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Hopscotch Music Festival 2013 to Feature Spiritualized, Kurt Vile + More

Gina Vespa — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:39:53 +0000

The Hopscotch Music Festival returns to downtown Raleigh, N.C., for its fourth annual go-round on Sept. 5-7. The lineup features more than 175 bands from a wide variety of genres, including rock, hip-hop, metal, punk, alt-country, classical and folk. Festival-goers will enjoy performances by Spiritualized, Kurt Vile and the Violators, Big Boi and the Breeders, plus dozens more.

News Bits: Spiritualized Announce U.S. Tour, Best Coast Rejoin Green Day Trek + More

Kenneth Partridge — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 23:08:17 +0000

Hallelujah! Spiritualized have announced a U.S. tour. Let's hope they don't cancel this time.

Best Coast will get to open for Green Day after all!

News Bits: Spiritualized Scrap Tour, Crystal Castles Plot One + More

Diffuser.fm Staff — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 23:34:31 +0000

Spiritualized announced a U.S. tour — then cancelled it straight away. What gives? [Brooklyn Vegan] Crystal Castles, on the other hand, are coming around. [Pitchfork] Two members of Echo and the Bunnymen have a new side project, Poltergeist. [Consequence of Sound] That new Black Rebel Motorcycle Club album has a title and release date. [Gigwise] [...]

Spiritualized Release Coming-of-Age 'Little Girl' Video

Dave Kim — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 16:30:21 +0000

Space rockers Spiritualized have released the video for ‘Little Girl,’ the latest single from their critically-acclaimed album ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light.’ As Pitchfork reports, the video was directed by Vincent Haycock in the Oder-Spree district of Brandenburg, Germany, which is at the border of Poland and Germany. ‘Little Girl’ is about a “young female runaway who steals [...]

Spiritualized Jam 'Hey Jane' on 'Letterman'

Scott Shetler — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:09:45 +0000

Spiritualized visited the ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ last night (May 7) to perform ‘Hey Jane,’ a melodic track from the group’s seventh album. Jason Pierce and his band were joined by maracas-wielding backup singers for the track, which was trimmed to four minutes from the nine-minute version on ‘Sweet Heart Sweet Light,’ the band’s [...]

Spiritualized, 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light' – Album Review

Drake Baer — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 16:36:52 +0000

Jason Pierce has long expressed a weary search for redemption -- whether through the promise of romantic love, the fix offered by narcotics, or salvation from a higher power -- in the space-gospel of Spiritualized, of which he is the lone continuous member. At its best, the band engenders intoxicated catharsis, the draining relief of a hangover broken. But in the band's more indulgent moments, they never sweat out the sickness. This is why 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light,' which may be Pierce's leanest (and most pop) album to date, is also one of their best.

Listen to Spiritualized's 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light'

Jeff Giles — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 16:14:04 +0000

It's been a long four years for Spiritualized fans since the release of 'Songs in A&E,' but the wait for new music is almost over: the space rock pioneers' new album, 'Sweet Heart Sweet Light,' is out next week. And actually, you don't even have to wait that long to hear it -- thanks to NPR, you can stream the whole thing right now.