Spoon Interviews Master Masterer Howie Weinberg

The guys in Spoon recently sat down with album-mastering legend Howie Weinberg to chat about the mastering process, and his thoughts on Spoon's new album "Transference". The results are pretty hilarious:



Spoon's "Transference" is out January 19th, and can be pre-ordered here.

Spoon - "I Turn My Camera On" mp3

Rare Tracks From Spoon, The Cure, The Shins, Death Cab, and Others to Help Darfur Relief Agencies

In response to a call for help from Waxploitation honcho Jeff Antebi, a cornucopia of excellent artists have contributed exclusive and rare tracks to the first installment of the Causes album series, to benefit a trio of three very worthy humanitarian organizations with focus on aiding the crisis in Darfur.

On November 27th, Causes 1 will become available for download, and includes tracks from Animal Collective, The Black Keys, Bloc Party, Bright Eyes, Cornelius, The Cure, David Sylvian, Death Cab for Cutie, (International) Noise Conspiracy, The Shins remixed by Clint Mansell of Pop Will Eat Itself, Spoon, Teargas & Plateglass, Thievery Corporation and Travis.

100% of the proceeds will go to three non-profit organizations: Doctors Without Borders, Human Rights Watch and Oxfam.

The album will be available digitally on iTunes for only 90 days.

“We’ve made a conscious decision to create a sense of urgency -- which mirrors the events taking place in Darfur -- it’s not just a symbolic gesture.” says Antebi, who is known as one of the entertainment industry's leading human rights activists, as well as manager of Danger Doom, Cee-Lo and Gnarls Barkley.

Causes 1 track listing:

Animal Collective: Safer (Live) [exclusive]

The Black Keys: Stay All Night (Chulahoma Session) [exclusive]

Bloc Party: Rhododendrons

Bright Eyes: Coat Check Dream Song (Live) [exclusive]

Cornelius: Wataridori (Piano Version) [exclusive]

The Cure: The Walk (Live)

David Sylvian: Late Night Shopping (Chris Vrenna Remix) [exclusive]

Death Cab for Cutie: World Shut Your Mouth (Julian Cope cover)

(International) Noise Conspiracy: Washington Bullets

The Shins: Turn on Me (Clint Mansell Remix) [exclusive]

Spoon: Rhthm & Soul (Middle Version) [exclusive]

Teargas & Plateglass: One Day Across the Valley

Thievery Corporation: Passing the Stars

Travis: Gimme Some Truth (John Lennon cover) [exclusive]

...a pretty amazing lineup, to say the least.

A limited number of CDs will be pressed for retail. For pre-orders, and to learn more about Waxploitation's upcoming charity auction (which includes a number of prized signed guitars from Avril Lavigne, Common, Flaming Lips, Nickelback, and Deftones, as well as rare items from Coldplay, Bjork, TV on the Radio and others), please sign up at http://www.waxploitation.com/2007/causessignup/

Spoon In Strangest Cindy Adams Gossip Column Piece Ever.

From today's Cindy Adams column in the New York Post:

"I am full of - now, watch your mouths - information about heavy-duty music makers. Spoon, the indie band out of Austin, Texas? Well, they got a lead singer. Whatever his name is he was at a free South Street Seaport concert..."



Huh??!! She's nuts. That's the kind of job I want...type some nonsense/get paid.

Spoon - "The Underdog" mp3

Spoon Playing Free Shows at Virgin Union Square Tuesday, Battery Park Wednesday

From the press release:

In celebration of the release of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, Spoon will be performing small or 'secret' shows this week as well as one big outdoor show in NYC!

Tomorrow evening (Tuesday, July 10) at 6:30 the band will perform in the cafe at the VIRGIN Megastore in Union Square in NYC.

On Wednesday, July 11, Spoon will be performing in Rockefeller Park in Battery Park City as part of the New York City River To River Festival.

Later that same evening tune in to CBS' Late Show With David Letterman to catch the guys playing a hit from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. The show airs at 11:30pm ET, but check your local listings and set your DVR, VCR, magnetic recording devices to be sure to catch what promises to be an incendiary performance!!


Spoon - "The Underdog" mp3 buy

extrawack! Bakers Dozen Downloads for June...Datarock, James Sudakow, The Grey Race, Robbers On High Street, Spoon, and more.

Here's our monthly installment of a CD's length of sweet new tracks for your Zune or laptop. Better yet, burn them to a disc, play them through your boombox on the beach, and watch the ladies and dudes show up to ask if they can apply sunlotion to your back.

The Grey Race - "On the Chin" mp3

Datarock - "Princess" mp3

James Sudakow - "Green" mp3

Spoon - "The Underdog" mp3

Tago-Mago - "Know What I Mean" mp3

Robbers On High Street - "Crown Victoria" mp3

The Key Party - "Born Permanently Cool" mp3

Saturna - "Roll Down" mp3

Frankel - "Thermostat" mp3

The Epochs - "Opposite Sides" mp3

Amestory - "The March, The Parade" mp3

David Vandervelde - "Nuthin No" mp3

Scissors For Lefty - "Lay Down Your Weapons" mp3

Thanks to the labels and music pimps for hosting these gems.