Monday, January 11, 2010

[news] Stream Spoon's Transference

Transference - hear it now!

We're almost a week away from the release of Spoon's seventh studio album Transference. To tide everyone over 'til Tuesday, Merge has kindly allowed NPR to stream the entire LP (here). Also, if you weren't some of the lucky few cities who got to see Spoon live in the last month, no worries: the band has just announced a whole slew of US dates to follow their quick EU tour. Dates are posted below:

Spoon - EU Dates w/ White Rabbits:
Feb 14 // King Tuts // Glasgow, Scotland tix
Feb 15 // Academy 3 // Manchester, UK tix
Feb 16 // Electric Ballroom // London, UK tix
Feb 18 // Paradiso // Amsterdam, the Netherlands tix
Feb 19 // Luxor // Cologne, Germany tix
Feb 20 // Frannz Club // Berlin, Germany tix

Spoon - US Dates w/ Deerhunter:
Mar 17 // Stubb's // Austin, TX
Mar 18 // Republic // New Orleans, LA * tix
Mar 19 // Workplay Soundstage // Birmingham, AL * tix
Mar 20 // Tabernacle // Atlanta, GA * tix
Mar 22 // 9:30 Club // Washington DC * tix
Mar 23 // 9:30 Club // Washington DC * tix
Mar 24 // The National // Richmond, VA * tix
Mar 26 // Radio City Music Hall // New York, NY * tix
Mar 27 // House of Blues // Boston, MA * tix
Mar 29 // Sound Academy // Toronto, ON * tix
Mar 30 // Royal Oak Music Theatre // Royal Oak, MI * tix
Apr 01 // Aragon Theatre // Chicago, IL & tix
Apr 02 // First Avenue // Minneapolis, MN & tix
Apr 03 // First Avenue // Minneapolis, MN & tix
Apr 05 // Ogden Theatre // Denver, CO & tix
Apr 06 // Ogden Theatre // Denver, CO & tix
Apr 07 // In The Venue // Salt Lake City, UT & tix
Apr 09 // Moore Theatre // Seattle, WA & tix
Apr 10 // Moore Theatre // Seattle, WA & tix
Apr 11 // Orpheum Theatre // Vancouver, BC & tix
Apr 13 // Fox Oakland Theatre // Oakland, CA & tix

* with Deerhunter, The Strange Boys
& with Deerhunter, Micachu & the Shapes

Spoontheband.com has hinted that a few "secret shows" will be announced later to those "most fortuitously-located (in strictly a geographic sense)." As of now, these are the only dates the site will divulge:

- Jan 19 // Spoon will be the Musical Guest on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien
- Jan 23 // Britt Daniel will be playing a few songs solo at Sound Fix in Brooklyn, NY
- Jan 25 // Spoon will play at Waterloo Records in Austin, TX

Pre-order :: Spoon - Transference (released 1-19-2010)

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