Silent Uproar — Spoon will release Transference on January 19th via Merge Records. The Texas quartet has announced a supporting North American tour in March and April. Atlanta's Deerhunter will support on all dates. [mergerecords.com] more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Britt Daniel of Spoon will be delivering a solo acoustic performance at Sound Fix Records in Williamsburg on Saturday, January 23rd (time TBD). That's four days after Spoon's new album, Transference, is released by Merge who by the way... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tickets are now on pre-sale for the Spoon/Deerhunter tour/show @ Radio City.... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — “Mean Red Spider” is the b-side for Transference’s lead single, “Written In Reverse”. For me it was slightly more accessible at first than Transference was. With that said, I am still digging my teeth in Transference (which you can stream a... more info

Rolling Stone — • News Ticker: Michael Jackson, Ting Tings • Cowell Leaving Idol for U.S. X Factor • Fresh Hendrix Releases, Reissues Set for ‘10 • James Taylor, Carole King Team for Tour • Blink-182 Capturing Recording Sessions in Doc • Clapton Set fo... more info

Pop Candy — Check out Whitney's pop-culture headlines for Tuesday, Jan. 12. You'll see stuff about The A-Team, How I Met Your Mother, Lost, Spoon and more. more info

The Independent — With the top acts of 2009 being primarily from the genres of mainstream pop, country, and rap, with names like Eminem, Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga, plus the standards of TV phenomenon Susan Boyle doing well on the US charts, upcoming releases in 2010... more info

Rolling Stone — Photo: Autumn DeWilde There’s a lot of hot indie rock coming to a venue near you in 2010: Spoon plot trips to SXSW and Radio City Music Hall as they set out in support of their new album Transference. Plus, Breaking band Beach House showcase their ... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - As we got word of NPR's streaming of SWSX and SPOON's performance, our friends at Merge Records reminded us of the band's new album, Transference (out on January 19th), Spoon has announced the itinerary of its 2010... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS - NPR Music has today announced it will present, broadcast and webcast the opening night showcase of this years' South by Southwest Music and Media Conference (SXSW) in Austin, TX. It will mark the third time NPR has... more info