"Attention to detail" doesn't necessarily sound like the secret ingredient to brilliant ock & roll, but in Spoon's case, it comes second only to inspiration. Britt Daniel, Jim Eno, and company keep finding ways to challenge themselves and their listeners by working within the same basic, streamlined sonic framework they crafted on Girls Can Tell, adding a few new twists here and there with each album. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga just might be the most winning update on this approach since Girls Can Tell itself: each song is as carefully and creatively pruned as a bonsai tree, with nothing fussy or superfluous to mar the clean lines of the songwriting or arrangements. This is especially impressive considering that on this album, Spoon works with their widest array of sounds yet. Everything from kotos to chamberlains to horns straight out of Motown are fair game on Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, but they're used so deftly and judiciously that they never feel like window dressing. As on Gimme Fiction, the band maps out Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's territory within the first three tracks. "Don't Make Me a Target" is a sleek yet gritty prologue designed to draw listeners in like Fiction's "The Beast and Dragon, Adored," and its seductive pull only heightens the impact of "The Ghost of You Lingers." All pounding pianos and fleeting, fragmented verses, the song initially feels like it's all buildup and no release, but this insistent yet incomplete feeling is what makes it haunting and brilliant: its circling thoughts and echoes upon echoes feel like you're chasing the song -- or its subject -- to no avail. Even if "The Ghost of You Lingers" almost perversely avoids hooks, "You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb"'s homage to lue-eyed soul delivers them in abundance. Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga's songs are svelte, especially compared to Gimme Fiction, yet they're far from starved. Interesting details decorate the margins of these songs, whether it's the studio chatter that revs up "Don't You Evah" or the fascinatingly fragmented lyrics of "Eddie's Ragga" ("there ain't no getting over Joanie Hale-Maier"). Jon Brion pops up bass, chamberlain, and production duties on "The Underdog," one of Spoon's bounciest, brassiest nods to classic pop in a long time, and a perfect contrast to the exotic, spooky minimalism of "My Little Japanese Cigarette Case"'s shivery kotos and Spanish guitars. Concise and lively ("Black Like Me" is as close as the album gets to a allad), Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is a remarkable blend of focus and creativity; even if Spoon's modus operandi seems overly regimented on paper, the results are just as elegant as they are fun.
After attending the Beck/Spoon/MGMT concert last Saturday, I gained an even deeper appreciation for the already stellar band, Spoon. I had seen them once before, but I had forgotten how solid of a band they are. I also forgot how Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga is easily one of the best albums of 2007. Not [...]
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Spoon aren't the best indie rock band out there, but they might be the most consistent. Their last couple albums have all been classic stuff that classic bands are made of. And after having seen them four or five times now, I can say that the same goes for their live shows. Each one is [...]~~
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I'll let the video speak for itself.
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Here's my two cents on the new Spoon, published in Harp this month:SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga MergePrince, whose influence held sway over Spoon’s Gimme Fiction, has been overturned like Saddam’s statue for Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The band’s sixth full-length says goodbye to funk-sexy restraint and pushes for the wall-of-sound washes of Phil Spector. Check the way that Britt Daniels’ ghostly vocals flit f
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Spoon – Ga Ga Ga Ga GaMerge, 20077 stars out of 10Listen to Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga on headphones and you'll have a grand ol' time with pretty much every song. This otherwise standard-solid indie rock record, not too unusually for the boys in Spoon, is laden with li'l tricks for the ear: “mistakes” and chatter left in, an odd effect choice or ten, general sounds and arrangement features from left fie
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Yeah, so Pfork likes the new Spoon album. I'm not surprised. Personally, I think it's a good album, but it is over far too quickly for me. However, it is definitely worth a purchase, and I still think Spoon is probably the most consistently good band around. They also never disappoint, when seen in person either.I noticed in an email from House of Blues that they were coming to Dallas on Fr...
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Spoon aren't the best indie rock band out there, but they might be the most consistent. Their last couple albums have all been classic stuff that classic bands are made of. And after having seen them four or five times now, I can say that the same goes for their live shows. Each one is [...]~~
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When I met Britt Daniel from Spoon after their show at the Cannery Ballroom, shook his hand and complimented his music, he looked me in the eyes and asked "Does it convey emotion?" "Well, yeah!" I answered. "Of course it does." And it got me to start thinking about what the core of music should consist of. Is it a good song with proper melody and intonation where all of the chords are per...
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On April 8th Spoon will release the 8-track EP "Don't You Evah," based on the track from the band's 2007 release Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. "Don't You Evah," a track originally recorded by the Natural History (they called it "Don't You Ever") will be featured in five different remixes on the album, in addition to the original Natural History version, and spoon's Ga Ga Ga Ga ga version. "All I Got Is Me," ...
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Austin, Texas rocker's Spoon's video for their song "Don't You Evah" of the group's most recent album ??Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga??.
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"...Robot Dance Video Evar!"I most certainly agree with "BotJunkie":http://www.botjunkie.com/2007/08/16/most-awesomest-robot-dance-video-evar/.UPDATE: Video is still available "here":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nPdP1jBfxzo.This video was sponsored by WIRED after Keepon’s "wildly successful (in Japan) music debut":http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3g-yrjh58ms .... Sadly, you can’t buy Keepon, s
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More tour cancellations, but this time it might be for the best! Spoon have made some changes to their previously announced tour schedule that resulted in double booking their two nights in DC. So, they've had to cancel the 9:30 Club shows in favor of opening one show for The Shins! So, if you are in the DC area, with plans to see Spoon, here's the deal:There will be no Spoon shows at the 9:...
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Spoon's upcoming album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, is probably my favorite album of 2007 thus far. Here's a preview:
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This is pretty cool. Song is off the new album.
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This is by far my favorite song on an album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, full of great songs.
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Pitchf*#k has word from the top about Spoon's choice of cover design for their upcoming album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. i must say, i am impressed!The photo was taken by Ugo Mulas in 1963, and it shows Lee Bontecou in her New York City studio. Bontecou is one of my very favorite sculptors. She creates these wild things that are like visual glossalalia - everyone will see something different. it coul...
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Three interesting things about Spoon's forthcoming album Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga:1. It does not get released until July 10th, but you can listen to it in full at a dedicated website that is streaming it.2. The cover is a fabulous photograph of the AMAZING amazing AmAzing! artist Lee Bontecou in her NYC studio. The photo is taken by the ultra-fantastic Ugo Mulas in 1963.3. Spoon have announced a Nort...
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"Come let your socks fall down to your shoes". I just heard the podcast from the guys at "Sound Opinions interviewing Spoon":http://www.soundopinions.org/shownotes/2007/110907/shownotes.html and what a fun interview it was. I love the lead singer's voice and the tambourine was terrific on the song Rhythm and Soul! Totally fun. Any song that sneaks the word "potholders" into it's lyrics has to b...
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Following their current European tour Spoon will tour the US with the Walkmen. Before the jaunt the Walkmen will finish up the southern portion of their own little US trek. Joining Spoon and the Walkmen as opener will be Brooklyn -based outfit White Rabbits. The tour kicks off April 2nd in Kansas City, KS. Dates with Spoon, the Walkmen, and White Rabbits:04-02 Kansas City, KS - Uptown04-04 Chicago
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Nr 7 in my top 10 of 2007 Countdown!Band: SpoonTitle: Ga Ga Ga Ga GaBest Track: The Ghost of You LingersBest Line: “They told me have a look in commercial appeal, and start getting that haircut sharp.”Trivia: This is Spoon’s sixth album“Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” was originallyAlso the name of “The Ghost of you lingers.”It's all in the rhythms. At least, on this album, it adds h
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Here's my two cents on the new Spoon, published in Harp this month:SpoonGa Ga Ga Ga Ga MergePrince, whose influence held sway over Spoon’s Gimme Fiction, has been overturned like Saddam’s statue for Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The band’s sixth full-length says goodbye to funk-sexy restraint and pushes for the wall-of-sound washes of Phil Spector. Check the way that Britt Daniels’ ghostly vocals flit f
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| 1 Don't Make Me a Target |
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| 2 The Ghost of You Lingers |
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| 3 You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb |
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| 4 Don't You Evah |
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| 5 Rhthm & Soul |
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| 6 Eddie's Ragga |
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| 7 The Underdog |
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| 8 My Little Japanese Cigarette Case |
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| 9 Finer Feelings |
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| 10 Black Like Me |
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