Spoon's Britt Daniel announces another new band - 08.03.2012


Britt Daniel, frontman of Austin indie rockers Spoon, has recently been working with new band Divine Fits, which features members of Wolf Parade and New Bomb Turks. But it turns out Daniel is working with a new, entirely unrelated band. According to Consequence of Sound, the band is called Spl:t S:ngle, and also includes Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Mountain Goats) and Jason Narducy (Telekinesis, Guided by Voices). Narducy is the leader of the band, and writes all the songs.

Also, in an interview with Exclaim, Daniel said that there are no specific plans for Spoon right now, but that there are some songs "in the works." So we may well see a follow-up to 2010's Transference, before too long.

Mount Eerie announces tour dates - 08.03.2012


Mount Eerie has announced a fall tour in support of new album Clear Moon and its upcoming companion album, Ocean Roar. Phil Elverum is covering a lot of ground, so there's ample opportunity to see him live.

Tour:

8/25 Rochester, WA - Helsing Junction Sleepover
8/26 Astoria, OR - Kala Hipfish Space
8/27 Portland, OR - Mississippi Studios
9/2 Olympia, WA - Northern
9/3 Missoula, MT - Zoo City
9/5 Minneapolis, MN - CO Exhibitions
9/6 Madison, WI - University of Wisconsin, Music Hall
9/7 Oberlin, OH - Oberlin College
9/8 Albany, NY - Rest Fest, at St. Joseph's Church
9/9 Buffalo, NY - 9th Ward at Babeville
9/10 Toronto, Ontario - The Great Hall
9/11 Syracuse, NY - Badlands 9/12 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
9/13 Burlington, VT - Studio A at North End Studios
9/15 Brooklyn, NY - 285 Kent
9/16 Manhattan, NY - (le) Poisson Rouge
9/17 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
9/18 Washington, DC - Montserrat House
9/19 Durham, NC - Duke University
9/20 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
9/21 Louisville, KY - Quill's Coffee
9/22 Chicago, IL - TBA
9/23 Ames, IA - the Orange Gentleman / Maximum Ames festival
9/24 Omaha, NE - DP Muller Studio
9/25 Lawrence, KS - Lawrence Arts Center
9/26 Norman, OK - Opolis
9/27 Austin, TX - the Parish
9/29 Marfa, TX - TBA
9/30 Tucson, AZ - Topaz
10/1 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
10/2 Los Angeles, CA - Public Fiction
10/3 Los Angeles, CA - Eagle Rock Center for the Arts
10/4 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
10/5 Oakland, CA - Lobot
10/8 Chico, CA - Origami Lounge

Video: Lower Dens - "Candy" - 08.03.2012
The video for "Candy," from Lower Dens' new album Nootropics, centers around a group of weirdos doing things like climbing a wall and tossing around a beach ball. It was directed by Alan Resnick and Noah Collier and you can watch it below, courtesy of Stereogum.