More Wolf Parade news came out on Friday courtesy of Pitchfork , who posted an interview with Dan, which seemed similar to the interview he did with Exclaim , so I'm not sure what's going on there, but I do know that album is to be titled Expo 86 , in honor of the World Expo that took place in Vancouver in, well, 1986, and according to Dan, the band's members were all there as children (they each grew up in British Columbia) before they knew each other, before they moved to Montreal and became [...]
Spoon + Dan Boeckner = Awesome Spoon played New York's Radio City last night and seem to have brought all their friends. With special appearance by White Rabbits' Stephen Patterson, Fiery Furnaces' Eleanor Friedberger, and Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs' Dan Boeckner, the show sounds like it was really special. While I haven't been able to find a better quality recording of the encore performance of "Modern World," the WP song that Britt Daniel has been known to play at solo shows can be viewed above in the choppy YouTube clip. Boeckner went on [...]
by Benjamin Lozovsky Spoon has made a long and fruitful career out of simultaneously fulfilling and denying the expectations of fans, critics and record labels. On Friday night (3/26), the band greatly exceeded its own expectations by headlining a sold-out Radio City Music Hall. It was a big deal for a band that's taken small but inquisitive steps over 16 years and 7 records. This show came in support of their latest effort, Transference , a moody yet [...]
Me and my friend Alex have been desperately trying to see Spoon for years. We stupidly missed out on their Ga Ga tour, but we were smooth enough to grab tickets for their huge show at Radio City Music Hall. It was completely worth every penny (I'm not big enough to get press passes at Radio City, who are you kidding?) Openers The Strange Boys played exciting country inspired garage rock. They honestly sounded like the old Kings Of Leon (try 4 years before they used somebody) with a young Caleb singing. [...]
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