New Video: Spoon's Britt Daniel Covers Wire

Watch Daniel and a live karaoke band play the punk classic in New York City!
Spoon's Britt Daniel

There's no shortage of covers today on SPIN.com, with ScarJo's take on Jeff Buckley's "Last Goodbye" and TV on the Radio's rendition of Bowie's "Heroes." But this one is a bit more impromptu: video of Spoon's Britt Daniel singing Wire's riotous

Available Today: July 15, 2008

Get our take on new albums from the Hold Steady, Jay Reatard, Wire, and more out today.
The Hold Steady / Photo by Judson Baker

Here's a rundown of what's available online and in record stores this week. Click each album title to read Spin's review:

The Hold Steady, Stay Positive: Brooklyn’s hyper mini-Bosses get a bit too comfy.

Wire

Post-punk icons present their 11th album -- as relevant and esoteric as the first -- in 31 years.
Wire

What? Rock critics and musicians alike -- Michael Stipe, Robert Smith, and Robert Pollard just to name a few -- have heralded Wire as founding fathers of the U.K. post-punk scene in the late '70s, having shaped a new and influential form of atmospheric art-house music.

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