In 1995, Spoon were often dubbed “the next Pixies.” The tag never quite fit, but the two did share a love for writing glorious pop songs and then shrouding them with walls of noise and mystery. Over ...

In more traditional and sentimental hands the titleTransferencecould be some sort of snooty way for a musician to reference a busted love and a new love. With Spoon, transference is more an operating ...

Whenever Rocks Off thinks about Spoon – which, over the past decade, has been quite a bit – the one word that always comes to mind is “punctuation.” No other band we can think of consistently crafts ...

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There are so many people crammed into the Ogden that it’s difficult to see the stage. The guy in front of me is rubbing against me so often I’m wondering if his girlfriend is going to get jealous. If ...

Like all of Spoon’s past albums, “Transference” breaks from previous efforts toward a new direction. The direction is a collage of the song structures of “Gimmie Fiction,” the instrumentation from “Ga ...

More than most bands shuffling around the indie circuit, Austin’s erstwhile Spoon (frontman Britt Daniel now resides in Portland) usually understands the value of tension and space. On their latest ...

Spoon, the Austin, Texas quartet, has just released its seventh album, called Transference. An indie band on a small record label, Spoon has gained widespread familiarity by having its songs played on ...