Silent Uproar — Merge Records will drop the seventh album from Spoon, Transference, on January 26th, 2009. Hit up Merge for the track list. [mergerecords.com] more info

Rawkblog — Photo by David Greenwald If it’s anywhere near the quality of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, it’ll be nice to have the best album of 2010 on the early side. No word yet if frontman Britt Daniel’s sessions with Jon Brion (who previously did the band’s “The... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Thanks to Pitchfork for giving me the best news of the week: Spoon's upcoming seventh LP has a name, a tracklist, and a birthdate! Transference drops via Merge on January 26th. Seasoned Spoon concert vets will probably recognize the tracklist, whic... more info

Chorus.fm — *Spoon (http://myspace.com/spoon)* will release Transference on January 26, 2010. Track listing and press release are in the replies. Submitted by Keagan2387 more info

Stereogum — Good news: new Spoon album! The band's typically terrific LP, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, came out two years ago, which is a long time to wait for typically terrific LPs. Britt stopped the gap with the Got Nuffin EP and live debuts of new material with dram... more info

Quick Before It Melts — If you’ve spent any significant time ’round these parts, you’d know I’m fond of a certain trans-sexual folk/country singer from Calgary by the name of Rae Spoon.  Bryan from Herohill tipped me off to a fantastic collaboration Spoon has don... more info

My Old Kentucky — (photo cred : Hugh Twyman)Sure, Meeting of Important People may be a presumptuous name for a band of Pittsburgh upstarts, but take a listen — these gents pack in pop hooks like they've been doing it for years. And, to some degree, they have; s... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Megaphonic Thrift (Myspace) Hometown: Norway Album: A Thousand Years of Deconstruction (Buy) Label: Spoon Train Audio, Deadly Records, Sounds Gold The Megaphonic Thrift – Acid Blues Bookmark It Hide Sites more info

Big Apple Music Scene — Housing Works is hosting a little celebration for Merge Records‘ new book Our Noise. There will be readings from the book and music, of course: Merge Records founders Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance will appear to celebrate the release of Our Nois... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — To mark the 40th anniversary of 'Flying Circus,' the five living original members reminisce. In 1969, five young British comedians and one young American anima... more info