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Maybe it's the warmly static fuzz-boxed guitars, the tight, poppy hooks or their classy approach to onstage performances, but Spoon has all the fundamentals possessed by rock and roll's forefathers. The thing is, these Austin hipsters are no backwards-thinking, analog-only kind of crew, employing great studio producers (long-time cohort Michael McCarthy and Kanye West, Fiona Apple favorite Jon Brion) and marketing their tunes through TV shows (The OC, a smattering of Late Night installments), commercials (Jaguar, XM Satellite Radio) and film soundtracks (Stranger Than Fiction). Their sizzling new record, Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, clocks in at a mere 36 minutes of retro-goodness.