Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon's new album, They Want My Soul, is out on August 5. (Preorders in a variety of bundles are available now.) The first single, "Rent I Pay," is out now and can be streamed below. The band have also... more info

Stereogum — This past week was NXNE — the Austin festival’s self-conscious little brother — and Spoon was on hand to perform. Before they did so on Saturday night, they stopped by the studios of Toronto radio station Indie88 to perform an acoustic version ... more info

Stereogum — After more than four years, Spoon return later this summer with their new album They Want My Soul. There are plenty of reasons to be excited for this. Spoon have never made a bad album. First single “Rent I Pay” rules hard. The LP will give us a ... more info

Stereogum — We’ve seen a trio of teaser videos, read about the new record label, and witnessed the live debuts of “Rainy Taxi,” “Knock Knock Knock,” and “Rent I Pay.” Now, at last, the first studio recording from Spoon’s new They Want My Soul has... more info

Stereogum — When Spoon hinted that something mysterious named “R.I.P.” would arrive on 6/10, the internet went into speculation frenzy. But as it turns out, the band isn’t breaking up tomorrow, and they’re also not going to suddenly release a new album o... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Amanda Hatfield & Dana (distortion) Yavin The Strokes / Spoon / Jack White / crowd Such was not the case for the Strokes, the hometown boys who drew what looked like the biggest crowd of Governors Ball so... more info

Stereogum — Spoon recently shared some details about their upcoming eighth album They Want My Soul last week, which is due out in the beginning of August. At their Governor’s Ball set yesterday, they debuted a new song from the album. The song’s called “Kn... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon @ FFF Fest 2011 (more by Tim Griffin) Spoon, who have a new album (on a new label) out this August, are in NYC for Governors Ball where they'll play on Saturday (6/7). While in town, they'll tape a... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Spoon have announced their first new album in four years, They Want My Soul, which will be out August 5 on new label home Loma Vista after more than a decade being on Merge. The album was produced by... more info

Stereogum — When Spoon announced that they had something mysterious called “R.I.P.” coming next week, we didn’t know what it meant; it seemed entirely possible that they could pull a Beyoncé on us and just drop a new album out of the blue. Well, we still ... more info