Divine Fits, indie rock’s latest super-group, is comprised of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade/Hansdome Furs frontman Dan Boeckner, and drummer Sam Brown of The New Bomb Turks. Their 2012 debut A Thing Called Divine Fits has earned them rave reviews. You can catch them on Letterman tonight, and on tour in December (they’ll be opening [...]

Divine Fits A Thing Called Divine Fits (Merge) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars A trio comprised of Spoon’s Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and Sam Brown of the New Bomb Turks could hardly be called a supergroup, even by indie rock standards. But the threesome, along with veteran ’80s producer Nick Launay, have [...]

Davies’ canon gets a friendly face lift.

Weezer band member Patrick Wilson has responded to disgruntled music fan James Burns, who has launched an online petition in an effort to raise 10 million dollars, the sum he wants to offer the band to break up. Wilson responded via Twitter that they’d do a “deluxe breakup”’ for $20 million. Well played, sir. Catch [...]

Farm Aid celebrated it’s 25th anniversary on Saturday, with an eleven-hour concert featuring longtime mainstays Willie Nelson, Neil Young, John Mellencamp, and Dave Matthews, as well as Norah Jones, Jeff Tweedy, Band Of Horses, Kenny Chesney, and Jamey Johnson. Highlights included Jones’ cover of Johnny Cash’s “Cry Cry Cry,” Tweedy’s solo-acoustic version of “You’re Not [...]

Hey, cool kids, it’s Lollapalooza time. The venerable alt-rock fest has announced the latest lineup for their annual summer festival. Topping the bill this year are Green Day, the reunited Soundgarden, the off-hiatus Strokes, and…Lady Gaga. Okay…. The festival, which runs over the August 6-8 weekend at Chicago’s Grant Park, will also feature bands like [...]

In 1995, Spoon were often dubbed “the next Pixies.” The tag never quite fit, but the two did share a love for writing glorious pop songs and then shrouding them with walls of noise and mystery. Over 15 years, the Austin, Texas band have survived lineup shuffles and early record label neglect, finding their signature [...]

NPR Music will be webcasting some of the hottest shows of this year’s South By Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Tomorrow at 8 p.m. (CT), tune in to catch opening night performances from Spoon, Broken Bells, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, the Walkmen, and Visqueen. The concert will be emanating from Stubb’s Bar-B-Que. The following [...]

I’m writing this to you in reverse Someone better call a hearse I can see it all from here from just a few glimpses Now that light bulb’s gone off and it’s pulling my winces Now the light bulb’s gone on I’ve seen it in your eyes I’ve seen you blankly stare And I wanna [...]