Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon @ Governors Ball 2014 (more by Amanda Hatfield) Spoon took their sweet time announcing openers for their Central Park Summerstage show on September 10. (Most dates on the tour are either with EMA or Hamilton Leithauser.) But now it... more info

Stereogum — Outside Lands returns to San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park this weekend, with sets by Kanye West, Disclosure, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Spoon, Run The Jewels, the Flaming Lips, Chvrches, the Killers, Arctic Monkeys, DCFC… it’s a stacked lin... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Bookworm interviewed author William T. Vollmann. Tori Amos visited The Current studio for an interview and live performance. The San Francisco Chronicle reviewed Haruki Murakami's new novel Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Paste ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — After more than 20 years of activity, Britt Daniel and his band Spoon have cultivated such a reputation for consistency that it's tempting to overstate any shift in the group's carefully managed ecosystem. more info

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The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — Fun Fact:  Britt Daniel made his acting debut in an episode of Veronica Mars.  In the episode, he sang a karaoke version of Elvis Costello's "Veronica." Here are the 11 Best Songs By Spoon: The Two Sides Of Monsieur Valentine (Gimme Fiction)... more info

Stereogum — I recently described They Want My Soul single “Inside Out” as “like looking at a reflection of a Spoon song on the face of the water.” The song’s excellence goes deeper than its floaty, shimmering production, though. Britt Daniel and Jim En... more info

KEXP Seattle — Oh, hey, did you hear there’s a new album out this week from Spoon? KEXP has been, understandably, excited for the latest release from this veteran band (watch an exclusive nine-song set from the band that we aired on The Midday Show on KEXP earlie... more info

KEXP Seattle — Twenty-plus years into a varied and universally celebrated career, Spoon can still surprise and delight us. They Want My Soul, the Austin-based band’s follow-up to 2010′s Transference, has all the Spoon hallmarks you expect: the fiery voice of fr... more info

LargeHeartedBoy — The Rosebuds' Sand + Silence and Spoon's They Want My Soul are easily my favorite new music releases this week. Angus and Julia Stone's self-titled album, Christopher Denny's If The Roses Don't Kill Us, and Spider Bags' Frozen Letter... more info