We’re delighted to share that Spoons received a nod in the 2023 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize. The Heritage Prize, a critics’ prize and public polling campaign, celebrates classic Canadian albums that predate Polaris’ establishment in 2006.
Spoons’ Arias & Symphonies, released by Ready Records …
Any Night of the Week book highlights Ready Records’ outsized influence on Toronto’s transformation into a music mecca.
Ready Records has earned a book chapter in between a section exploring the divey downtown concert venues of the ‘80s and a chapter on Toronto’s burgeoning early reggae …
Read MoreIndie88.com included The Spoons release, Arias & Symphonies among the 14 Greatest Canadian Music Moments Ever! It is quite an the honour to be included in this list. The Spoons are amongst some amazing moments in Canadian music history!
The Burlington band’s second album was released in 1982. Although …
Warner Music has released a career-spanning compilation of music performed and produced by Nile Rodgers, founding member of famed disco funk band Chic and Grammy Award-winning producer. Appearing on the album alongside Rodgers-produced hits from David Bowie, Madonna and Diana Ross is The Spoons’ track …
Read MoreThe Spoons’ lead guitarist, singer and primary songwriter, Gord Deppe, has published SpoonFed: My Life With The Spoons, an autobiography and history of the band. In the book, Deppe writes about his early life moving from Vancouver to Germany, with his family eventually returning to …
Read MoreThe Spoons’ hit Nova Heart is featured on disc one of ICON: Best of Canada – The 1980’s, released in 2014 by Universal Canada. The first single from the band’s 1982 full-length, Arias and Symphonies, Nova Heart was one of The Spoons’ biggest hits and …
Read MoreThe Tell No Lies and Romantic Traffic singles turn 30 this year. After the huge success of Nova Heart and the Arias and Symphonies album in 1982, the band would next team up with super producer Nile Rodgers (Chic, David Bowie, Madonna, Daft Punk) to …
Read MoreThe wait is finally over, we now have the copies of the Spoon’s first release, Stick Figure Neighbourhood available on vinyl. This record was recorded by Daniel Lanois at Grant Avenue Studios back in 1981. This new and remastered version comes in audiophile quality vinyl.
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