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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.