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In this episode of CKUA’s Hidden Track Podcast, Spoon members Britt and Alex join Grant Stovel to discuss how radio played a huge role in their musical development.
Spoon, White Reaper If rock ’n’ roll is dead, Spoon keeps gluing its corpse back together and shocking it to life. Ever since the Texas group’s breakthrough fifth album, Gimme Fiction (and its best single, “I Turn My Camera On”), wowed critics and fans alike in 2005, Spoon has been delivering a parade of experimental, melodic guitar-driven music. As Britt Daniel’s voice transforms from growl to scream to sweet falsetto, the rest of the band — Jim Eno, Alex Fischel, Gerardo Larios and Ben Trokan — keeps the rock beat heavy and steady, while supplying plenty of roll. With a catalog spanning 10 albums, from 1996’s Telephono to 2022’s Lucifer on the Sofa, expect a show that will summon you to go ga ga ga ga.
Here’s a mystery for you. Why were Spoon, one of the most dynamic, sharpest rock bands in the world, playing a single night in a north London town hall (capacity 890) while Arctic Monkeys were playing three nights at Arsenal’s ground (capacity 59,000) as part of a UK tour that encompassed eight other stadiums in