| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 12:32:14
I can hardly wait for this new album from Spoon.
Thanks to Dean for turning me into a ravenous fan. 
Now I'll pull a carl;
Spoon's latest long player is finished and at this moment being put
into production, duplicated in the forms of CD and vinyl. The new
album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (named after the sound of one of the first songs
written for the record, "The Ghost of You Lingers") will be released
locally by the #1 label in America, Merge Records, on July 10, 2007.
Release dates for other parts of the world will with any luck be known
and announced soon. But for God's sake if you or someone you know or
someone you've read about owns a label in Japan, please contact us.
We want to go to Japan.
Here will be the contents:
Don't Make Me a Target
The Ghost of You Lingers
You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
Don't You Evah
Rhthm and Soul
Eddie's Ragga
The Underdog
My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
Finer Feelings
Black Like Me
This record was mostly made at Jim's studio in Austin with Mike
McCarthy and the Enos. Though we did escape to Los Angeles briefly to
do some stuff with Jon Brion.
Upcoming shows:
04-13 Grinnell, IA - Harris Center (Grinnell College)
04-21 Baltimore, MD - Sonar (Main Room)
04-22 Philadelphia, PA - Starlight Ballroom
04-24 Asbury Park, NJ - Stone Pony
04-26 New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
04-27 Northampton, MA - Pearl Street
04-28 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
05-27 George, WA - Gorge Amphitheatre (Sasquatch Festival)
06-16 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music Festival
07-04 Detroit, MI - Comerica CityFest
***** For the next few months Spoon will be playing a number of secret
shows around the country, starting very soon indeed.
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For Chrissakes have a cup of tea. |
| 35 L A T E S T R E P L I E S (Newest First) |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 08/24/2007 : 14:59:53
I wasn't into Gimme Fiction eather except for like 3 songs
The Truth Is Out There |
| noodlebrain |
Posted - 08/22/2007 : 19:47:38
I must be in the minority, I didn't get into Gimme Fiction at all. My fave was always Girls Can Tell, though this new one is close to passing it up. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 08/22/2007 : 09:44:34
easy C, you put each one in the trunk for 4 hours to keep the other 2 quiet. worked for us.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 08/22/2007 : 07:04:59
quote:
Originally posted by shineoftheever
and saturday in victoria, that sounds like a beautiful week-end trip for the whole family, dad can take the kids for icecream and C gets to go see spoon!
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind.
Yeah a 12 hour trip with 3 kids in the car is beautiful....
I'm really starting to dig Gagagagagagaga.
Still not quite as much as Gimme Fiction.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 14:35:31
OK Damn. Now I see that they have public transportation to and from the island form the Giant stadium. Hmm...this might be worth the trip after all. They've got Built to Spill, Modest Mouse, and Spoon playing on the Sunday.
http://www.treasureislandfestival.com/island.php
== jeffamerica == |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 14:26:19
OK, shit. Now I have to admit that would be a damn fine background view for a festival, assuming it's not windy and 40 degrees that day.
== jeffamerica == |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 14:22:41
DC gets them at the 9:30 club, but all SF gets is the Treasure Island festival? What the crap is that crap? Assuming the Treasure Island festival is on Treasure Island, which is halfway across the span of the Oakland bay Bridge, I can't imagine a worse traffic nightmare. Probably a cool setting for a show, but damn. I avoid that bridge at all costs.
== jeffamerica == |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 12:18:56
majestic theatre, yay!
Are you looking for the motherlode?" |
| misterwoe |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 12:16:20
So does Spoon put on a good show or what? I'd like to catch them in Nashville, but I think I'm might be relocated by then.
As long as I get to see Local H, though, all is well. You know what I mean? Local H puts on a great show.
Going to see Ben Kweller this Friday. He also rocks, motherfucker.
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You're all a bunch of slaves! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 09:15:15
and saturday in victoria, that sounds like a beautiful week-end trip for the whole family, dad can take the kids for icecream and C gets to go see spoon!
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 09:13:45
well, it is a friday, C. ;)
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 08:00:12
Bands that come to Canada only to play in Vancouver and Toronto really piss me off!
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Homers_pet_monkey |
Posted - 08/21/2007 : 04:19:18
http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/page/news/45007-spoon-cancel-headline-shows-to-open-for-the-shins
Spoon Cancel Headline Shows to Open for the Shins
The Shins aren't made of squishy yellow foam like Spoon's other new friend, but the two bands have enough mutual affection to account for their appearance on the same October 22 bill at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. (Vetiver opens the show.)
What this means, though, is that Spoon were forced to cancel both of their shows at D.C.'s 9:30 Club on October 22 and 23. In addition to a simple refund, ticketholders for those shows have two options for attending the Merriweather Post Pavilion show:
1) Go to the 9:30 or Merriweather box office, and trade in the original ticket and an extra ten dollars for a General Admission Pit or Reserved Pavilion ticket.
2) Bring the original ticket to Merriweather on the day of the show for a lawn seat.
Other North American residents have a much easier decision to make: To go or not to go. The decisions continue September 5 in Seattle.
Spoon:
09-05 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
09-06 Portland, OR - MusicFest NW
09-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-08 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar
09-10 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-11 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-12 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-13 Austin, TX - La Zona Rosa
09-14 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)
09-16 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-22-23 Del Mar, California - Del Mar Fairgrounds (Street Scene)
10-10 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue !
10-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue !
10-13 Detroit, MI - Majestic !
10-15 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre !
10-16 Montreal, Quebec - Le National !
10-17 Boston, MA - The Roxy !
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory !
10-20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom !
10-22 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion *
10-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-24 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel !
10-26 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom !
10-27 New Orleans, LA - City Park (Voodoo Music Experience)
11-01 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live ^%
11-02 Dallas, TX - House of Blues ^
 I'd walk her everyday, into a shady place
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| Broken Face |
Posted - 08/18/2007 : 07:04:41
So far, i am digging this far more than GIMME FICTION. Especially Jon Brion's work - "The Underdog" is a candidate for song of the year.
- Brian |
| KingOfSiam |
Posted - 08/17/2007 : 09:02:15
Still having trouble getting into this album....makes me sad because Spoon is one of my favs!!! |
| shineoftheever |
Posted - 08/13/2007 : 16:21:51
i picked the cd up today. don't know what to make of the bonus disc. on first two listens i think i had the same reaction to gimme fiction. first listen so-so, second listen better, third time i start picking the songs i really like. i can already tell you it seems i like 1,3,5 and 7 the best.
The waxworks were an immensely eloquent dissertation on the wonderful ordinariness of mankind. |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 08/03/2007 : 10:51:37
That Drake Tungsten track is a wonderful half-disguised instrumental cover of Dancing the Manta Ray, and it's available on the You Could Say So, Motherfucker rarities compilation.
They're playing Vancouver again next month, and I'm having a hard time talking myself out of going...they were in such great form in June and all reviews indicate that has continued.
Nothing is ever something. |
| George42 |
Posted - 07/30/2007 : 13:55:35
interesting side note about Britt Daniel (sorry if it was brought up here earlier): prior to forming spoon in the mid-90s, he went by the psuedonym Drake Tungsten. as such, he put out one LP and another EP. one of the songs recorded on the EP??? "manta ray" to which he credits as an original pixies song.
got to see spoon this past weekend...great show!
I'm a humble guy with healthy desire |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 07/29/2007 : 17:24:24
quote:
Originally posted by Carolynanna
I've only spun it a couple times in the last few days and I'm sure I need a few more spins.
It sounds good but somehow it doesn't grab me as much as Gimme Fiction did.
I think Gimme Fiction was a as close as you get to perfect album.
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Fuck off I got work to do.
i didn't like Gimme Fiction at all apart from I Turn My Camera On and I Summon You. I can't even listen to it all the way thru. Ga's much better, says biscuit.
ummm... salad? |
| Skatealex1 |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 09:05:25
Saw them play a free show in new york a few weeks ago they had to cut it a few songs short cause of the weather but they were really good and after seeing them live the cd has grown on me alot
The Truth Is Out There |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 08:12:19
Oh and I gotta say I ordered it and the order was supposed to come with a spoon t-shirt.
Well the t-shirt sucks, sucks hard.
Its basically a yellow fruit of the loom with some ineligible because all the dye ran together words in spanish on it.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 07/26/2007 : 07:39:49
I've only spun it a couple times in the last few days and I'm sure I need a few more spins.
It sounds good but somehow it doesn't grab me as much as Gimme Fiction did.
I think Gimme Fiction was a as close as you get to perfect album.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 07/21/2007 : 10:36:24
They kick ass live. Go to that festival Jefrey.
ummm... salad? |
| Jefrey |
Posted - 07/20/2007 : 14:53:17
I liked it at first, and I want to see these guys live bad. The only show they're playing near me a festival, and I'm too old for that shit. Are they too big for club shows now? They seem like more of a smaller venue band to me. What's with all the festivals? Bleck. .
== jeffamerica == |
| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 07/05/2007 : 09:25:31
I didn't like "Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga" at first, but I loved the new songs when they played them live yesterday. After they left they came back out and played three more songs, two of them I didn't know, and the faggot security guy told me to put my camera away while they were playing "I Turn My Camera On", which is ironic don'tcha think?
Also Britt signed a napkin i found on the ground.
It was worth not doing fireworks. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/10/2007 : 14:30:22
Yeah, I was going to tell you to check out Lotus Child's album, Gossip Diet because you'll probably like it, but now that you've rubbed that in... nope.
Oh, damn.
 "Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/10/2007 : 11:17:03
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa... what on Earth could POSSIBLY be more important than getting there to see these bands???
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you."
All these damn kids!!!
Ween was excellent btw.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/10/2007 : 00:30:50
You did it for Saskatoon, she'll understand. Or it'll be the last straw and she'll leave you. 50/50 chance. :)
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| fumanbru |
Posted - 06/09/2007 : 04:16:21
mrs fu and i are going to montreal tomorrow. ween is playing in montreal tonight! i've never seen them before and always wanted to. would mrs. fu be upset if i left on my own a day early? (rhetorical question) life is full of dilemas.
 "I joined the Cult of Frank/ cause I'm a real go-getter!" |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 22:46:44
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa... what on Earth could POSSIBLY be more important than getting there to see these bands??? Really. Remember Ween? Remember how we didn't go? Do you still feel the ache where your liver used to be?
"Now you're officially my woman. Kudos. I can't say I don't envy you." |
| speedy_m |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 14:14:52
I can't make it that weekend, and it makes me very sad... I'd love to see Spoon, Cat Power and The Walkmen....
Good enough for John and Yoko, man. |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 06/08/2007 : 13:32:17
You'd better get the day off in a hurry, there are less than 100 remaining!
speedy, are you coming to shout out your own Car Radio request this time?
I just can't wait: Spoon one night and Boredoms the next.
Nothing is ever something. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/06/2007 : 13:29:39
Yeah, speedy posted it, but I'm not quite sure if I can get away. (sob!)
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
| Crispy Water |
Posted - 06/06/2007 : 13:05:13
Not sure if you've heard yet, Carolyn, but they're playing in Calgary on 29 June. I just bought a ticket yesterday and there were about 300 left.
Nothing is ever something. |
| Carolynanna |
Posted - 06/06/2007 : 12:41:44
You can preorder it here;
http://spoon.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=691_11472
I got me a shirt too.
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Fuck off I got work to do. |
