It was pop superstar and emo-core enthusiast Paul Simon who once sang that "every generation throws a hero up the pop charts." To which I'd like to add, that every...
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With Ancient Melodies of the Future, Built to Spill expand on the big sound that they crafted with Keep It Like a Secret. Like their Northwestern peers Modest Mouse, Built...
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The closest Built To Spill comes to traditional alterna-rock, the record abounds with four-minute warped pop songs, which are deconstructed enough to appeal to indie...
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Caustic Resin 10/10/1995, Yahoo! Music, Jon Wiederhorn
A project recorded with Boise noise band Caustic Resin, this EP features two of Martsch's tumultuous songs with a tune by Caustic Resin and the Kicking Giant cover "She's...
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Built to Spill/Caustic Resin sees the two title bands working together to perform four songs; the first two songs are penned by Built to Spill, the third is penned by...
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The Normal Years strings together Built to Spill's loose ends: outtakes from each of the band's first two albums, three independently released singles, and two tracks...
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A masterful album in which Martsch's tangled, flailing guitar noise is matched only by his cracked, vulnerable vocals. The melodies are sometimes hard to find, but once...
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Not many groups would take a major-label contract as a cue to put out an album where the shortest song is still a radio-unfriendly five minutes in length. For that listeners...
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He's been compared to Hendrix and Clapton by credible sources, but Built To Spill guitarist and songwriter Doug Martsch will never in a million years become a rock star. But...
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Perhaps realizing that their time on a major label was likely limited, Built to Spill made a gutsy choice for Keep It Like a Secret, their second album for Warner Brothers....
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Clang! Zango! Badong! Yes, folks, there's deluxe guitar wankadelica galore on this typhonic in-concert set by the Pacific Northwest's throwback axe-storm unit Built To...
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Although the sensibility did show up on most of their studio recordings, Built to Spill were long renowned for their ability to stretch out in concert, where the balance...
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What a mess -- from all the sloppy guitar ramblings to the constant rhythm changes assuming that the rest of the band was barely aware of Doug Martsch's tempo swings,...
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