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Spoon are a top-shelf indie pop band with a penchant for roomy arrangements. Keepon is a party robot developed to interact with children, with a penchant for bottom-heavy Spoon songs.

They make a cute couple.

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'Tis a modern love, this thing between Spoon and Keepon. A few months back, Marek Michalowski programmed young Keepon to get down to Spoon's thudding "I Turn My Camera On," and posted the above results on YouTube. The video's been a hit-- closing in on 1.3 million views!-- perhaps because the bop Keepon does so closely approximates the very same one "all the weird kids in the front" do whenever Spoon plays that particular ditty.

Anyway, it seems Keepon wants nothing more than to shake it with his muses when they play Los Angeles' WIRED NextFest September 10. They even made another video celebrating the public debut of their courtship!

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We're not sure what this rendezvous will consist of, exactly: Perhaps a Jumbotron-assisted Keepon cutting a rug to the live strains of Britt and the boys? A choreography lesson? A tennis game? "Chocolate Rain"? However the thing shakes out, the linkup will go to benefit nonprofit resource center Creative Commons.

Spoon, with and without their Nerfish chum, have puffed up their tour a bit since last we brought dates to you.

Spoon:

08-16 London, England - Cargo
08-17 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-17 London, England - The Borderline
09-05 Seattle, WA - The Showbox
09-06 Portland, OR - MusicFest NW
09-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-08 Victoria, British Columbia - Sugar
09-10 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-11 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-12 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theatre
09-14 Austin, TX - Zilker Park (Austin City Limits Festival)
09-15 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre (Monolith Festival)
09-16 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-22-23 Del Mar, California - Del Mar Fairgrounds (Street Scene)
10-10 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-11 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-13 Detroit, MI - Majestic
10-15 Toronto, Ontario - Phoenix Concert Theatre
10-19 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory
10-20 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom
10-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-24 Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
10-26 Nashville, TN - Cannery Ballroom
10-27 New Orleans, LA - City Park (Voodoo Music Experience)
11-01 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live ^%
11-02 Dallas, TX - House of Blues ^

^ with the New Pornographers
% with Emma Pollock