Amped-up acoustic guitars, jumpy song structures, and punk attitude combine in Telephono, the debut album from Austin's Spoon. Their girl-boy harmonies, spiky guitars, and...
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With A Series of Sneaks, Spoon became one of the unsung heroes of the guitar-driven post-punk tradition inhabited by bands such as Wire, Gang of Four, Hüsker Dü, and the...
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When bands release EPs, it is usually to alleviate stray songs accumulated in between LPs, and more often than not, even with one or two strong tracks to justify its...
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This CD single is Britt Daniel's hostile response to betrayal at the hands of Elektra records' alleged A&R man Ron Laffitte. The two tunes here utilize the wonderful...
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Time may not exactly heal all wounds, but it can lend the perspective and strength to channel pain into something positive. Such is the case with Spoon; their perennial...
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After a handful of albums that brought comparisons to the Pixies and Sonic Youth, Spoon finally makes a record worthy of the great state of Texas of which it hails. Remember...
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Coming just a year-and-a-half after their triumphant return Girls Can Tell, Kill the Moonlight isn't so much a step backward as a step sideways, almost like a breather after...
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The three-year stretch between Gimme Fiction and Spoon's previous album, Kill the Moonlight, was the longest gap between the band's releases since the end of its disastrous...
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