Stereogum — Britt Daniel’s Chipotle order: Soft tacos with chicken, mild salsa, cheese, and a side of guacamole. Lemonade to drink, but he opts for Coke on the refill. I order a chicken burrito and Diet Coke. It is July, and we are in the West Village. The lin... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Fest photos by Samantha Saturday, Soundwave photos by Wilson Lee Courtney Barnett / Woods / Spoon / Flaming Lips / Jenny Lewis Outside Lands in it's seventh installment has completed it's transformation from a traditional rock and roll festival to... more info

Stereogum — Tennis, the romantically intwined pop-rock duo of Alaina Moore and Patrick Riley, are readying the release of third album Ritual In Repeat. Above you’ll find the cover art, revealed today for the first time. Tennis worked with a trio of well-known ... more info

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