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Best & Worst of Lollapalooza: Day 2

Phoenix, Metric, AFI, Social Distortion, Cut Copy, Spoon, and more surprises from Chicago.

By Spin Staff 08.08.10 9:18 AM

Best Music for Your Workout: Phoenix

Spoon Joined by Deerhunter's Bradford Cox

Watch the Coachella performers live on Jimmy Kimmel.

By JENN PELLY 04.16.10 7:46 AM

Spoon dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, en route to this weekend's Coachella festival, performing Transference tracks "Is Love Forever" and "Who Makes Your Money" -- the latter backed by current tourmate and Deerhunter/Atlas Sound

Under the Influence: Stars Grill Their Idols

SPECIAL SECTION: Billie Joe, Gerard Way, Britt Daniel & more compare notes with their biggest influences.

By Spin Staff 03.25.10 10:35 AM

Rock stars get all the perks. But sometimes even they don't get the chance to compare notes with their greatest influences without a little help. As part of our 25th Anniversary year, we connected some of today's biggest names with their idols -- here are the results.

Britt Daniel Meets Ray Davies

Compared to most of their indie-rock peers, Spoon have been around forever. But for sound advice on true staying power -- including the "right" to fail -- their dedicated follower goes face to face (sort of) with the Kinks' well-respected man about town.

By Steve Kandell 03.20.10 3:07 PM

Compared to most of their indie-rock peers, Spoon have been around forever. But for sound advice on true staying power -- including the "right" to fail -- their dedicated follower goes face to face (sort of) with the Kinks' well-respected man about town.