Faster Than Sound: Spoon-Feeding the Hits With Britt Daniel

Spoon frontman talks Beto, streaming, and 26 years of steadfast indie rock

"...albums, it just seemed like the right time," decides Britt Daniel, captain of Austin indie rock vessel Spoon for..."

July 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Spoon’s Britt Daniel confronts Lucifer on the Sofa

Q&A on his return to Austin and making a real rock record

"...I’m not surprised we haven’t been nominated,” quips frontman Britt Daniel from California, just hours before a one-off concert..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Music Post by Austin Powell

Spoon's Hot Thoughts Remodels the Locals' Art-Funk

Britt Daniel and Jim Eno talk about the rise of R&B in the band's sound

"..."You don't understand," declaims Britt Daniel urgently. "We told people we're on at this..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Taking Austin for a 'Spin'

TCBlog make the Austin rounds in the new Spin.

"...have to find some other complaint. From cover boy Britt Daniel on down, Austin is all over this issue..."

April 25, 2007 News Post by Christopher Gray

A Thing Called Divine Fits

Spoon man Britt Daniel develops Divine Fits

"...Britt Daniel and Dan Boeckner were fast friends in hard..."

Aug. 24, 2012 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Spoon Surprises Hotel Vegas

Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, and crew meet Sabrina Ellis’ Sweet Spirit

"...“Thanks for waiting around,” Britt Daniel smiled after “Small Stakes,” the second song in..."

May 7, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

A Thing Called Divine Fits Part 2

More Q&A with Spoon's Britt Daniel

"...Before Divine Fits, the last time Britt Daniel appeared in a band outside of Spoon was..."

Aug. 23, 2012 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Panel: Warehouse Songs & Stories

‘The best songs are the ones that hurt’

"...in some illustrious company: Steve Wynn (Dream Syndicate), Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Nada Surf’s Matthew Caws, and rising young indie..."

March 13, 2014 Music Post by Tim Stegall

Flaggin' A Ride: the Divine Fits' Official Live Bow

Britt Daniel & Dan Boeckner debut ‘A Thing Called the Divine Fits’

"...Here's some songs you don't know," greeted Spoon frontman Britt Daniel at Divine Fits' first scheduled show Wednesday night..."

Aug. 2, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

ACL Stands With Austin, Tonight!

Fundraiser features nearly 20 exclusive performances

"...event, a “telethon-style” concert top-billed by Shakey Graves, Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Schneider, Lisa Loeb, Brian Fallon of Gaslight Anthem,..."

March 20, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Live Shot: Divine Fits

Routine never sounded so crisp, casual, and hip

"...debut A Thing Called Divine Fits out a year, Britt Daniel looks perfectly natural onstage with Dan Boeckner. They’re..."

Oct. 7, 2013 Music Post by Luke Winkie

Drake Tungsten and His Boy Skellington

"...(l-r): Britt Daniel, Josh Zarbo, Jim Eno photograph by Bruce Dye..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Super mega huge rock stars foreign (Coldplay) and homegrown (Spoon) pay a visit as the Grammys surprise Destiny's Child, Los Lonely Boys, and Norah Jones with nominations. Is this what the big time feels like?

"...one 2005 phenomenon rates in another: the ever-expanding blogosphere. Britt Daniel might want to look into a bodyguard or..."

Dec. 16, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

The Way They Get By

Spoon ladles up another winner

"...Britt Daniel is at least an hour late, as opposed..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Everything Hits at Once

Give the drummer some: Spoon backbeat Jim Eno

"...because Eno's co-pilot was otherwise occupied. Spoon's blond bard, Britt Daniel, was having Divine Fits, and who could blame..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Photos From 2022-2023 Austin Music Awards

"...Walter Daniels, player in the house band for the Austin Music..."

March 1, 2023 Photo Gallery

TCB

Dialtone Records, a chain-saw-carving country singer, Spoon on the silver screen, and still more Rolling Stones aftermath: This column is truly coconuts

"...Forty Licks Britt Daniel is too busy to talk to the press,..."

Nov. 3, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Spotlight: Spoon

Screw indie rock -- Britt Daniel is aiming for the Top 40.

"...admission, sincerity is one of the harder things Spoon's Britt Daniel has ever had to do...."

March 16, 2001 Music Feature by Michael Bertin

Take Me to a Party

Sweet Spirit pops big

"...aboard alongside Fichter on bass and Leatherbag/Wire Tree drummer Daniel Blanchard. When Ellis desired a more country/soul direction, a..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Sweet Spirit Tour Diary

On the road with Spoon

"...said, folding her scarf. “We were all there. [Spoon’s] Britt [Daniel] was wearing a crop top.”..."

May 26, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Barnstorming With Beto at The Long Time

"...the local Texas Playboys Baseball Club, and music by Britt Daniel of Spoon, Ben Kweller, and the Tender Things,..."

April 16, 2018 Photo Gallery

Live Forever

What some locals considered Cotton Mather's sophomore slump, 1997's Kontiki, may have been the only thing that Oasis' Gallagher brothers ever agreed on

"...guitar-driven pop scene that included Balloonatic, Hey Zeus, and Britt Daniel's pre-Spoon outfit Skellington...."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

99 Bands

Ninety-nine local bands on Red River waiting to be heard

"...the immense din of juvenile chatter interrupting the set, Britt Daniel lays down song after song of perfectly crafted..."

July 8, 2005 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Faster Than Sound: Spoon Returns On Full Blast

Reigning local rockers' surprise show at Mohawk and more music news

"..."This is real life," noted Britt Daniel upon taking the stage at Mohawk last Thursday..."

July 9, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Austin Music Awards Show Performers 1983-2016

Every AMA performance lineup of the past 34 years

"...Van Zandt, Nanci Griffith, James McMurtry, Poi Dog Pondering, Daniel Johnston; An Austin Hoot featuring David Halley, Michael Hall,..."

March 3, 2017 Features Feature

30 Rock

Thirty recordings for 30 years of music Chronicling

"...– Lucinda territory. Kathy McCartyDead Dog's Eyeball: Songs of Daniel Johnston (1994)..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

ACL Fest Interviews

"...fifth, if you're counting) helping. A meticulous songwriter, Austin's Britt Daniel is not one to rush things. He's been..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?

Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them

"...band called Western Keys and supporting Crooked Fingers and Britt Daniel of Spoon. Sharing room in his SUV, the..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Music Feature by Leslie Sisson

TCB

Clifford comes home, Steamboat packs up, and Spoon seeks a pianist transplant

"...pop songs will want to get in touch with Britt Daniel posthaste. Sir Spoon is "scrambling" to find a..."

June 6, 2003 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Crosstalk: Spoon Awarded by UT Comm School, DJ Shani Debuts KUTX Show, and White Denim's Radio Milk Closes

Austin music news headlines of the week

"...nice banquet dinner, for which they qualified based on Britt Daniel having attended the university, where he lived at..."

Oct. 21, 2022 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

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