Consequence of Sound — Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel played an acoustic set at Mexico's Festival Marvin. more info

NME — Mexico City show marked the band’s first gig this year more info

Stereogum — Spoon frontman Britt Daniel and keyboardist Alex Fischel performed live for the first time in six months over the weekend, playing a stripped-down set at Mexico City’s Festival Marvin. In addition paying tribute to the late Prince and David Bowie w... more info

Powerpopulist — This was going to be a simple followup to yesterday's Austin Town Hall archives post (and basically still is), but we thought we'd include a couple of recent finds as well, while we're at it. Hope that's okay with youse. The... more info

Stereogum — Deerhunter played a show at the Mohawk in Austin a couple of weeks ago, on 4/14. Britt Daniel of hometown heroes Spoon happened to stop by, and it just so happened to be his birthday. Bradford Cox and the rest of Deerhunter led the crowd in singing a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Atlanta, GA trio Omni features guitarist Frankie Broyles (ex-Deerhunter), and bassist/vocalist Philip Frobos and drummer Billy Mitchell both of whom are formerly of Carnivores. The band's spiky, minimalistic sound owes more than a little to Wire... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Spoon's remastered and expanded edition of Gimme Fiction is the week's standout release, along with box sets from Amy Winehouse, Drive-By Truckers, Mark Lanegan, and Miles Davis. Grimes' Art Angels and Ryan Adams: 1989 are both available on vinyl.... more info

Stereogum — The second season of FX’s Fargo has managed to snag some incredible original musical contributions from the likes of Jeff Tweedy, White Denim, Blitzen Trapper, and Shakey Graves, and on this week’s episode they had Spoon frontman Britt Daniel cov... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Bill Pearis The first season of FX series Fargo, loosely based on the Coen Brothers 1996 film of the same name, defied expectations by being really good. The second season continues to defy, by actually being possibly better than... more info

Stereogum — Spoon’s Gimme Fiction turned 10 earlier this year, and the band has been celebrating its release. First came an elaborate oral history of the record, which accompanied an announcement of its reissue, and now Britt Daniel has broken down the previou... more info