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

"...urgently. "We told people we're on at this time. They may not get to see us!"..."

June 2, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

The Shins' James Mercer: Fond of Y-O-U

The Shins' James Mercer winces upon a star.

"...My rave review of the new Shins album, Wincing the Night Away, was less..."

March 1, 2007 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

The Way They Get By

Spoon ladles up another winner

"...early. When Soundgarden's song title finally arrives, just after the apparently unrock & roll hour of 11am Saturday morning,..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

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

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

"..."After nine albums, it just seemed like the right time," decides Britt Daniel, captain of Austin indie..."

July 19, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Fantastic Fest Gives Us the Horns

Daniel Radcliffe's latest heads up final wave of films

"...With the clock ticking (eight days and counting, folks), Fantastic Fest..."

Sept. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Off the Record

Rod Kennedy's 80th birthday

"...Friday, his 80th birthday. "It's amazing, especially being in the music business." Judging only by the numbers, the Texas..."

Jan. 29, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Off the Record

The Parlor family serves pizza by the slice at the Monarch, Zeale gets down with Grooveline Horns, and crunching numbers for South by Southwest

"...The Parlor family has extended its matriarchy to include the..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

The Sisters Brothers

A murderers’ row of great actors in this contract killer Western comedy

"...There’s nowhere we humans go without carting our baggage along..."

Sept. 28, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: A Bad Case of the Sequels

Retreads, remakes, and do-overs rule the home releases

"...producer Keith Calder took to Twitter to ask, "What's the most recent wide-release, non-platformed horror film that wasn't a..."

July 28, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How the Gods Kill

Danzig and the Jesus Lizard headline the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest

"...about it. Transmission Entertainment is going for broke with the fourth annual Fun Fun Fun Fest, Nov. 7-8, in..."

Aug. 25, 2009 Music Post by Austin Powell

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...SXSW has strapped on the rockets with not just a few titles for this..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin City Limits Taping: Spoon

Locals transition seamlessly for PBS staple’s 40th season

"...Spoon’s previous performance locally was a 45-minute set in the 175-person Hotel Vegas. A tuneup for the Austinites’ first..."

Oct. 10, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Live Shot: Spoon

Austin indie heroes prove the stakes not so small

"...With August’s They Want My Soul, Spoon earned critical acclaim not just..."

Oct. 6, 2014 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Spoon Surprises Hotel Vegas

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

"...for waiting around,” Britt Daniel smiled after “Small Stakes,” the second song in Spoon’s surprise set at Hotel Vegas..."

May 7, 2014 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Mad World

The year in albums, 2002

"...Bright and early for their daily races..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Prime Time

Blurbs to ACL Music Fest by.

"...shortage of food that could have used intervention from the Red Cross, it was still the most obvious response..."

Sept. 19, 2003 Music Feature

Spoon Reviewed

"...SpoonKill the Moonlight (Merge)..."

Aug. 23, 2002 Music Review by Christopher Gray

Everything Hits at Once

Give the drummer some: Spoon backbeat Jim Eno

"...a project he recorded at his home studio – the Spoon drummer took interest in the following band, which..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

ACL Fest Interviews

"...Bank of America stage It's been two years since the moonlight was killed, and Spoon fans are starving for..."

Sept. 17, 2004 Music Feature by Darcie Stevens

Our Ears Are Burning

"...Another of our periodic excepts of what critics around the..."

Aug. 16, 2002 Music Column by Ken Lieck

Watain

"...magic threesome Erik Danielsson, Pelle Forsberg, and Håkan Jonsson kill the moonlight and its entire family on fourth full-length..."

June 18, 2010 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

Ben Kweller hits the Continental Club stage, Threadgill's auctions some history, and more

"...Ben Kweller Live(streamed) From the Continental Club..."

Aug. 7, 2020 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Texas Top 10s

"...GREG BEETS1. Spoon, Kill the Moonlight (Merge)..."

Jan. 3, 2003 Music Feature

TCB

Burning down the house, good for Spoon, not so good for KOOP

"...Believing is Art Almost a year to the day after their not-quite-secret show at Trophy's, Spoon returned..."

Feb. 10, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

Reissues: Spoon

"...Given a decade's hindsight, the role of Gimme Fiction in Spoon's narrative has only..."

Jan. 29, 2016 Music Review by Greg Beets

Spoon

They Want My Soul (Loma Vista Recordings)

"...Spoon needed a hiatus. Daunted by the unprecedented commercial success that accompanied 2007 career milestone Ga..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Spoon

Record review

"...This is a Spoon refresher course. Telephono, the then trio's 1996 debut LP on Matador, is a..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Music Review by Audra Schroeder

Spoon

Live shot

"...of cool. As he leads his crew onstage to the din of the largest nonfestival local audience the band's..."

July 1, 2005 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Spoon

"...Spoon has yet to release a mediocre album. On the contrary, with every new series of sneaks, the beloved..."

May 13, 2005 Music Review by Raoul Hernandez

TCB

Stranger than Fiction: Spoon previews new album, the smoking ban returns, the Gourds let a few fly

"...it's a word-of-mouth Spoon show, it's flat-out impossible. By the time the local quartet took the Trophy's stage last..."

March 4, 2005 Music Column by Christopher Gray

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