Spoon – “Written in Reverse”
“Written in Reverse” is the new single from Spoon’s upcoming Transference LP due out January 19th via Merge. And considering our site’s name, you might guess we’re more than just a little bit excited about their seventh full-length effort. In other words, it gives us a nice excuse to post the [...]

Slim’s is the place to be tonight, Wednesday, November 4th. On the bill: White Rabbits, Local Natives, and Glass Ghost.
White Rabbits are currently on tour in support of It’s Frightening (produced by Britt Daniel of Spoon), their excellent second full-length album full of thumping, nimble indie rock. Combined with the support from Local Natives [...]

Welcome back to Video Round-Up, where the SD crew picks through the flurry of videos circulating this particular week and posts the highlights.
This week, there’s lots of action on the “live” front, including some notable live performances by Paul McCartney, Weezer, Grizzly Bear, Wilco and Feist, Japandroids, Spoon, and Cymbals Eat Guitars. After that, enjoy [...]

Whenever the moon is just right, the Vague Panther picks his favorite MP3s from the web to bring you the “In the Know” series. If you’ve got a tip that might pique his interest email him at vaguepanther(at)strangerdance.com.

Jonsi and Alex – “Boy 1904″
Sigur Rós frontman, Jonsi Birgisson, and his boyfriend, Alex Somers, are set to [...]

Rock and roll? Check. Beautiful festival setting? Check. Theoretically, not much is missing from this combination – in fact, festivals like Monolith, Sasquatch! and our very own Treasure Island and Outside Lands demonstrate that you need not much more than some ace bands and lovely views to make for a good time (well, beer helps [...]

After quite a hiatus, there are signs of life from Austin’s Voxtrot:
Dear World,
Things have been rather quiet round the Voxtrot camp these last two years. Nonetheless, we are thrilled to be reentering the musical minds of you and your loved ones. During the week of the South By Southwest Music Festival, we will be performing [...]

Band: Phoenix
Album: Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
Sample: “1901″
 
Not only is this one of the best dance-y singles we’ve heard in a while, but the French quartet put out an entire album filled with great songs. Get used to it, you’ll be hearing about Phoenix for a while.
Bonus: You can download the stems for Phoenix’ “1901″ on their [...]

We’re not ones to get too sentimental around here, but we couldn’t pass up this opportunity to post a great track from Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears (not to be confused with UK blues act Big Joe Louis).
Although they’re a current act, you’d never know it. The eight-piece ensemble pumps out dirty garage-soul that [...]

Everybody’s favorite hirsute folkies (ours too) are set to rock serenade the television masses tomorrow night as guest musicians on Saturday Night Live. Rosario Dawson will host. While we haven’t watched more than 20 minutes worth of SNL in years, we assume it’s safe to say that the Foxes’ performance — they’re rumored to play [...]

As 2008 comes to a close, we at Stranger Dance are starting to look forward to what 2009 holds. A number of our favorite artists (Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Jason Isbell, M. Ward, Wilco, etc.) have confirmed upcoming albums and even more are flirting with the idea.
A few things stuck out to us while compiling [...]