![TOM WALLACE ' twallace@startribune.com Assign#20011919A Slug: spoon040510 Date: April 3, 2010' Concert review of Current/89.3-adored Texas indie-rock band Spoon, playing their second of two sold-out nights at First Ave on Sat. IN THIS PHOTO: ] The band Spoon, lead singer/guitarist Britt Daniel, The members of the band include Jim Eno (drums); Rob Pope (bass, backing vocals) and Eric Harvey (keyboard, guitar, percussion, backing vocals).](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/OAWW43UG33T7AUXWXDJRVVWG5U.jpg?&w=712)
(DML - Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Saturday's Spoon serving
The Texas band tore through 23 songs in 95 minutes.
April 4, 2010 at 9:42PM
Click here for the full review of last night's show. On a personal note, it was rather symbolic from my point of view having Spoon as the headliner on the night of First Ave's 40th anniversary. I first saw the band 15 years ago in beloved Austin clubs such as the Electric Lounge and Liberty Lunch – which were long ago lost to condo development and dot-com company headquarters. We're lucky to still have our great rock haven. In fact, we probably wouldn't have gotten Spoon two nights in a row without it.
Saturday's show was devoid of tracks from 2001's "Girls Can Tell," one of my favorites by the band. On the other hand, it was heavy with "Kill the Moonlight" songs, another great one, although I missed hearing "Small Stakes" from it. Here's the whole set list:
I Saw the Light / I Turn My Camera On / Jonathon Fisk / Nobody Gets Me But You / The Way We Get By / The Ghost of You Lingers / Stay Don't Go / Don't Make Me a Target / Love Song (The Damned cover) / Who Makes Your Money / Back to the Life / My Mathematical Mind / Someone Something / Vittorio E. / They Never Got You / I Summon You / Finer Feelings / Written in Reverse ENCORE 1: Utilitarian / You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb ENCORE 2: Don't You Evah / Trouble Comes Running / The Underdog (Last night's photo by Tom Wallace for the Star Tribune)
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