Low’s Mimi Parker has been celebrated and remembered through the embrace of music by fellow artists in the weeks since she died at 55 following a battle with ovarian cancer. The latest tribute to the drummer and soprano vocalist comes from Phoebe Bridgers and Storefront Church, who shared a nostalgic cover of “Words” from Low’s 1994 debut, I Could Live in Hope.
“In the wake of Mimi’s passing, I’d like to dedicate this to her. Low’s music has been incredibly useful to me; it’s like an antidote to anxiety,...
“In the wake of Mimi’s passing, I’d like to dedicate this to her. Low’s music has been incredibly useful to me; it’s like an antidote to anxiety,...
- 12/2/2022
- by Larisha Paul
- Rollingstone.com
Ahead of what would have been David Bowie’s 75th birthday, Spoon have shared their cover of the late icon’s “I Can’t Give Everything Away,” the closing track on Bowie’s final album Blackstar.
“’I Can’t Give Everything Away’ is a tune [keyboardist Alex Fischel] and I have been playing since we learned it for an acoustic and piano show in Mexico City in 2016,” Spoon’s Britt Daniel said in a statement. “It’s just a fantastic song, and as the last song on Bowie’s final album it doesn’t disappoint.
“’I Can’t Give Everything Away’ is a tune [keyboardist Alex Fischel] and I have been playing since we learned it for an acoustic and piano show in Mexico City in 2016,” Spoon’s Britt Daniel said in a statement. “It’s just a fantastic song, and as the last song on Bowie’s final album it doesn’t disappoint.
- 1/6/2022
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Olivia Kaplan spies on herself in the quirky new video for “Seen by You,” a track off her upcoming album Tonight Turns to Nothing.
The video features the Los Angeles singer-songwriter in a black hoodie and sunglasses, secretly following a vain version of herself — wearing a Warhol-like wig and capturing selfies in various locations. “Think you’re watching a little too closely/And it’s getting in your way,” she sings. “It’s like you do it without knowing/That it’s no way to behave.”
“Seen by You” follows the lead single “Wrong,...
The video features the Los Angeles singer-songwriter in a black hoodie and sunglasses, secretly following a vain version of herself — wearing a Warhol-like wig and capturing selfies in various locations. “Think you’re watching a little too closely/And it’s getting in your way,” she sings. “It’s like you do it without knowing/That it’s no way to behave.”
“Seen by You” follows the lead single “Wrong,...
- 4/16/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Before the pandemic hit last year, Olivia Kaplan was balancing a few hustles — working part-time at a hip Los Angeles restaurant, teaching music lessons, and helping out at the local farmers market — on top of music. After long shifts waiting tables, she’d head straight to the studio to work on her debut album. She didn’t mind and, in fact, found that the arrangement boosted her creativity. “I’m exhausted, but I needed that structure,” says Kaplan, 28. “I don’t think I’m the kind of person that can...
- 3/4/2021
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Things were looking good for Spoon as spring arrived in Austin, Texas, this year. After a few months of spirited sessions at drummer Jim Eno’s studio, the long-running indie-rock heroes were getting close to the finish line on their 10th studio album. The songs were sounding tight, and the band was feeling loose. “I’d say we had 70 or 80 percent of the record done,” recalls frontman Britt Daniel, 49. “We were recording right up until March 10th. And then March 11th was when this whole mess kicked into high gear.
- 9/14/2020
- by Simon Vozick-Levinson
- Rollingstone.com
Spoon have released a stripped-down rendition of their 2014 track “Rainy Taxi” for the latest installment of the Bandcamp Friday fundraiser.
All proceeds from “Rainy Taxi (Big Beat)” — a piano-and-percussion version of the They Want My Soul track — will benefit Austin Community Foundation. Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel recorded the new take on the track in May 2020 from their respective quarantines in Austin and Los Angeles.
Additionally, Spoon uploaded all of their albums onto their Bandcamp Friday; on the first Friday of every month since March, and continuing for the rest of the year,...
All proceeds from “Rainy Taxi (Big Beat)” — a piano-and-percussion version of the They Want My Soul track — will benefit Austin Community Foundation. Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel recorded the new take on the track in May 2020 from their respective quarantines in Austin and Los Angeles.
Additionally, Spoon uploaded all of their albums onto their Bandcamp Friday; on the first Friday of every month since March, and continuing for the rest of the year,...
- 9/4/2020
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Spoon frontman Britt Daniel, drummer Jim Eno, and guitarist Alex Fischel sat down in our SiriusXM studios for a recent episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, where they broke down the making of songs from throughout their career, going inside their new greatest-hits compilation, Everything Hits At Once: The Best of Spoon. Some highlights follow; to hear the entire discussion, press play below or download and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.
Elvis Costello and Motown helped Spoon entirely reinvent their sound between their second and third albums.
“We didn’t...
Elvis Costello and Motown helped Spoon entirely reinvent their sound between their second and third albums.
“We didn’t...
- 11/1/2019
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
For a band who, technically speaking, never had an actual pop hit, Spoon put together an incredibly strong greatest hits album. The recently released Everything Hits at Once: The Best of Spoon is a reminder that the Austin-based band is one of this century’s most consistent and tuneful acts – and that they’ve always made great pop songs. In an episode of our Rolling Stone Music Now podcast, frontman Britt Daniel, drummer Jim Eno, and guitarist Alex Fischel join host Brian Hiatt to go through the making of their best songs,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Brian Hiatt
- Rollingstone.com
Spoon gave a fiery rendition of their new single "Hot Thoughts" on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday. The song is the title-track from their upcoming record, out March 17th.
The Austin group tweaked the slick disco leanings of the studio version of "Hot Thoughts" into a grittier dance-rock rager. By the end of the performance, singer Britt Daniels was wailing into the microphone and trading blown-out Nile Rodgers riffs with fellow guitarist Alex Fischel.
Hot Thoughts follows Spoon's 2014 album They Want My Soul. It also marks the group's first LP with Matador since their 1996 debut,...
The Austin group tweaked the slick disco leanings of the studio version of "Hot Thoughts" into a grittier dance-rock rager. By the end of the performance, singer Britt Daniels was wailing into the microphone and trading blown-out Nile Rodgers riffs with fellow guitarist Alex Fischel.
Hot Thoughts follows Spoon's 2014 album They Want My Soul. It also marks the group's first LP with Matador since their 1996 debut,...
- 3/9/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Efficient, distorted, fresh and messy. That's how I'd describe Spoon's "Rent I Pay,"the first song to arrive from their forthcoming album "They Want My Soul." The band has in various forms of away-time for the last four years, their longest break. Singer Britt Daniel formed the Divine Fits, drummer Jim Eno has produced some great records from !!!, Heartless Bastards and more, for instance. I've gotten the impression from talking to Daniel before that he needs a certain amount of distance from his band to get anything done. He moved out of Austin, for instance; he writes lyrics separately, which is one of the hardest part of his job description. I love the crunch and pop of 2001's "Girls Can Tell" and the tight empty spaces of 2002's "Kill the Moonlight." I don't think I or the band could explain how those albums -- released one after the other...
- 6/10/2014
- Hitfix
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