The Playlist — Catching up on a few things...The poster for Roman Polanski's "The Ghost Writer" surfaced. It shows a very photoshopped/heavily airbrushed Ewan McGregor and the ghostly face of Pierce Brosnan, get it? Seriously, this is one of the worst posters we've... more info

The Independent — On Monday, the most blogged artists of the moment according to The Hype Machine are Swedish pop group jj, Texas band Spoon, and South London group The xx. Also making the top ten are Brooklyn indie rock band Grizzly Bear and British singer/songwrite... more info

Rolling Stone — • Hope for Haiti Now: The RS Live Blog • Watch Bruce, Madonna, More Haiti Songs • Beck, Will Ferrell Join Conan for “Free Bird” • John Mayer in His Own Words: Q&A • Steven Tyler Karaokes Aerosmith at Cali Pub • Ozzy on Return of Ozzfe... more info

Rolling Stone — It took Spoon nearly a decade of thankless touring to break out of small clubs, but on Thursday night, they happily returned to one, stomping through old favorites (”Cherry Bomb,” “Fitted Shirt”) and most of their new album, Transference, for... more info

The Good, The Bad and The Unknown — I had a good response from my fans picking up the Spoon album this week. You can still get it from my Amazon store although the $3.99 offer has ended.So, as promised, I'm posting Spoon's very rare "Get Nice." A bonus CD of demos included on some co... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — words by BBG, photos by Meghan McInnes Spoon you rock rocked Mercury Lounge tonite and I thank you for it - [noise64]If you got in line early yesterday afternoon (as early as 1PM from some reports), or were one of... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — It's that time of the year again, when all my Bonnaroo brethren are anxiously awaiting for the official lineup to be announced. The Roo crew usually release the lineup the first week of February, so it's only natural that the rumors and leaky lineup... more info

The Independent — On Friday, the most blogged artists of the moment according to The Hype Machine are Swedish pop group jj and Texas band Spoon, in first and second place. In third is South London fourpiece band The xx, whose 2009 debut album xx earned major recognit... more info

Stereogum — If you're in NYC and you love Transference , or any other pitstop along Spoon's reliably banging discog for that matter, you might want to head to Mercury Lounge like three hours ago. The band's playing a show at the 200-capacity E. Houston Stre... more info

Stereogum — Matador co-founder Gerard Cosloy lives in Austin when not taking care of business at the NYC-based label. If you recall, in 2009 his Lindell Avenue home burned down. Sad shit, but less than 12 months after that, he's put together the 19-track Casual ... more info