{"id":23993,"date":"2015-06-04T12:35:34","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T20:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=23993"},"modified":"2015-06-04T14:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T22:00:25","slug":"watch-spoon-cover-the-cramps-tv-set-on-conan-brief-review-and-photos-of-spoon-at-the-wiltern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2015-06\/watch-spoon-cover-the-cramps-tv-set-on-conan-brief-review-and-photos-of-spoon-at-the-wiltern\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Spoon Cover The Cramps’ “TV Set” on Conan; Brief Review and Photos of Spoon at The Wiltern"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The great band Spoon<\/a><\/strong> is experiencing renewed popularity these days and for good reason. Their 2014 album, They Want My Soul<\/strong>, was not only amongst the Best Albums of 2014<\/strong> but was also one of the band’s best ever.\u00a0 It is rare to see a band hit such lofty creative heights 16 years into their career, but that’s exactly what Spoon<\/strong> has done.\u00a0 And the band has been playing live to sold out shows across the planet.\u00a0 Britt Daniel<\/strong> and the boys continue to lay down intelligently crushing rock and roll, as Daniel<\/strong> continues to cut the quintessential rock n’ roll figure.<\/p>\n

We caught the band last Saturday at The Wiltern<\/strong>, and all was right with the rock n’ roll world.\u00a0 After a solid opening set from Austin’s stage-filling and energetic Sweet Spirit<\/strong>, Spoon<\/strong> hit the floor and gave heaping spoonfuls of propulsive, guitar-and-keys dominated songs that were rounded out perfectly by Daniel’s<\/strong> rasp-accented vocals (he is one of the best, most-unaffected vocalists in rock).\u00a0 The sold out and souled crowd ate it up, giving back due adulation to the noticeably appreciative band.<\/p>\n

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During their set, Spoon played songs spanning their 17-year discography (see setlist at bottom), ultimately closing the night with a thrashing, reverb-laden (naturally) cover of The Cramps’<\/strong> song TV Set<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 The band opened the night with a ringing Rent I Pay<\/strong><\/em> and the highlight Knock, Knock, Knock<\/strong><\/em>, two of the six songs they would play from They Want My Soul<\/strong><\/em> (matching the six songs from Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga<\/strong><\/em> and featuring five from Gimme Fiction<\/strong><\/em>).\u00a0 Standouts this night were the superbly-spare Inside Out,<\/strong><\/em> the groove-heavy and heavenly Don’t You Evah<\/strong><\/em>, new song Satellite<\/strong><\/em>, the closest Spoon<\/strong> comes to a ballad–Black Like Me, <\/strong><\/em>and You Got Yr Cherry Bomb.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 But our favorite of the evening without question was Outlier<\/strong><\/em>, which gathers and grooves in a rhythmic throw-down that would never end in a better Eden.\u00a0 It was a great night of music and we can’t wait to catch them again (perhaps when the sound is more on-target than the curious levels at times on Daniel’s vocals and guitar at The Wiltern).<\/p>\n

To get a feel, last night on Conan, Spoon<\/strong> let the world experience their fantastically schralping cover of TV Set<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Check it out below, followed by their riveting cover of the great Wire’s <\/strong>Mannequin (Wire<\/strong> played Saturday night at the nearby Echoplex<\/strong>–conflicts, ya know).<\/p>\n

And then get ye to a Spoon<\/strong> show.\u00a0
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