Stereogum — Producer and film score composer Dave Sardy has worked with LCD Soundsystem, Oasis, and Spoon, and earlier this week, he announced a new multi-vocalist project featuring My Morning Jacket's Jim James, Band Of Horses' Ben Bridwell, KFlay, Macy Grey, G... more info

Stereogum — Perhaps it could have been considered presumptuous, but Spoon have never dealt in pretense. They knew Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, the band’s sixth studio album, was a sure thing. And if you followed their career up to that point, you undoubtedly believed it as... more info

Stereogum — There are plenty of big names at this year's NOS Alive. The xx and the Weeknd, Fleet Foxes and Spoon and, uh, Imagine Dragons, who are still huge even if it'd be preferable to never hear about them again. And there are some legacy acts mixed in, too,... more info

Sweeping The Nation — So now we've covered the best tracks of the year so far on a month by month basis, let's move on to the longform stuff. Feel free to remind us of these come the end of the year when something else from these six months overtakes the lot. Algi... more info

DrownedInSound — The Austin rockers keep going from strength to strength more info

Stereogum — Spoon have released a remix of their Hot Thoughts track "Can I Sit Next To You" from LCD Soundsystem affiliate Tyler Pope. It comes in advance of the second leg of their tour, which kicks off in Europe next week and continues through North America ... more info

Stereogum — After playing in Trip Shakespeare and fronting Semisonic in the '90s, Dan Wilson largely moved onto a career as a songwriter for other people, co-writing hits like Adele's "Someone Like You" and the Dixie Chicks' "Not Ready To Make Nice" along with s... more info

Stereogum — Austin punk-rockers A Giant Dog are returning this summer with a new album called Toy, their second for Merge Records and their second to feature Britt Daniel, frontman of Austin indie-rock heroes Spoon, on one track. Today, they're sharing lead sing... more info

Chicago Tribune — Spoon at Metro, Tegan and Sara at Park West, the Shins at the Vic, Warpaint at Subterranean and Car Seat Headrest at Lincoln Hall are among 57 Lollapalooza aftershows announced Tuesday. The six days of concerts at 16 venues feature some of the 180 ac... more info

KEXP Seattle — For many years, the mantle of “most consistently stellar artist” seemed to be squarely on the shoulders of Spoon, but there’s an argument for it to be moved over, if it hasn’t already shifted, to Laura Marling. Six very good-to-great albums t... more info