SPOON The Nefarious EP 1994

 

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Spoon Biography

by Heather Phares

One of indie rock's most critically acclaimed acts, Spoon have earned a reputation for being consistently inventive and inventively consistent. They arrived as brash post-punkers in the post-grunge lull of the mid-'90s, but in the decade that followed, Spoon truly came into their own. On 2001's Girls Can Tell and 2002's Kill the Moonlight, they stripped rock down to its most essential elements, then used the empty space that remained to play with shifting rhythms, taut guitars and literate lyrics in ways that sounded innovative and timeless. This heady blend of precision punk and serpentine classic rock (the band has drawn comparisons to everyone from the Pixies and Sonic Youth to Elvis Costello and Tom Petty) eventually earned Spoon commercial success as well as glowing reviews: Their 2007 album, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, was a top 10 hit in the U.S.. Over the years, the band continued to evolve while remaining true to their minimalist roots.They opened up their sound on 2017's dance-tinged Hot Thoughts, then went back to basics with the raw rock of 2022's Lucifer on the Sofa, both of which exemplified how Spoon found new ways of doing what they've always done.

Spoon was formed in Austin, TX in 1993 by singer/guitarist Britt Daniel and drummer Jim Eno, who met during their time in the band Alien Beats. Taking their name from a Can song,

Spoon's debut EP Nefarious appeared on the small Texas imprint Fluffer Records in May 1994. The band signed to Matador the following year, and issued their first full-length Telephono in April 1996. Produced by the Reivers' John Croslin and recorded in his garage studio for $3,000, the album reached number 35 on Billboard's Independent Albums chart, while its noisy, hooky take on post-punk drew favorable comparisons to Pixies and Wire. Daniel and Eno added bassist Josh Zarbo (formerly of the local band Maxine's Radiator) to the fold in 1997, and honed in on the tight, minimalist pop that became Spoon's forte with that year's Soft Effects EP. In 1998, the band began a brief and tumultuous stint on Elektra Records, who released Spoon's second album A Series of Sneaks that May. Once again, the album earned favorable reviews, but its sales were disappointing to Elektra, which was in the midst of an internal company shake-up at the time. Four months after the album's release, the label dropped Spoon (in 2002, Merge reissued A Series of Sneaks with two bonus tracks that chronicled the group's disappointment with major-label politics). Daniel moved to New York City, working temp jobs and writing songs, while Eno remained in Austin and designed semiconductor chips.
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A1		The Government Darling	2:54
A2		This Damn Nation
2:28
B1		Nefarious	2:46
B2		Not Turning Off	3:01

SUPERCLIMA Various Artists 1996

                                        

 

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Spanish (from Spain) comp released on Caroline Records for Rockdelux magazine

 

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1	Prodigy*–	Firestarter
2	Girls Against Boys–	Super-Fire
3	Steve Wynn–	Shelley's Blues, Pt. 2
4	Throwing Muses–	Shark
5	Lush–	I Wanna Be Your Girlfriend
6	China Drum–	Last Chance
7	June (8)–	Stripteaser
8	Peter Perrett In The One*–	Falling
9	Papas Fritas–	Afterall
10	Guided By Voices–	The Official Ironmen Rally Song
11	El Inquilino Comunista–	Colored View
12	Holy Barbarians–	Space Junkie
13	Cool Jerks–	Beautiful Sad Face
14	Scheer–	Wish You Were Dead
15	Lisa Germano–	A Beautiful Schizophrenic
16	Spoon–	Dismember
17	Vancouvers–	Reach Out
18	Gorky's Zygotic Mynci–	If Fingers Were Xylophones
19	Tommy Keene–	On The Runway
20	Jack Logan–	When It All Comes Down
21	Dover–	She Will
22	Spain–	Untitled 1 (Radio Edit)

 

WHAT'S UP MATADOR Various Artists 1997

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		Favorite Tracks
1-1	–Yo La Tengo	Tom Courtenay	3:31
1-2	–Pavement	Texas Never Whispers	3:08
1-3	–Teenage Fanclub	Catholic Education	2:32
1-4	–Superchunk	For Tension	2:59
1-5	–Unsane	Vandal X	1:46
1-6	–Bailter Space	Splat	3:49
1-7	–Helium (3)	Pat's Trick	3:21
1-8	–Cat Power	Nude As The News	4:22
1-9	–Bettie Serveert	Tomboy	4:21
1-10	–Silkworm	Couldn't You Wait (Acoustic)	3:37
1-11	–Spoon	Don't Buy The Realistic	3:58
1-12	–Liz Phair	Stratford-On-Guy	2:58
1-13	–Pizzicato Five	Twiggy Twiggy	4:04
1-14	–The Fall	Hey Student	4:29
1-15	–Railroad Jerk	Bang The Drum	2:45
1-16	–Come (2)	In/Out	4:44
1-17	–The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Dang	1:53
1-18	–Chain Gang	Son Of Sam	3:12
1-19	–The Frogs	Adam & Steve	3:06
1-20	–Chavez	Unreal Is Here	2:33
1-21	–Guided By Voices	Motor Away	2:07
1-22	–S.F. Seals	Still?	4:03
1-23	–Thinking Fellers Union Local 282	My Pal The Tortoise	2:48
1-24	–Mecca Normal	Water Cuts My Hands	1:59
		Unreleased Tracks
2-1	–Cat Power	Back Of Your Head	3:43
2-2	–Come (2)	Strike	4:01
2-3	–Railroad Jerk	One Step Forward	5:09
2-4	–The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Dig My Shit!	1:39
2-5	–Guided By Voices	My Thoughts Are A Gas	3:06
2-6	–Spoon	Telamon Bridge	2:01
2-7	–Pavement	Killing Moon	5:16
2-8	–Silkworm	Hangman	4:51
2-9	–Yo La Tengo	Don't Say A Word (Demo Version)	3:33
2-10	–Barbara Manning	The Blood Of Feeling	2:59
2-11	–Bettie Serveert	Life Is An Imbecile	3:26
2-12	–Liz Phair	Stuck On An Island	2:26
2-13	–The For Carnation	Alfredo's Welcome	3:38
2-14	–Run On	Days Away	5:39
2-15	–Mecca Normal	Hurricane Watch	3:53
2-16	–Helium (3)	Lucy	6:28
2-17	–Chavez	Theme From "For Russ"	4:44
2-18	–Tobin Sprout	Small Parade	2:15
2-19	–Bardo Pond	The Trail	6:15
2-20	–Pizzicato Five	Happy Birthday	2:28

 

MATADOR RECORDS Intended Play 1997

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1	–Chavez	Unreal Is Here
2	–Yo La Tengo	Sugarcube
3	–Silkworm	The Devil Is Beating His Wife
4	–The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion	Wail (Video Mix)
5	–Pavement	Embassy Row
6	–Bettie Serveert	Geek
7	–Spoon	Waiting For The Kid To Come Out
8	–Cat Power	Bathysphere
9	–Run On	As God As New (Edit)
10	–Helium	Silver Strings
11	–Guitar Wolf	Link Wray Man
12	–Railroad Jerk	Well
13	–2 Foot Flame	Everything