In just its second year of existence, the Panorama Music Festival did much to excite its fans and concert goers. Be it the countless musical artists and acts they lined up for the three-day event in New York City, or…
From the Record Crate: Spoon – “Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga” (2007)
Not only was Spoon’s Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga a seminal album from the heyday of indie rock, it thrust the band onto the iPods and Zunes of countless listeners who wouldn’t have otherwise found them popping up on their…
Album Review: Spoon – “Hot Thoughts”
Spoon has never been content with being just another utensil in the drawer. Throughout their 23 years as a band they’ve tinkered with the indie rock formula in ways no other artists could—nimbly dancing across genres as varied as Pixies-style…
Melody on Music: No Theme Necessary
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. In 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past installments…
Melody on Music: Let’s Talk About White Guys With Guitars for Once!
Editor’s note: From 2012 to 2014, Melody Rice wrote the music column Matt on Music for The Eastern Echo, the student newspaper for Eastern Michigan University. Beginning in 2016, Melody relaunched this column on The Young Folks. You can read past…
Spoon is getting ready to release new album, ‘Hot Thoughts’
After listening non-stop to the whole They Want My Soul album over and over back in 2014 and making tracks like “Rent I Pay” and “Do You” part of our daily playlist, Austin rock band Spoon is ready to return…