22bwNlV4TLxSblaX0izbwZar-51WvkkqAoOofCRPPBw5GQdKWnWU_k4aoeplCjsgvwKoznuvm9tJf9o-lmvHQJmcIux5AuJZP_2yLOXQHVIT53ZUZHQkpf7IvDGrEyM5HXfzkMuNGGGqwjUMEjEopPVTh5Uql01Eqi14prnGOM17dEEFb8LQys_-iMzwlQcA2Pe8RYtekMjEuDawwSUi5u0x9k9YWrG8cQdaE1klgQ5UFBDsZTmHsWzlX2SpNTgE3TDqNiYGEAlOmUzvNV8nAN74IDdSUEpVcQNSNF65SOtKhihawaFig23J4SrtZ-WwkfmAXv6jjmFofneIwpdCi5OVEoy-uFZuLq8pYA=w535-h950-no
― Bee OK, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 03:15 (seven years ago) link
on my way, so excited!
"can i sit next to you" is fuckin great. they're still so great at deploying sound
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 7 March 2017 04:54 (seven years ago) link
1. Do I Have to Talk You Into It2. Hot Thoughts3. Inside Out4. I Turn My Camera On5. The Beast and Dragon, Adored6. I Saw the Light7. Don't You Evah8. The Underdog9. Black Like Me10. Small Stakes11. My Mathematical Mind12. Can I Sit Next To You?13. Do You14. Got Nuffin15. Rent I Pay
Encore:
16. I Ain't the One17. Rainy Taxi
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:03 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4MSdqpZxqM
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:04 (seven years ago) link
nice setlist!
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:12 (seven years ago) link
Daniel has become expert at that kind of ugly strummed noise
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:16 (seven years ago) link
the concert was unbelievable fun. my friend and i kept saying just when you think this can't get any better then they play a song that was even more epic then the one before. all the new songs are 10/10, well maybe not the new encore song as it was a bit mellow. the first song of the night was brand new to everyone there and it didn't disappoint. in fact i figured it would be the last song on the new album, turns out it will be the third song. "Rainy Taxi" was such a great way to end the night, so euphoric.
go if they come to town, a band at the top of their game.
― Bee OK, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:39 (seven years ago) link
their current tour isn't hitting boston, i'm bummed
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
I Saw the Light is such a great song, I'd love to see Spoon live again but a trip to London just to see a band is out of the question for me atm
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 09:33 (seven years ago) link
i think this is my favorite song they've ever done
― ciderpress, Wednesday, 8 March 2017 14:37 (seven years ago) link
SPOON TACO
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/17202762_10155023912209174_4488765574343837054_n.jpg?oh=b29944a06fecdd32db943fea5e4628af&oe=592893D0
― to fly across the city and find Aerosmith's car (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 19:57 (seven years ago) link
egg over hard, gtfo
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:32 (seven years ago) link
gtfi my belly
― na (NA), Wednesday, 8 March 2017 20:42 (seven years ago) link
i see that taco is in Austin only.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 March 2017 02:53 (seven years ago) link
so this has just been announced:
Belle and Sebastian • Spoon at the Hollywood Bowl
Sunday, August 6, 2017 - 7:00pm
Belle and Sebastian
Spoon
Additional artist to be announced for KCRW's World Festival 2
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 March 2017 04:55 (seven years ago) link
i have to actually go to this don't i?
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 March 2017 04:56 (seven years ago) link
Let's hear a whole record of "I Turn My Camera On"!
― yesca, Saturday, February 25, 2017 7:20 AM (one week ago)
haven't heard a spoon in ages, but this has me temptered. scale of 1-10, how disappointed will i be?
― “Remember,” he says, “Noddy Holder is a gangster.” (contenderizer), Thursday, 9 March 2017 04:59 (seven years ago) link
Spoon have gone New Order (read as dance), would be how i describe it on my very few listens of the new songs. after seeing them live, the songs are still quintessential Spoon. i don't think they have had a misstep yet. but this sounds like it could be one of their bests.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 March 2017 05:10 (seven years ago) link
i also thought it was coming out on Friday but turns it's a week from Friday. Same night i'm seeing Teenage Fanclub.
it's great to be me right now!
― Bee OK, Thursday, 9 March 2017 05:15 (seven years ago) link
aaaahh hearing can I sit next to you and reading bee ok's post is totally making me book the london show!
― sktsh, Thursday, 9 March 2017 10:52 (seven years ago) link
There are few artists--much less rock artists--whose announcement of a new release makes me giddy, but Spoon fits the bill. Title track / single sounds great.
I am actually anticipating a new release, guys! It feels good!! I plan to go old school with this one: gonna show up to the record store right when they open next Friday, and then spend the afternoon driving around listening to this
― Wimmels, Thursday, 9 March 2017 14:05 (seven years ago) link
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/03/sxsw-2017-day-1-photos-and-recap.html
Seeing Spoon play in Austin is a rite of passage of sorts. Aside from Willie Nelson, there’s hardly a more ubiquitous Austin act these days than this four-piece fronted by Britt Daniel. Tuesday’s 1am set at The Main—formerly “old” Emo’s Austin, and unofficially re-named “Eno’s Austin” for a 3-day SXSW Spoon residency, after current drummer and founding member, Jim Eno—was an epic kick-off for many attending the music portion of the festival.
Daniel’s live delivery could easily be mistaken for a studio recording; his voice is uncanny and he masterfully lost himself in tracks from Spoon’s eight album discography (“Don’t you Evah”!), equally as much as he did in tracks from the band’s ninth studio album, Hot Thoughts (out this Friday via Matador.) While 2014’s They Want My Soul, was often spectacular, it still had an aura of experimentation, and seeing the band enact the new material on stage felt like Spoon has now fine-tuned those experiments into a fully-formed sound that could only belong to them.
South by Southwest was the best place to enact these new concepts, especially in front of a hometown crowd. The band seemed to exude a certain comfort in letting loose in front of a familiar locale, in a seemingly controlled environment. While their curated set of openers, in A Giant Dog and New Pornographers, can easily serve as the peak of a crowd’s attention for the evening, Tuesday night was all about Spoon beginning to unleash Hot Thoughts to the world, in Austin’s buzziest week. To be able to do that in an environment where every detail was exactly as Spoon had planned out, is a powerful place to be as a band, especially when they’ve been one of the tightest, most well-executed acts in independent rock and roll for more than 20 years.
― Bee OK, Thursday, 16 March 2017 01:59 (seven years ago) link
i'm so ready for this!
I see from the setlist above they have abjured the ilx poll winner (and the #2). Hope they don't change it around too much, seeing them in june and would love to get 'i saw the light' and 'do you'.
― brekekekexit collapse collapse (ledge), Thursday, 16 March 2017 09:14 (seven years ago) link
i like this album quite a bit
― maura, Thursday, 16 March 2017 11:26 (seven years ago) link
Jim Eno’s swaggering drums
It takes a certain kind of 45-year-old frontman to sing the phrase “knock knock” and still sound at least moderately cool, not like some phony in his first pair of Ray-Bans.
a toe-tapping tune about one of those ghosts that linger in Daniel’s head
do better, Pitchfork
― Wimmels, Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:15 (seven years ago) link
also, so so tired of the "this song sounds like this popular band, while this song sounds like this popular indie band; meanwhile, this song sounds like this popular band" school of music criticism
― Wimmels, Thursday, 16 March 2017 13:18 (seven years ago) link
i know what i'm listening to on my way to work today.
― To Live and Die In L.A. (Bee OK), Friday, 17 March 2017 13:22 (seven years ago) link
Wow, only made it through side one but blown away. How are they this good nine albums in? Most bands die out or just go through the motions.
― Bee OK, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:18 (seven years ago) link
I don't buy music anymore but going to buy this.
― Bee OK, Friday, 17 March 2017 14:19 (seven years ago) link
Wasn't crazy about Transference at first but it grew on me. I've never felt drawn back to TWMS and the new one has not stuck. I like all Spoon albums but I'm sad to say they feel somewhat less essential lately.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 01:55 (seven years ago) link
Transference I liked a great deal but I overplayed it, burned myself out on it.
TWMS always seemed...incomplete to me, like it was missing a chromosome; abrupt, as though there was a more fulsome version of the LP 10 minutes longer that was sanded down past the quick.
Hot Thoughts I'm really loving, even as it's a mystery I'm still solving.
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:41 (seven years ago) link
(I still need to really explore/absorb their earliest records.)
― The Harsh Tutelage of Michael McDonald (Raymond Cummings), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:42 (seven years ago) link
Transference was a disappointment to me following Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, and still is really. Probably my least favourite Spoon.
TWMS seemed pretty throwaway on first listen and I didn't give it a fair shot; I've since gone back to it and love it now.
Hot Thoughts feels like a classic already.
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 07:24 (seven years ago) link
I love Transference, I'd probably put it in my top 3 Spoon albums. I love Hot Thoughts a lot when I'm playing it but I struggle to remember how most of the songs go when I'm not. Like I can look at the tracklisting for any other album and know the songs straight away but not with HT.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 07:41 (seven years ago) link
Ha. That's me and Transference.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 10:59 (seven years ago) link
^^^ Yep, me too.
Listening to Transference now, and I'll admit there's more good stuff on here than I give it credit for. I think some of the production quirks just annoy me a bit. Last track's a belter though ...
― Steve Reich In The Afternoon (Against The 80s), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 12:53 (seven years ago) link
There’s at least 5 songs on Transference that I’d count amongst their best.
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:26 (seven years ago) link
yup
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:31 (seven years ago) link
(these five:
I Saw the LightIs Love Forever?Who Makes Your MoneyTrouble Comes RunningGot Nuffin)
― nate woolls, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:33 (seven years ago) link
Written In ReverseOut Go The LightsGoodnight Laura
All also great.
Transference is like a hangover after Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, like clearing up the party and feeling that pang of hollow loneliness. But it's great.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 13:40 (seven years ago) link
I'm a big Transference fan. Even a lesser track like 'Who Makes Your Money' explores space in a way that I think they deployed more successfully on TWMS.
― campreverb, Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:13 (seven years ago) link
The self-production is more interesting than about half the songs. There is no wrong answer with this remarkably consistent band.
― the Rain Man of nationalism. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 20 September 2017 18:19 (seven years ago) link
At a I heart radio thing. Spoon,national and beck
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 January 2018 04:22 (six years ago) link
Live on YouTube
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 January 2018 04:40 (six years ago) link
i went to this i Heart Radio event last night. it was prepackaged indie rock for the kids. not sure how to pull of eight bands in one night with very limited time. the had a rotating stage and very little set up time. but it just felt so generic and disgustingly commercial. not why i'm into music for.
anyways, Munford and Sons were pretty great and opened the show. i don't like them at all but they knew how to get the audience to eat out their hands. still don't think i'm going to go seek out their music but a good show. Spoon were next and are Spoon. the did stick out because they were probably the least known band of the night. they mainly stick with the new album which was perfect for this type of show. i'm sure part of the audience enjoyed it, i loved it and the band is still on a role, they are not just going through the motions. a band that is still at the top of their game. left to get some beers and stuff for Walk the Moon. Dashboard Confessional is a funny band. the last song was just him with an acrostic guitar and the audience helping him sing. The National were next and i felt like i was watching a Gothic band. they brought it down a few levels and played an impressive set. Beck was next and i was really looking forward to the show as he was great the only other time i saw him back in around the year 2000. he opened with "Loser," and was playing to this type of audience. then it got really sort of boring for a few song. he did play "Devils Haircut" but unfortunately it sounded dated. the songs on the new album are energetic and fun but not really memorable. ended with "Where's It At" but i was let down. really looking forward to seeing him but it lacked spark or something. we left during Cage the Elephant, mainly to beat LA traffic. prepackaged indie rock but happy to see Spoon and the National so it turned out to be a fun night. just sort of depressing to see music presented like that. the last time i was at the Forum i say Nirvana and this was the third to last show they ever played. very different experiences.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 January 2018 17:51 (six years ago) link
I Heart Radio event at the Forum in Los Angeles. January 19, 2018
Spoon:
Do I Have to Talk You Into ItInside OutHot ThoughtsCan I Sit Next To YouDo YouThe UnderdogRent I Pay
The National:
The System Only Dreams in Total DarknessBloodbuzz OhioI Need My GirlGuilty PartyDay I Die
Beck:
LoserUp All NightDevils HaircutColorsDreamsWowE-ProWhere It's At(with One Foot in the Grave)
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 January 2018 17:54 (six years ago) link
*sorry about my grammar upthead. i was just writing and didn't check my work.
― Bee OK, Saturday, 20 January 2018 18:05 (six years ago) link
Good to see you back Bee OK!
― the future is now, Saturday, 20 January 2018 19:03 (six years ago) link
Really wish there was a 12-Inch Club Mix of "First Caress".
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 30 August 2020 04:09 (four years ago) link
i really do love this album and "First Caress" would make for a great club mix.
this might be this best thing on this album, it's magical:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZWSSCdLW74
― Bee OK, Thursday, 3 September 2020 02:49 (four years ago) link
There were a couple of interviews published recently, I'd hoped there might be a new album coming but they just seem to be in support of a batch of reissues:
https://americansongwriter.com/britt-daniel-looks-back-at-two-decades-of-spoon/
https://reverb.com/news/interview-spoons-jim-eno-on-the-bands-recording-techniques
Fairly interesting interviews anyway, especially the Jim Eno one
― nate woolls, Thursday, 3 September 2020 03:26 (four years ago) link
I fucking love this album.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:36 (three years ago) link
"WhisperI'lllistentohearit" is Daniel's sexiest moment on record. And the tempo change!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 February 2021 17:38 (three years ago) link
It's become my favorite Spoon album!
― willem, Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:13 (three years ago) link
Alfred and willem OTM
― We’re Up All Night To Get Lochte (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:26 (three years ago) link
This is the record where I feel I can really finally commit to them as a fan, if that makes any sense, though the 2001-2014 era certainly has songs and even albums I liked.
― We’re Up All Night To Get Lochte (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, 25 February 2021 18:28 (three years ago) link