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Spoon's Jim Eno on His Recording Studio and New Label

Fri, 17 May 2013 11:43:14 -0700

Spoon's Jim Eno on His Recording Studio and New Label:

The drummer and producer had his name on four April releases, including “Thr!!!ler” by !!! and “Nuestro Camino” by Austin’s Dupree, which Eno put out on his own. But Spoon is also hard at work on their eighth record.

The most important thing to read out of this besides all the great stuff that Jim’s been up to:

I feel like now we’re like, super-psyched to get back together. We’re gonna be going pretty hard into it. That is all of our focus.

thimphudavid: Divine Fits at Coachella 2013, weekend 2

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:16:49 -0700

thimphudavid:

Divine Fits at Coachella 2013, weekend 2

Austin American-Statesman: Spoon drummer and producer Jim Eno...

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:45:58 -0700

Austin American-Statesman: Spoon drummer and producer Jim Eno adds ‘label owner’ to his résumé

From the Britt Daniel Facebook page: Born in McComb,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 12:42:53 -0700

From the Britt Daniel Facebook page:

Born in McComb, Mississippi, as Huxley Britt Bates, he was adopted and raised by his mother’s cousin, Gussie Daniel, whose surname he assumed, becoming Huxley Daniel. In 1981, the Daniel family moved to the largely black South Side area of Chicago, where the young man dropped the name Huxley and became known as Britt Daniel. In Chicago, he was an active member of his local Ebenezer Baptist Church, where he studied the trombone and the violin, becoming proficient enough on the latter for the musical director to invite him to join the orchestra, with which he performed until the age of 18. Daniel was more impressed, however, by the pulsating rhythmic music he heard at a local Pentacostal Church, as well as an interest in The Cure.

From today’s Spoon mailing list email: SPOON LPVIII...

Mon, 06 May 2013 11:01:40 -0700

From today’s Spoon mailing list email:

SPOON LPVIII PROGRESS

Amigos — a few announcements: first, we are totally in the process of making a new Spoon record. We’ve all been hanging out at Jim’s a lot the past couple months and we’re still in the writing stages, but the shit is sounding good.

Some of the songs in progress:
The Rent I Pay
Naff Bag
Millionaires
Let Me Be Mine
Modern Girls
I Ain’t The One
Fresh From Your Pages
Give Me It

Meanwhile, Britt just finished a new 2-song single with Divine Fits which should be out soon and there will be a bunch of Divine Fits shows over the next few months:

For tickets: www.divinefits.com/tour
New Britt Daniel facebook page: facebook.com/brittdaniel

And in other news, Jim Eno has started a record label! Named after his studio in Austin, TX, Public Hi-Fi Records is officially launching this week with the release of Nuestro Camino, the debut album from Austin-based B3 organ trio Dupree. The label will be entirely curated by Jim as an outlet for music he loves, for the unsigned artists he’s recorded, and as a place to issue special pressings of previously unreleased tracks from his array of artist sessions. He will produce and engineer each release, and all music will be released on limited-edition 12-inch vinyl with accompanying high quality digital downloads. You can visit Public Hi-Fi’s brand-new website to learn more about the project, the label and the studio here. And order Nuestro Camino here.

Also meanwhile, Eric has been living in Dallas, working on a follow-up to his solo record, producing bands, making art, and spending time with his fiancé and their dog. You can see what he’s been up to at http://www.ericharvey.com. His solo record is available on itunes and bandcamp. And if your band wants to record with him in Dallas you can email him at info@ericharvey.com.

And since the last album Rob has quit smoking again, mastered the NYC subway system, and is opening a bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn named Lake Street in the very near future.

(April 11, 2013 - Source: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:40:45 -0700

(April 11, 2013 - Source: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)

Musicians Alex Fischel, Sam Brown, Dan Boeckner, and Britt...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 21:37:24 -0700

Musicians Alex Fischel, Sam Brown, Dan Boeckner, and Britt Daniel pose backstage during day 1 of the 2013 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival at the Empire Polo Club on April 12, 2013 in Indio, California. (April 11, 2013 - Source: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images North America)

Divine Fits at Coachella on April 12, 2013 - Photos by Jane Hu...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:48:12 -0700

Divine Fits at Coachella on April 12, 2013 - Photos by Jane Hu for Prefix

Divine Fits Interview at the KROQ Party House at Coachella...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:55:03 -0700

Divine Fits Interview at the KROQ Party House at Coachella 2013

The guys also performed a short set of songs but I decided not to upload it because I feel bad that they had some technical problems during the performance. But if you’re curious to watch it anyway, it’s on this KROQ page and you have to fast forward to around 3:01:00

Via saucey9 on Instagram: “We’d like to thank the...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 19:28:00 -0700

Via saucey9 on Instagram: “We’d like to thank the snail for coming to our show.”

anya_marina: listen to some Spoon or Divine Fits or BD solo...

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:31:26 -0700

anya_marina: listen to some Spoon or Divine Fits or BD solo stuff in honor of baby Britt’s birthday.

Happy birthday Britt Daniel!!! (Photo by Debi Del Grande)

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 14:21:16 -0700

Happy birthday Britt Daniel!!!

(Photo by Debi Del Grande)

dtrip01: Divine Fits - The Salton Sea (Coachella Festival,Indio...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 01:48:25 -0700

dtrip01:

Divine Fits - The Salton Sea (Coachella Festival,Indio CA 4/12/13) (by Brian james)

Stylus Does SXSW 2013 - Divine Fits - Photos by Andrew Mazurak

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:25:42 -0700

Stylus Does SXSW 2013 - Divine Fits - Photos by Andrew Mazurak

Divine Fits at Coachella (photos by Dana Yavin for Brooklyn...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:20:19 -0700

Divine Fits at Coachella (photos by Dana Yavin for Brooklyn Vegan)

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Sat, 13 Apr 2013 01:32:35 -0700

tothemaxxx: DIVINE FITS

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:22:42 -0700

tothemaxxx:

DIVINE FITS

The Divine Fits perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts...

Sat, 13 Apr 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Divine Fits perform at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Friday, April 12, 2013, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio (Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Daily Bulletin)

Sorry I forgot to post a link earlier to mention Divine Fits...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:50:53 -0700

Sorry I forgot to post a link earlier to mention Divine Fits being on the Coachella webcast…hopefully this recording of it I did kinda makes up for it…

Divine Fits perform at the Outdoor Theatre during the first day...

Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:49:11 -0700

Divine Fits perform at the Outdoor Theatre during the first day of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival Friday, April 12, 2013 in Indio. (Richard Lui The Desert Sun)