Spoon do a smooth down-tempo and echoing take on the British proto-goth punks 1979 Machine Gun Etiquette opener/all-around beloved anthem "Love Song" for Starbucks' newest Sweatheart compilation. It's the third volume of the series and also finds Jose Gonzalez handling Kylie Minogue, Yo La Tango imprinting the Zombies, and James Mercer and his ...

If you're in NYC and you love Transference, or any other pitstop along Spoon's reliably banging discog for that matter, you might want to head to Mercury Lounge like three hours ago. The band's playing a show at the 200-capacity E. Houston Street venue tonight, tickets available at the door, first come first served. If the line's already 200-pe...

AP - Spoon, "Transference" (Merge)

Spoon self-produced Transference and while there's some studio trickery at the heart of some of its arrangements, "Written In Reverse" (and maybe "Mystery Zone") came out of the gates as an example of Spoon being Spoon, knocking out a taut and rhythmic rocker, uncluttered production in service of a swaggering hook. A logical choice then for the...

Kidz Bop, the long-running compilation series with a special knack for coaxing stage-children into singing inappropriate lyrics is usually at least creepy if not the worst. Occasionally it births priceless moments in indie rock LOLs, though, which brings us to Vol. 17, which has the children lining up to cheerily chant Lady Gaga ("Bad Romance"),...