Photo: Autumn DeWilde

Have you seen Spoon live? They’re crisp, like say, a delicious pastry. They are absolutely not one of those bands who anyone could ever accuse of “studio magic” because their sets beautifully recreate these little jams they have come close to perfecting over the last decade of making indie rock. Well, they’re doing it all over again with Transference this January 26, and surrounding that release date with some live shows. One date is even with Jay Reatard, which is sort of like an experiment on what happens when organized sound meets sonic chaos. So we think everyone wins.

12.03 Kansas City, MO  @ Midland Theatre
12.04 Boston, MA @ Orpheum Theatre #
12.11 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom *
12.12 La Jolla, CA @ RIMAC Arena
12.31 Milwaukee, WI @ Riverside Theatre !

02.14 Glasgow, Scotland @ King Tut’s
02.15 Manchester, England @ Academy 3
02.16 London, England @ Electric Ballroom
02.18 Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso
02.19 Cologne, Germany @ Luxor
02.20 Berlin, Germany @ Franz Club

# with Phoenix, Passion Pit
* with Black Joe Lewis
! with Jay Reatard

(Via: P4K)

1. Spoon to Feed You Earlier Than Anticipated
2. New Spoon For You and Yours To Spoon To
3. Tests To See If Your iPod Is Now A Paperweight
4. Someone Finally Gave Spoon An Award For Never Writing A Bad Song
5. Cover Art For Spoon’s Transference Very Suggestive