artist profile

Spoon

Tags: alternative, indie, indie pop, indie rock, rock

Summary: Spoon is an American indie rock band from Austin, Texas. The band was formed in late 1993 by lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno. Current members also include: Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals) and Rob Pope (bass, backing vocals - replaced Joshua Zarbo in 2007). After releasing their debut LP Telephono on Matador Records, the band signed with Elektra in 1998, but the contract was dropped soon after the band released A Series of Sneaks.

upcoming shows
similar artists
reviews & articles
music

Upcoming Shows

Sat, Mar 27 2010

Spoon + Deerhunter + Strange Boys

Recent Phoenix Articles

CD Reviews

Spoon | Transference

Merge (2010)

2.5 Stars
Any year now, Spoon will release an album consisting of one 35-minute unfailing groove anchored by bass and peppered with erratic guitar-chord grunts and Britt Daniel's wordless exclamations ("Awright!") — an idealized endgame that distills the band's reductive technique to its purest state.

By ZETH LUNDY | January 13, 2010

Live Reviews

Review: WFNX's Miracle on Tremont Street 2009

Passion Pit, Phoenix, and Spoon, live at the Orpheum Theatre, December 4, 2009
A quick, mildly sycophantic shout-out to the "powers that be" here in Phoenix -Land: This year's Miracle on Tremont Street was nothing short of a wicked pissah powerhouse bill. The grand old Orpheum creaked under the weight of a sold-out audience, and a pronounced feistiness prevailed .

By MICHAEL BRODEUR | December 08, 2009

Live Reviews

Photos: Passion Pit, Phoenix, and Spoon at Orpheum

Live at WFNX's Miracle on Tremont show on December 4, 2009
Photos of Passion Pit, Phoenix, and Spoon performing at WFNX's annual Miracle on Tremont Street

By CATHERINE LEE AND NICK CURRAN | December 07, 2009

Live Reviews

Miraculous?

"Miracle on Tremont Street," Orpheum Theatre, December 4, 2007
“Miracle on Tremont Street" offered a reminder that modern rock isn’t completely dominated by watered-down emo-pop pap and heinous post-grunge mush.

By WILL SPITZ | December 09, 2007

HTML Prohibited

Add Comment