Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Spoon's New Album And Were About To Ask
Title: Transference
Mastered: September 18, 2009
Formats: CD / LP
Length: 43:06
Personnel: Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Eric Harvey, Rob Pope
What was the band listening to when they were making this record?
ACDC - Dirty Deeds
Prince Buster - Wreck a Pum Pum
David Bowie - Low
The Damned
Sister Nancy
Micachu and the Shapes
Eddie Current Suppression Ring
Warsaw
Bob Dylan
Cliff Martinez
Since their last album, the band:
had a top 10 album in the US
played its second Mergefest in Chapel Hill
played on Saturday Night Live
went to Japan three times
played in Austin 10 times
played in Chicago 8 times
played in Fayetteville once
played shows in Portugal, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and the Netherlands
The only place in the world where Spoon's local booking agent doesn't want the band to play more than once per album: Australia
Also since the last album:
Jim produced a lot of stuff, including the album by Black Joe Lewis
Rob toured extensively with The Get Up Kids and wasn't able to see his dog Petty enough
Britt produced an album by the White Rabbits
Rumors of Eric Harvey's affair with Amy Winehouse were officially put to rest
Transference is the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another
It can also simply mean the act or process of transferring. For instance, from one recording medium to another
With Transference, Britt Daniel's mom says she's worried Spoon is getting "too metal."
5 of the 11 songs on Transference are the original demos.
How's it different from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga?
it keeps more to itself
it's got more low notes in it
some say it's more orange
furthermore, some say there's not a single bridge on it
An excerpt from a recent post on the band's website:
Here it is a generation later, I've never been asked to be in another wedding party again, and I'm writing to tell you how me and Jim and Eric and Rob have just finished an album and that we're calling it Transference. This is the first record we've made without a producer or heavy of any kind and I don't know for sure because I'll never hear this record in the same way that someone who didn't make it will, but I think you can tell it. I can. When I listen to it I think, hey, that's how I woulda done it! Which is really what you wanna to hear from a band, isn't it? It feels like pure Spoon. Love, Britt
Contents:
1. Before Destruction
2. Is Love Forever?
3. The Mystery Zone
4. Who Makes Your Money
5. Written In Reverse
6. I Saw The Light
7. Trouble Comes Running
8. Goodnight Laura
9. Out Go The Lights
10. Got Nuffin
11. Nobody Gets Me But You
spoontheband.com
Title: Transference
Mastered: September 18, 2009
Formats: CD / LP
Length: 43:06
Personnel: Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, Eric Harvey, Rob Pope
What was the band listening to when they were making this record?
ACDC - Dirty Deeds
Prince Buster - Wreck a Pum Pum
David Bowie - Low
The Damned
Sister Nancy
Micachu and the Shapes
Eddie Current Suppression Ring
Warsaw
Bob Dylan
Cliff Martinez
Since their last album, the band:
had a top 10 album in the US
played its second Mergefest in Chapel Hill
played on Saturday Night Live
went to Japan three times
played in Austin 10 times
played in Chicago 8 times
played in Fayetteville once
played shows in Portugal, Spain, Germany, England, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, and the Netherlands
The only place in the world where Spoon's local booking agent doesn't want the band to play more than once per album: Australia
Also since the last album:
Jim produced a lot of stuff, including the album by Black Joe Lewis
Rob toured extensively with The Get Up Kids and wasn't able to see his dog Petty enough
Britt produced an album by the White Rabbits
Rumors of Eric Harvey's affair with Amy Winehouse were officially put to rest
Transference is the shift of emotions, especially those experienced in childhood, from one person or object to another
It can also simply mean the act or process of transferring. For instance, from one recording medium to another
With Transference, Britt Daniel's mom says she's worried Spoon is getting "too metal."
5 of the 11 songs on Transference are the original demos.
How's it different from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga?
it keeps more to itself
it's got more low notes in it
some say it's more orange
furthermore, some say there's not a single bridge on it
An excerpt from a recent post on the band's website:
Here it is a generation later, I've never been asked to be in another wedding party again, and I'm writing to tell you how me and Jim and Eric and Rob have just finished an album and that we're calling it Transference. This is the first record we've made without a producer or heavy of any kind and I don't know for sure because I'll never hear this record in the same way that someone who didn't make it will, but I think you can tell it. I can. When I listen to it I think, hey, that's how I woulda done it! Which is really what you wanna to hear from a band, isn't it? It feels like pure Spoon. Love, Britt
Contents:
1. Before Destruction
2. Is Love Forever?
3. The Mystery Zone
4. Who Makes Your Money
5. Written In Reverse
6. I Saw The Light
7. Trouble Comes Running
8. Goodnight Laura
9. Out Go The Lights
10. Got Nuffin
11. Nobody Gets Me But You
spoontheband.com
10/22/12
Divine Fits released a remix of “Would That Not Be Nice” by RJD2 today at RCRD LBL.
RCRD LBL describes the remix, “Soulful and melodic with Daniel’s reedy vocals front-and-center, this flip shows how strong the group’s original songwriting can be as a bed for other sonic excursions.”
Listen and download “Would That Not Be Nice” remixed by RJD2 now
Also, listen to new live sessions from Divine Fits on NPR’s World Cafe and WFUV. And don’t miss their fantastic KEXP performance, Pitchfork.TV feature as well as their explosive performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Further news, information updates, etc. can be found at DivineFits.com, Facebook or @divinefits on Twitter and Instagram.
A Thing Called Divine Fits is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Divine Fits on Tour
* = w/ Cold Cave
Oct 22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
Oct 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
Oct 25 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium*
Oct 26 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe*
Oct 27 Asheville, NC Moogfest*
Oct 28 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre*
Oct 29 Atlanta, GA Terminal West*
Oct 31 Austin, TX Stubb’s*
Nov 1 El Paso, TX Low Brow*
Nov 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock*
Nov 3 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace*
Nov 4 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre*
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
RCRD LBL describes the remix, “Soulful and melodic with Daniel’s reedy vocals front-and-center, this flip shows how strong the group’s original songwriting can be as a bed for other sonic excursions.”
Listen and download “Would That Not Be Nice” remixed by RJD2 now
Also, listen to new live sessions from Divine Fits on NPR’s World Cafe and WFUV. And don’t miss their fantastic KEXP performance, Pitchfork.TV feature as well as their explosive performance on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Further news, information updates, etc. can be found at DivineFits.com, Facebook or @divinefits on Twitter and Instagram.
A Thing Called Divine Fits is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Divine Fits on Tour
* = w/ Cold Cave
Oct 22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
Oct 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
Oct 25 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium*
Oct 26 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe*
Oct 27 Asheville, NC Moogfest*
Oct 28 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre*
Oct 29 Atlanta, GA Terminal West*
Oct 31 Austin, TX Stubb’s*
Nov 1 El Paso, TX Low Brow*
Nov 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock*
Nov 3 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace*
Nov 4 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre*
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
10/04/12
Divine Fits‘ moody and hypnotic performance video for “Would That Not Be Nice” premiered today at Stereogum.com
The video, directed by Brian Butler, uses dramatically lit live performance shots to illustrate the song Stereogum describes as “one of 2012′s greatest, most enduring rock songs.”
Watch the video for “Would That Not Be Nice” now at Stereogum.com
Divine Fits recently confirmed its first full scale U.S. tour, which kicks off October 16 in Pawtucket RI and will wind up with a November 4 show at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre. Cold Cave will support from the October 21 show at Webster Hall in New York City onward.
“Would That Not Be Nice” is the second single from the band’s recently released and insanely acclaimed debut album, A Thing Called Divine Fits. The upcoming tour dates follow a series of debut shows in the band members’ hometowns of Austin, Montreal and Columbus, OH that drew unanimous raves, as did a series of one-offs and festival appearances, a Los Angeles residency and a triumphant network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Further news, information updates, etc. can be found at DivineFits.com, Facebook or @divinefits on Twitter and Instagram.
A Thing Called Divine Fits is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Divine Fits on Tour
* = w/ Cold Cave
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island Music Festival
Oct 16 Pawtucket, RI Met Cafe
Oct 17 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub
Oct 18 Washington DC 9:30 Club
Oct 19 Northampton, MA Pearl Street (Downstairs)
Oct 21 New York, NY Webster Hall*
Oct 22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
Oct 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
Oct 25 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium*
Oct 26 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe*
Oct 27 Asheville, NC Moogfest*
Oct 28 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre*
Oct 29 Atlanta, GA Terminal West*
Oct 31 Austin, TX Stubb’s*
Nov 1 El Paso, TX Low Brow*
Nov 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock*
Nov 3 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace*
Nov 4 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre*
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
The video, directed by Brian Butler, uses dramatically lit live performance shots to illustrate the song Stereogum describes as “one of 2012′s greatest, most enduring rock songs.”
Watch the video for “Would That Not Be Nice” now at Stereogum.com
Divine Fits recently confirmed its first full scale U.S. tour, which kicks off October 16 in Pawtucket RI and will wind up with a November 4 show at Los Angeles’ Fonda Theatre. Cold Cave will support from the October 21 show at Webster Hall in New York City onward.
“Would That Not Be Nice” is the second single from the band’s recently released and insanely acclaimed debut album, A Thing Called Divine Fits. The upcoming tour dates follow a series of debut shows in the band members’ hometowns of Austin, Montreal and Columbus, OH that drew unanimous raves, as did a series of one-offs and festival appearances, a Los Angeles residency and a triumphant network TV debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Further news, information updates, etc. can be found at DivineFits.com, Facebook or @divinefits on Twitter and Instagram.
A Thing Called Divine Fits is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Divine Fits on Tour
* = w/ Cold Cave
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island Music Festival
Oct 16 Pawtucket, RI Met Cafe
Oct 17 Boston, MA Royale Nightclub
Oct 18 Washington DC 9:30 Club
Oct 19 Northampton, MA Pearl Street (Downstairs)
Oct 21 New York, NY Webster Hall*
Oct 22 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer*
Oct 24 Columbus, OH Newport Music Hall*
Oct 25 Chicago, IL Logan Square Auditorium*
Oct 26 Indianapolis, IN Deluxe*
Oct 27 Asheville, NC Moogfest*
Oct 28 Raleigh, NC Lincoln Theatre*
Oct 29 Atlanta, GA Terminal West*
Oct 31 Austin, TX Stubb’s*
Nov 1 El Paso, TX Low Brow*
Nov 2 Tucson, AZ The Rock*
Nov 3 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown Palace*
Nov 4 Los Angeles, CA Fonda Theatre*
Dec 30 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
Dec 31 Las Vegas, NV at The Joint at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino w/ The Black Keys
08/01/12
Divine Fits has confirmed its first ever dates in Los Angeles, New York, Seattle and Toronto. The announcement of the newly added shows comes a day after the July 31 release of Divine Fits’ first single “My Love Is Real,” the 7-inch of which features a non-LP B-side cover of Camper Van Beethoven’s “I Was Born In A Laundromat.”
As previously announced, special golden tickets will be inserted into ten random copies of “My Love Is Real” at select indie retailers in each of the preceding trio of headline dates in the hometowns of Divine Fits’ Britt Daniel (Austin TX on August 1), Dan Boeckner (Montreal QC on August 3) and Sam Brown (Columbus OH on August 6). Participating locations are Waterloo and End of an Ear in Austin, Phonopolis in Montreal, and Used Kids and Magnolia Thunderpussy in Columbus. The band will also be playing August 5 in Chicago, where the golden ticket copies will be randomly distributed among the city’s three Reckless Records locations.
Each golden ticket will admit the winner and a guest to the Divine Fits show in that city. For more information on the golden ticket competition, newly announced tour dates, and personal notes from each band member to his respective hometown, visit DivineFits.com.
The newly released limited-edition “My Love is Real” 7-inch is available now in the Merge store as well as pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fitson CD or LP. “My Love Is Real” is also available digitally as a stand-alone track or as an instant download with pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fits placed at iTunes.
“a lean slice of garage-psych glory” ~Rolling Stone
Divine Fits on tour:
Aug 1 Austin, TX Beerland
Aug 3 Montreal, QC Il Motore
Aug 5 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
Aug 6 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
Aug 9 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series
Aug 14 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
Aug 21 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Cafe
Aug 30 Seattle The Crocodile
Sept 5 Toronto Lee’s Palace
Sept 9 NYC Music Hall of Williamsburg (On sale: Fri. Aug. 3)
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island
Oct 27 Asheville, NC MoogFest
As previously announced, special golden tickets will be inserted into ten random copies of “My Love Is Real” at select indie retailers in each of the preceding trio of headline dates in the hometowns of Divine Fits’ Britt Daniel (Austin TX on August 1), Dan Boeckner (Montreal QC on August 3) and Sam Brown (Columbus OH on August 6). Participating locations are Waterloo and End of an Ear in Austin, Phonopolis in Montreal, and Used Kids and Magnolia Thunderpussy in Columbus. The band will also be playing August 5 in Chicago, where the golden ticket copies will be randomly distributed among the city’s three Reckless Records locations.
Each golden ticket will admit the winner and a guest to the Divine Fits show in that city. For more information on the golden ticket competition, newly announced tour dates, and personal notes from each band member to his respective hometown, visit DivineFits.com.
The newly released limited-edition “My Love is Real” 7-inch is available now in the Merge store as well as pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fitson CD or LP. “My Love Is Real” is also available digitally as a stand-alone track or as an instant download with pre-orders of A Thing Called Divine Fits placed at iTunes.
“a lean slice of garage-psych glory” ~Rolling Stone
Divine Fits on tour:
Aug 1 Austin, TX Beerland
Aug 3 Montreal, QC Il Motore
Aug 5 Chicago, IL Schuba’s
Aug 6 Columbus, OH Ace of Cups
Aug 9 Salt Lake City, UT Twilight Concert Series
Aug 14 Los Angeles, CA Bootleg Theater
Aug 21 Los Angeles, CA Hotel Cafe
Aug 30 Seattle The Crocodile
Sept 5 Toronto Lee’s Palace
Sept 9 NYC Music Hall of Williamsburg (On sale: Fri. Aug. 3)
Oct 14 San Francisco, CA Treasure Island
Oct 27 Asheville, NC MoogFest
05/31/12
Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks) have revealed a first taste of the music they have been recording together as Divine Fits.
A trailer featuring a brief portion of a song from the band’s as yet untitled debut album can be seen and heard at divinefits.com.
Further details regarding the record’s release date, live dates, etc. will be announced as they are confirmed. Stay tuned to the band’s website, follow them on Twitter, and find them on Instagram @divinefits.
A trailer featuring a brief portion of a song from the band’s as yet untitled debut album can be seen and heard at divinefits.com.
Further details regarding the record’s release date, live dates, etc. will be announced as they are confirmed. Stay tuned to the band’s website, follow them on Twitter, and find them on Instagram @divinefits.
05/22/12
Britt Daniel (Spoon), Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade) and Sam Brown (New Bomb Turks) have confirmed the existence of their new band, Divine Fits.
Divine Fits’ as yet untitled debut album will be released later this year by Merge Records in the U.S. The album was produced by Nick Launay.
Further details regarding the record’s release date, live dates, etc. will be announced as they are confirmed. Follow Divine Fits on twitter and at their website divinefits.com.
Divine Fits’ as yet untitled debut album will be released later this year by Merge Records in the U.S. The album was produced by Nick Launay.
Further details regarding the record’s release date, live dates, etc. will be announced as they are confirmed. Follow Divine Fits on twitter and at their website divinefits.com.
10/13/11
Spoon will be contributing a song to the forthcoming benefit compilation Luz de Vida: A Compilation to Benefit the Victims of the Tucson Tragedy, which will be released on Fort Lowell Records on October 18. The other musicians on the album either hail from Tucson or have ties to the city and include Calexico, John Vanderslice, Robyn Hitchcock, and Neko Case, among many others.
All proceeds from the sale of Luz de Vida will go to the Tucson Together Fund, the only officially sanctioned fund established to assist victims, families, and witnesses of the January 8 shooting tragedy that occurred there. Read more about this worthwhile effort at musicagainstviolence.org.
In other Spoon-related news, the band has announced that it will be performing at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Saturday, November 5, at Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to catch Spoon live in concert. Full-festival and single-day tickets are available here.
Pick up Spoon’s most recent full-length, Transference, or any of their previous releases in the Merge store today.
All proceeds from the sale of Luz de Vida will go to the Tucson Together Fund, the only officially sanctioned fund established to assist victims, families, and witnesses of the January 8 shooting tragedy that occurred there. Read more about this worthwhile effort at musicagainstviolence.org.
In other Spoon-related news, the band has announced that it will be performing at Fun Fun Fun Fest on Saturday, November 5, at Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to catch Spoon live in concert. Full-festival and single-day tickets are available here.
Pick up Spoon’s most recent full-length, Transference, or any of their previous releases in the Merge store today.
12/14/10
Specially priced for this holiday season! Get more bang for your buck when you purchase these items together:
Spoon: Transference + “Written in Reverse” 7-inch
She & Him: Volume One + Volume Two (CD and LP)
Superchunk: Majesty Shredding + On the Mouth + No Pocky for Kitty (CD and LP)
Destroyer: reissues of City of Daughters + Thief + Streethawk: A Seduction (CD only)
Telekinesis: Parallel Seismic Conspiracies EP + Record Store Day 7-inch
The Love Language: Libraries + Record Store Day split 7-inch
Let’s Wrestle: In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s + Record Store Day split 7-inch
The Love Language/Let’s Wrestle + Telekinesis Record Store Day limited-edition 7-inches
Each full-length from Merge freshmen Telekinesis, Wye Oak, The Love Language, and Let’s Wrestle
All orders in the Merge store include free shipping and it’s not too late to use our Holiday Coupon and all orders over $150 get a free tote bag designed by The Clientele’s Alasdair Maclean!
Spoon: Transference + “Written in Reverse” 7-inch
She & Him: Volume One + Volume Two (CD and LP)
Superchunk: Majesty Shredding + On the Mouth + No Pocky for Kitty (CD and LP)
Destroyer: reissues of City of Daughters + Thief + Streethawk: A Seduction (CD only)
Telekinesis: Parallel Seismic Conspiracies EP + Record Store Day 7-inch
The Love Language: Libraries + Record Store Day split 7-inch
Let’s Wrestle: In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s + Record Store Day split 7-inch
The Love Language/Let’s Wrestle + Telekinesis Record Store Day limited-edition 7-inches
Each full-length from Merge freshmen Telekinesis, Wye Oak, The Love Language, and Let’s Wrestle
All orders in the Merge store include free shipping and it’s not too late to use our Holiday Coupon and all orders over $150 get a free tote bag designed by The Clientele’s Alasdair Maclean!
08/03/10
Spoon are the musical guests tonight on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon! Check your local listings for channel and airtime information and set those DVRs.
Spoon are currently joining Arcade Fire for a few dates and will continue to tour through the rest of the summer/fall in support of their latest release, Transference. Los Angeles fans will finally get to see Spoon on Sep 30 at the Palladium! Tickets on sale now!
Visit spoontheband.com and follow the band on twitter, too!
Spoon on tour!
Aug 4 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden with Arcade Fire
Aug 5 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden with Arcade Fire
Aug 6 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion with Arcade Fire
Aug 7 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
Aug 9 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre
Aug 10 Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
Aug 11 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with Arcade Fire
Sep 11 Harrisburg, PA – The Forum
Sep 12 Clark, NJ – Union County Music Festival
Sep 30 Los Angeles, CA – The Palladium with Cold Cave
Oct 1 San Diego, CA – SOMA
Oct 2 Las Vegas, NV – Matador’s 21
Oct 4 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre with Dale Watson
Oct 5 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre with Dale Watson
Oct 6 El Paso, TX – Club 101 with Dale Watson
Oct 8 ACL Festival
Nov 10 Rockefeller, Oslo Norway
Nov 11 Tradgarn, Gothenburg Sweden
Nov 12 Vega, Copenhagen Denmark
Nov 13 Rolling Stone Weekender, Germany
Nov 15 Elysee Montmartre, Paris
Nov 16 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Nov 17 Cockpit, Leeds
Nov 18 Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 20 Crossing Border Festival, The Hague Holland
Nov 21 Crossing Border Festival, Antwerp Belgium
Spoon are currently joining Arcade Fire for a few dates and will continue to tour through the rest of the summer/fall in support of their latest release, Transference. Los Angeles fans will finally get to see Spoon on Sep 30 at the Palladium! Tickets on sale now!
Visit spoontheband.com and follow the band on twitter, too!
Spoon on tour!
Aug 4 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden with Arcade Fire
Aug 5 New York, NY – Madison Square Garden with Arcade Fire
Aug 6 Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion with Arcade Fire
Aug 7 Chicago, IL – Lollapalooza
Aug 9 Columbus, OH – LC Pavilion Outdoor Amphitheatre
Aug 10 Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
Aug 11 Atlanta, GA – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre with Arcade Fire
Sep 11 Harrisburg, PA – The Forum
Sep 12 Clark, NJ – Union County Music Festival
Sep 30 Los Angeles, CA – The Palladium with Cold Cave
Oct 1 San Diego, CA – SOMA
Oct 2 Las Vegas, NV – Matador’s 21
Oct 4 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre with Dale Watson
Oct 5 Albuquerque, NM – Sunshine Theatre with Dale Watson
Oct 6 El Paso, TX – Club 101 with Dale Watson
Oct 8 ACL Festival
Nov 10 Rockefeller, Oslo Norway
Nov 11 Tradgarn, Gothenburg Sweden
Nov 12 Vega, Copenhagen Denmark
Nov 13 Rolling Stone Weekender, Germany
Nov 15 Elysee Montmartre, Paris
Nov 16 Shepherds Bush Empire, London
Nov 17 Cockpit, Leeds
Nov 18 Academy, Dublin, Ireland
Nov 20 Crossing Border Festival, The Hague Holland
Nov 21 Crossing Border Festival, Antwerp Belgium
05/04/10
Spring has sprung and it is time for a new free Merge sampler! Featuring hit songs from the latest albums of Radar Brothers, Spoon, Let’s Wrestle, She & Him and more, visit amazon.com now to download all fourteen free songs with special cover art by Let’s Wrestle’s Wesley Patrick Gonzalez!
As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.
Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)
As always, you can find new albums from all of these artists and more in our handy Merge store.
Free Merge 2010 digital sampler track listing:
1. Radar Brothers – Horses Warriors (from The Illustrated Garden)
2. Let’s Wrestle – I Won’t Lie to You (from In the Court of the Wrestling Let’s)
3. Destroyer – The Very Modern Dance (from Streethawk: A Seduction)
4. Shout Out Louds – Fall Hard (from Work)
5. Spoon – Written in Reverse (from Transference)
6. Lou Barlow – Don’t Apologize (from Goodnight Unknown)
7. She & Him – Thieves (from Volume Two)
8. Superchunk – Learned to Surf (from Leaves in the Gutter)
9. Alec Bathgate – Glide (from Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox)
10. The Clientele – I Wonder Who We Are (from Bonfires on the Heath)
11. Caribou – Odessa (from Swim)
12. The Clean – In the Dreamlife U Need a Rubber Soul (from Mister Pop)
13. Wye Oak – I Hope You Die (from My Neighbor / My Creator)
14. Lambchop – Give It (from Live at XX Merge)
04/06/10
Sign up now for free tickets to see Spoon perform in Los Angeles on the outdoor stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, April 15! The performance will air later that night on ABC.
Spoon is currently on tour, and their new album Transference is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
Spoon is currently on tour, and their new album Transference is available on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
03/15/10
Merge will be well-represented at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin this year with eight bands and two special Our Noise events. Our bands will be playing all over the city during the festival, so if you will be in Austin, keep your eyes peeled for all of the cool daytime parties being announced daily.
Our helpful flyer is below – click to make it larger & to print it to take with you! Share the link on your twitter & Facebook, too!
Spoon are headlining the NPR show at Stubbs BBQ on Wednesday, March 17 (12:15 am) and She & Him are playing a free, open to the public show at Auditorium Shores on Saturday March 20 (8 pm). Superchunk are playing a free Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa on March 19 (3 pm).
Merge Showcase @ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th St b/t Colorado & Lavaca
Thursday, March 18th
7 PM
(from first to last)
Special Guest
Let’s Wrestle
Radar Brothers
She & Him
Wye Oak
Lou Barlow + the missingmen
The Love Language
Merge @ Homeslice Pizza’s “Music by the Slice” Party
1415 Congress Ave.
Free & Open to the public
Thursday, March 18:
1:30 pm The Love Language
2:15 pm Radar Brothers
Friday, March 19:
Noon Let’s Wrestle
3:45 Wye Oak
6:45 Lou Barlow
Also, book events!
Our Noise event @ Book People (603 N. Lamar Blvd)
Wednesday, March 17 at 6PM
Free & Open to the Public
Mac & Laura will read selections from their book, Our Noise, and will perform covers of songs from selected bands mentioned in the book. They’ll be available to sign books afterwards, too.
Our Noise panel @ SXSW Convention Center
Thursday, March 18 at 2PM
Open to convention registrants only
Michael Azerrad will moderate a Q&A-style event with Mac & Laura about Our Noise and 20 years of Merge Records.
Our helpful flyer is below – click to make it larger & to print it to take with you! Share the link on your twitter & Facebook, too!
Spoon are headlining the NPR show at Stubbs BBQ on Wednesday, March 17 (12:15 am) and She & Him are playing a free, open to the public show at Auditorium Shores on Saturday March 20 (8 pm). Superchunk are playing a free Village Voice day party at La Zona Rosa on March 19 (3 pm).
Merge Showcase @ Cedar Street Courtyard
208 West 4th St b/t Colorado & Lavaca
Thursday, March 18th
7 PM
(from first to last)
Special Guest
Let’s Wrestle
Radar Brothers
She & Him
Wye Oak
Lou Barlow + the missingmen
The Love Language
Merge @ Homeslice Pizza’s “Music by the Slice” Party
1415 Congress Ave.
Free & Open to the public
Thursday, March 18:
1:30 pm The Love Language
2:15 pm Radar Brothers
Friday, March 19:
Noon Let’s Wrestle
3:45 Wye Oak
6:45 Lou Barlow
Also, book events!
Our Noise event @ Book People (603 N. Lamar Blvd)
Wednesday, March 17 at 6PM
Free & Open to the Public
Mac & Laura will read selections from their book, Our Noise, and will perform covers of songs from selected bands mentioned in the book. They’ll be available to sign books afterwards, too.
Our Noise panel @ SXSW Convention Center
Thursday, March 18 at 2PM
Open to convention registrants only
Michael Azerrad will moderate a Q&A-style event with Mac & Laura about Our Noise and 20 years of Merge Records.
03/04/10
Spoon will appear on The Late Show with David Letterman tonight! Other guests include Tom Hanks and the US Olympic bobsled team.
Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for their 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more. Tickets are selling out fast, so don’t wait!
Spoon’s new album Transference is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
SPOON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010
17-March Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-March Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-March Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-March Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-March The National – Richmond, VA
26-March Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-March House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-March Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-March Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-April Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-April In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-April Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-April McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-April Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-April Indio, CA – Coachella
Having just completed a largely sold out UK/Europe trek, the dudes of Spoon are gearing up for their 2010 North American tour, which commences with a March 17 South by Southwest kick off show at Stubbs in Austin, with Spoon headlining a bill featuring Broken Bells, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, The Walkmen and more. Tickets are selling out fast, so don’t wait!
Spoon’s new album Transference is available now on CD, LP and digital download in the Merge store.
SPOON NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2010
17-March Stubbs – Austin, TX
18-March Republic – New Orleans, LA
19-March Workplay Soundstage – Birmingham, AL
20-March Tabernacle – Atlanta, GA
22-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
23-March 9:30 Club – Washington, DC * SOLD OUT
24-March The National – Richmond, VA
26-March Radio City Music Hall – New York, NY * SOLD OUT
27-March House of Blues – Boston, MA, USA * SOLD OUT
29-March Sound Academy – Toronto, ON
30-March Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal – Oak, MI
1-April Aragon Ballroom – Chicago, IL
2-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
3-April First Avenue – Minneapolis, MN * SOLD OUT
5-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
6-April Ogden Theatre – Denver, CO
7-April In the Venue – Salt Lake City, UT
9-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
10-April Moore Theatre – Seattle, WA
11-April Orpheum Theatre – Vancouver, BC
12-April McDonald Theater – Eugene , OR
13-April Fox Theater – Oakland, CA
17-April Indio, CA – Coachella
02/26/10
Spoon will appear on NPR’s World Cafe today! Spoon recently recorded a session and an interview with World Cafe host, David Dye, which will air on nearly 200 stations nationwide. Fans can find their local station by scrolling to the bottom of the World Cafe website & choosing their state under “Find a Program Broadcast Time.”
World Cafe can also be heard worldwide online at the WXPN/Philadelphia stream on weekdays from 2pm to 4pm EST.
World Cafe can also be heard worldwide online at the WXPN/Philadelphia stream on weekdays from 2pm to 4pm EST.
Nefarious :: 7"/CS-EP (Fluffer) 1994
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed :: 7"/CD5 (Matador) 1996
Not Turning Off (UK only release) :: 7" (Matador) 1996
Telephono :: CD/LP/CS (Matador) 1996
30 Gallon Tank :: 7" (Peek-A-Boo) 1997
Soft Effects :: CD-EP/LP (Matador) 1997
Anticipation :: 7" (Mag Wheel) 1998
A Series of Sneaks :: CD (Elektra) 1998
The Agony of Laffitte :: CD5 (Saddle Creek) 1999
Loveways :: CD-EP/LP (Merge) 2000
Girls Can Tell :: CD/LP (Merge) 2001
Anything You Want :: 7"/CD5 (12XU) 2001
Everything Hits at Once :: CD5 (12XU) 2001
Car Radio/Advance Cassette (single) :: CD5 (12XU) 2001
"Someone Something" +2 :: 7" (Merge) 2002
"Text Later" and "Shake It Off" (split w/ Swearing at Motorists) :: 7" (Super Asbestos) 2002
Jonathan Fisk/Stay Don't Go :: CD5 (12XU) 2002
Kill the Moonlight :: CD/LP (Merge) 2002
A Series of Sneaks (reissue) :: CD/LP (Merge) 2002
The Way We Get By :: CD5 (12XU) 2003
Stay Don't Go EP :: CD (Spunk) 2003
Sister Jack (single) :: CD (Merge) 2005
"I Turn My Camera On" +2 :: 7" (Merge) 2005
Gimme Fiction :: CD/LP (Merge) 2005
Telephono/Soft Effects (reissues) :: 2CD (Merge) 2006
My First Time Volume 3 :: digital single (Merge) 2006
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga :: CD/LP (Merge) 2007
Don't You Evah :: CDEP (Merge) 2008
"Written in Reverse" b/w "Mean Red Spider" :: 7" (Merge) 2009
Got Nuffin :: CDEP/12" (Merge) 2009
Transference :: CD/LP (Merge) 2010
All the Negatives Have Been Destroyed :: 7"/CD5 (Matador) 1996
Not Turning Off (UK only release) :: 7" (Matador) 1996
Telephono :: CD/LP/CS (Matador) 1996
30 Gallon Tank :: 7" (Peek-A-Boo) 1997
Soft Effects :: CD-EP/LP (Matador) 1997
Anticipation :: 7" (Mag Wheel) 1998
A Series of Sneaks :: CD (Elektra) 1998
The Agony of Laffitte :: CD5 (Saddle Creek) 1999
Loveways :: CD-EP/LP (Merge) 2000
Girls Can Tell :: CD/LP (Merge) 2001
Anything You Want :: 7"/CD5 (12XU) 2001
Everything Hits at Once :: CD5 (12XU) 2001
Car Radio/Advance Cassette (single) :: CD5 (12XU) 2001
"Someone Something" +2 :: 7" (Merge) 2002
"Text Later" and "Shake It Off" (split w/ Swearing at Motorists) :: 7" (Super Asbestos) 2002
Jonathan Fisk/Stay Don't Go :: CD5 (12XU) 2002
Kill the Moonlight :: CD/LP (Merge) 2002
A Series of Sneaks (reissue) :: CD/LP (Merge) 2002
The Way We Get By :: CD5 (12XU) 2003
Stay Don't Go EP :: CD (Spunk) 2003
Sister Jack (single) :: CD (Merge) 2005
"I Turn My Camera On" +2 :: 7" (Merge) 2005
Gimme Fiction :: CD/LP (Merge) 2005
Telephono/Soft Effects (reissues) :: 2CD (Merge) 2006
My First Time Volume 3 :: digital single (Merge) 2006
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga :: CD/LP (Merge) 2007
Don't You Evah :: CDEP (Merge) 2008
"Written in Reverse" b/w "Mean Red Spider" :: 7" (Merge) 2009
Got Nuffin :: CDEP/12" (Merge) 2009
Transference :: CD/LP (Merge) 2010
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