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ACL Festival 2010: Aftershows Announced

by Justin Ward on Aug 24, 10

The 2010 ACL Festival aftershows have been announced with a seriously ferocious set of shows following this year’s sold-out music fest. They’re even throwing in a few pre-shows including The Strokes @ Stubb’s, Spoon @ Mohawk, Neon Indian @ La Zona Rosa and a few more really solid warmups to the weekend. Check out the full list here.

Austin City Limits Episode Tapings Announced: Monsters of Folk, The National, Band of Horses, and more

by Justin Ward on Jun 10, 10

in News

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Austin City Limits is gearing up for a huge television season as well as one of their best music festival lineups ever. They recently announced that Jimmy Cliff, Spoon and Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue would both separately be joining the ranks of the musical elite that have graced that stage, and four more heavy hitters were just announced as well…

Austin City Limits has four scheduled tapings around the dates of the Austin City Limits Music Festival:

Monsters of Folk: Wednesday, October 6th
Sonic Youth: Thursday, October 7th
Band of Horses: Saturday, October 9th
The National: Monday, October 11th

These tapings will be held in the Austin City Limits studio (as usual), and any announcements regarding ticket availability and giveaways for the public will be posted on the ACL blog approximately one week before each taping. The sets will air as part of ACL’s 36th season on PBS, premiering this fall. Exact airdates are TBD – we’ll post details as we get them sorted out. We have a few more tapings in the works, so stay tuned for word on those as well…

Nice lineup there. I wonder who else they have planned.

Final 80/35 Lineup Announcement

by Justin Ward on Jun 1, 10

in Festivals

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The lineup for the 80/35 Music Festival was recently finalized. The party takes place on Fourth of July weekend in Des Moines, IA with Spoon, Yo La Tengo, Particle, Califone and many more. READ MORE

Arcade Fire to Play Madison Square Garden, Spoon Opens

by Justin Ward on Jun 1, 10

in Tour Dates

We just updated our post from last night on Arcade Fire and their upcoming tour dates; the band just announced that they’ll be headlining Madison Square Garden in New York City on August 4th. Spoon is set to open the show.

Update: more Arcade Fire dates have been added (with Spoon as the openers).

Tour Dates: Arcade Fire Return with The Suburbs, Spoon Opening

by Justin Ward on May 31, 10

in Tour Dates

I’m pretty excited to see the Arcade Fire news these days surrounding their upcoming release on August 3rd of their third studio album, The Suburbs. I like the first two tracks that surfaced and I’m eager to hear more, but really I’m excited most to see them on the road and playing festivals here in the good ‘ol U S of A. I wasn’t fully sold on this band until I got to see their live show, and ever since I’ve been a silent fan hoping for more shows and less hype surrounding this highly influential Canadian powerhouse of a band.

More show are coming…well, for the Canadians, at least. The Montreal Gazette is reporting that the band will be returning to the city, Sherbrooke, for two shows a week from now, way ahead of any of their numerous music festival appearances this summer (including a heavily rumored slot at Outside Lands). Let’s hope a few bloggers bring back their thoughts on that one. READ MORE

80/35 Music Festival: Spoon, Railroad Earth, Slightly Stoopid, Earl Greyhound and more TBA

by Justin Ward on Apr 22, 10

in Festivals

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The 80/35 Music Festival released a handful of bands on the lineup for the annual festival in downtown Des Moines set for July 3rd and 4th. Headlining Saturday night is Spoon and they’ll be joined over the weekend by Slightly Stoopid, Railroad Earth, Earl Greyhound, and more TBA.

Tickets on sale now at midwestix.com. Check for band announcements every Monday at 80-35.com.

Forecastle Festival Initial 2010 Lineup: Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, Spoon, Drive-by Truckers

by whitperson on Apr 1, 10

in Festivals

Louisville, Kentucky’s Forecastle Festival has announced its initial 2010 lineup, which includes the Flaming Lips, Widespread Panic, and Spoon as headliners. Now in its ninth year, the 2010 Forecastle fest will take place July 9 – 12 at Louisville’s Waterfront Park.

Video: Spoon “Got Nuffin” Live on Letterman

by whitperson on Mar 5, 10

in Videos

Spoon played “Got Nuffin” on Letterman last night. Check, check it:

Spoon – Got Nuffin on David Letterman HD 1080p [YouTube]

This one’s got a bit more balls than “Written in Reverse” (which you can watch here). Pretty solid.

03.03.2010

NPR’s SXSW 2010 Webcast Schedule: Local Natives, Sharon Jones, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen

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NPR Music has rolled out its schedule of audio webcasts for SXSW 2010, including performances by Local Natives, Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings, Spoon, Surfer Blood, The Walkmen, among others. Check it out: Wednesday, March 17 – NPR Music’s Opening-Night Showcase At Stubb’s: 9 p.m. ET/8 p.m. CT: Visqueen 9:45 p.m. ET/8:45 p.m. CT: [...]

New Year’s Eve 2009 Roundup

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Updated on Wed, Nov. 4 For live/touring bands, New Year’s Eve is a key night of the year to really bring out the big guns and party down with hardcore fans. As such, we tend to see lots of bands playing bigger shows to hometown crowds, often mixing in some fun/silly covers and party-time antics, [...]