Indie-rock heroes Spoon are back with two new songs. The Austin, Texas, band just surprise-released “Chateau Blues” and “Guess I’m Fallin’ In Love,” quintessential examples of the kind of sharp guitar bangers the band has been doing well for decades. It’s the first new music they’ve put out since their …
Read More »Start Your Indie-Rock Spring Off Right With Pictoria Vark's 'Nothing Sticks'
Pictoria Vark is the spoonerism alias of the young singer-songwriter Victoria Park, who turned heads with her 2022 debut album The Parts I Dread. She aims even higher on her excellent Nothing Sticks — it’s the perfect springtime road-trip indie-rock album you didn’t realize you deserved, full of soft-spoken guitar …
Read More »Weezer Gear Up for 'Indie Rock Roadtrip' Tour With Modest Mouse, Spoon, Joyce Manor
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Indie Rock Roadtrip, the upcoming 30-date tour from Weezer, will hit the road this summer with a cast of bands including Modest Mouse, Future Islands, Spoon, Momma, Joyce …
Read More »Willie Nelson, Spoon, Ethel Cain Set for 2023 Luck Reunion
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. Willie Nelson and Family, Spoon, and Ethel Cain lead the lineup for the 2023 Luck Reunion, the annual event at Nelson’s ranch in Spicewood, Texas. The one-day show …
Read More »Spoon Goes Dub: Inside the New Remix Project 'Lucifer on the Moon'
Spoon’s Britt Daniel has always loved gadgets, held a soft spot for studio wizardry. And it’s these tendencies that have helped keep the Austin indie-rock outfit so intriguing and inventive over the last two-and-a-half decades. But for Spoon’s tenth album, Lucifer on the Sofa, Daniel wanted to do away with …
Read More »Spoon Team With U.K. Dub Icon Adrian Sherwood for Full 'Lucifer On the Moon' Remix Album
Spoon have enlisted the services of British dub specialist Adrian Sherwood to transform their most recent album, Lucifer on the Sofa, into a new dub remix album, Lucifer on the Moon, out Nov. 4 via Matador. Spoon and Sherwood first teased their collaboration back in June with the latter’s “reconstruction” …
Read More »Mitski, Bartees Strange, Wet Leg: Your Guide to the Best Indie Albums of 2022 (So Far)
Mitski released the soaring, melodic Laurel Hell; Bartees Strange jumped genres and blew minds with Farm to Table; Wilco went warm and melodic, if not truly country, with Cruel Country; Wet Leg revived the post-punk revival with their endlessly entertaining self-titled debut, ending up on Glastonbury’s main stage. And those …
Read More »Spoon Pay Homage to Seventies Variety Show Host Jack Clement in 'My Babe' Video
In the music video for their latest single “My Babe,” indie rock outfit Spoon hearken to the Seventies to pay homage to variety show host Jack Clement. Inspired by the country music producer’s short-lived series Cowboy Jack Clement Show, the band performed in front of a recreation of the set’s …
Read More »…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead Preview Album With Two New Songs
…And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead has released two tracks off their forthcoming LP: “No Confidence” and “Salt in Your Eyes.” The album, titled XI: Bleed Here Now, will be out July 15 via Dine Alone Records. The album marks the group’s 11th album and was …
Read More »Interpol and Spoon Team Up for 'Lights, Camera, Factions' Tour
Indie rock heavyweights Interpol and Spoon will embark on a co-headlining tour at the end of the summer. The “Lights, Camera, Factions” trek will kick off Aug. 25 at the Stone Pony Summer Stage in Asbury Park, New Jersey and wrap with two nights in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 17 and …
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