On Friday, indie-rock mainstays Spoon played a show at the State Theatre in Portland, Maine. Later, a Spoon cover band was having an aftershow to celebrate, which seems like a reasonably nice way to ...

A few weeks before the release of Spoon’s terrific debut album, “Telephono,” the indie-rock band previewed tracks from the album at a memorable Matador Records showcase at the 1996 South By Southwest ...

After more than 20 years of activity, Britt Daniel and his band Spoon have cultivated such a reputation for consistency that it’s tempting to overstate any shift in the group’s carefully managed ...

When I was around 16, I started listening to indie rock. I remember exactly what I was looking for—something weird. Sonic Youth leaning a guitar against a powered amp. Jeff Mangum's lengthy ...

In the midst of Spoon’s tour in support of their album Transference (they hit Radio City Music Hall on March 26), we asked lead singer Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno to explain how the indie rockers ...

For a band who, technically speaking, never had an actual pop hit, Spoon put together an incredibly strong greatest hits album. The recently released Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon is a ...

Beloved Austin band Spoon’s audience is comprised of two different types of individuals: 1) people who love the band; and 2) people that love the band but have no idea who they are. But how can this ...

For Spoon frontman Britt Daniel, rock ’n’ roll is serious business. The singer-guitarist-songwriter says his years intently listening to radio hits were like “extensive research.” Knowing from the ...

Spoon albums, like those of other smart pop bands, lend themselves to obsessive dissection by the faithful. Frontman Britt Daniel admits he likes to create some intrigue (see Q & A), which explains ...

In the decade or so that Spoon singer-guitarist Britt Daniel has been splitting his time between Austin and L.A., he’s become something of a regular at Hollywood’s storied 101 Coffee Shop. Like the ...

A SPOON show doesn’t quite end when the band leaves the stage. The group may be gone backstage mingling with friends, greeting family, figuring out where the afterparty will be but a bit of the ...