Pitchfork: Spoon's Britt Daniel to Appear on "Veronica Mars"

Spoon's Britt Daniel to Appear on "Veronica Mars"

Turns out the cool kids aren't watching "The O.C." or "Gilmore Girls" anymore. They're watching "Veronica Mars", a TV show on UPN about a teenage detective. This teenage detective happens to frequent a karaoke bar where rock stars show up and sing covers of classic rock songs. A couple months ago, Courtney Taylor-Taylor of the Dandy Warhols (who are responsible for the show's theme song, "We Used to Be Friends") crooned "Love Hurts", made famous by Nazareth. And coming February 1, Britt Daniel of Spoon will perform Elvis Costello's (you guessed it) "Veronica".

Pitchfork spoke to Daniel earlier this week about his brief moment of small-screen glory. Apparently, the "Veronica Mars" people called him up "out of the blue" and requested his services. "I'd never seen the show before," Daniel said. "I thought it could be a hoot."

He added, "It was actually pretty cool to see how that world works. I had a good time. It's a huge production, which I guess shouldn't be a surprise, but it's just... wow...such a big deal to make one of those shows."

In addition to wooing teenage mystery-solvers, Daniel also recently won the heart of superstar author Stephen King, who declared Spoon's "I Summon You" his favorite song of 2005 in last week's issue of Entertainment Weekly. "14-year-old Britt would have blown a gasket," Daniel enthused. "It's an honor."

Spoon will wrap up a strenuous year of touring with a December 19 benefit show for Habitat for Humanity, taking place at the Parish in Austin, Texas, and hosted by the radio station KROX 101X. Stellastarr*, Morningwood, and Alpha Rev will also perform.

Daniel said that the band is planning a February tour of Japan, but otherwise, "it's time to be creative again instead of playing shows." He's currently working on a batch of songs for Spoon's next album, but no timeline has been developed yet. "I want to have like fifty songs done by the end of the year, but who knows?"

Daniel is currently in the process of relocating from Texas to Portland, Oregon. "My girlfriend lives up here, and I kept visiting and was like, 'Ahh, that's it, I'm going to move.' I knew I liked it before I moved here, but I'm finding more and more reasons why this city is amazing. I haven't moved my stuff but I've been staying here whenever I'm off tour. I've got a couple coats and guitars up here."

In other Spoon news, the band's rare 30 Gallon Tank EP, as well as Daniel's solo EP as Drake Tungsten, Six Pence for the Sauces, both released on the Peek-A-Boo label, were recently made available for download through eMusic and iTunes.