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MP3: Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" Demo

Thanks to a special treat offered on the Spoon website we find out that the Motown stomp of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" began life as a quasi-country ditty. While not as effective as the catchy-as-hell album version, "Cherry Bomb Country" is certainly a fun listen that provides great insight into the band's writing process.

MP3: Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" Demo / "Cherry Bomb Country"

Posted on 04/10/2008 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Video: Spoon - "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"

Collage animation is the approach directors Double Triple and Ryan Junell take for the third video from Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Check out Junell's Flickr set for some behind-the-scenes shots.

Posted on 03/17/2008 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Video: Spoon - "Don't You Evah"

Spoon's Hall & Oates-errific "Don't You Evah" is now represented in video form thanks to some footage from the band's recent months on the road supporting their latest, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The song is actually a cover of a Natural History song from their second album, People That I Meet.

Posted on 02/11/2008 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Video: Spoon on AOL's the DL

Spoon stopped by (deep breath) AOL's Spinner's The Interface's The DL for an in-studio performance and chat. Britt Daniel never looked more like a young Gary Busey as he performed "I Summon You," "Rhthm and Soul," and our personal fav, "Black Like Me," before sitting down for a fairly retarded interview.

Video: Spoon - Black Like Me
Video: Spoon - I Summon You
Video: Spoon - Rhthm and Soul
Video: Spoon - The Interview

Posted on 08/07/2007 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Video: Spoon - "The Underdog"

Spoon have taken the popular continuous shot route for the video of the Jon Brion Produced, Billy Joel inspired "The Underdog." It's the first video from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga—which you can get your hands on next Tuesday (7/10).

Spoon - "The Underdog":

Posted on 07/05/2007 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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The New Yorker Reviews Spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

The Spoon press blitz continues with an article in this week's New Yorker—who call Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga Spoon's "best yet."

“Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” builds on work that began on the band’s third album, “Girls Can Tell,” which was released in 2001. In simple terms, this is what happened: a piano. In the late nineties, after Spoon had a brief and unhappy association with Elektra (the band’s contract was terminated after it released a single album), Daniel started writing songs around rudimentary piano figures and cut back on the guitar playing. The result was minimalist but propulsive music that resembled dance music. [Read More]

Following the Shins, Arcade Fire and Modest Mouse, will the build-up propel the album to the top charts in the second week of July? Isn't this kind of perfect pop something indie-rockers and frat boys can all agree on? Will Gore run in '08?

My Magic 8-Ball says, "Signs point to yes." Sweet!

In other Spoon news, a new song has been added to the Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga album stream: the awesome fifth track, "Rhthm & Soul."

Posted on 06/08/2007 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Full Album Stream: Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga

We've been going ga ga for Spoon's latest. (Yeah, that was a pretty lame joke.) Now you can listen to the entire album and see what all the fuss is about—assuming you haven't sniffed it out by other means. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga has been in heavy rotation at DC HQ, particularly the closing track, "Black Like Me." Pick it up on July 10 thanks to Merge Records.

Full Album Stream: Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
(Update: The entire album is not streaming. A new song will be added every day until June 16th when the full album will be available for stream. As of today (6/7), you can stream the first four songs.)

And while we're on the subject of Merge and their impeccable taste, stream the Ladybug Transistor's latest which came out this week.

Full Album Stream: Ladybug Transistor - Can't Wait Another Day

Posted on 06/07/2007 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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Spoon Unveil New Album Title and Tracklist

Spoonful o' new tunes

Spoon will release their next album on July 10th via Merge Records. The Austin band's follow-up to the 2005 hit Gimme Fiction is entitled Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (via Pitchfork). Not to be outdown by the album title, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga contains some pretty interestingly titled tracks: "Don't You Evah" and "Black Like Me." We're looking forward to those.

Full tracklist (via CMJ):

1. Don't Make Me A Target
2. The Ghost Of You Lingers
3. You Got Yr Cherry Bomb
4. Don't You Evah
5. Rhthm And Soul
6. Eddie's Ragga
7. The Underdog
8. My Little Japanese Cigarette Case
9. Finer Feelings
10. Black Like Me

Spoon performing "Don't You Evah" at SXSW:

Posted on 03/27/2007 | Comments(0) | Permalink

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