Artist: Built to Spill

Bizarro world continues to expand , this time it involves J Mascis and Built to Spill bassist Brett Nelson's Electronic Anthology Project. As Pitchfork reports , the two are currently working together to rework past Dinosaur Jr. anthems into synth-pop tracks. Try and swallow that one for a second...okay, let's continue. Due out Record Store Day (ahem, April 21st), the nine-track project will receive a limited-edition run of 500 purple vinyl records, to be followed with a proper digital, CD, and vinyl release later. For a first taste of the mayhem, head [...]

The Inaugural Treefort Music Fest , which will take place March 22 - 25 in downtown Boise, Idaho, has announced the festival's full lineup today. The lineup includes Built to Spill, of Montreal, WHY?, The Cave Singers, Typhoon, Blitzen Trapper, AraabMUZIK, Delicate Steve, EMA, Tennis, DJ Dug Martsch, Grieves & Budo, Motopony, Cheyenne Marie Mize, The Spyrals, and over 50 more artists. The full lineup, with over 120 acts, is listed below. Alaska Airlines is sponsoring the giveaway of two ...

J Mascis recording electro-pop takes of old material with Built to Spill.

On Doug Martsch and Brett Nelson's inaugural release as the Electronic Anthology Project , the Built to Spill duo took on music by their own band, re-recording popular BTS tunes in an '80s electro-pop style. The result was both an oddly appealing experiment and entertaining way to deconstruct the guitar-driven work for which they're better known. Now EAP is back with perhaps the best indie-rock guitarist ever in tow: J Mascis and Nelson have teamed up to electrify the Dinosaur Jr. catalog with Mascis providing lead vocals on a new set due out April 21 for Record Store Day. [...]

We thought Treefort's initial line-up announcement gave enough compelling reasons to make the road trip to Boise. But the upstart music fest has made four more line-up announcements since then giving us even more reasons to be planning a visit to Idaho. In addition to Pickwick, Lemolo, Built to Spill, Of Monteral and WHY? the [...]

Brooklyn experimental pop outfit Dinosaur Feathers released its debut LP, Fantasy Memorial , in 2009. At the time, the album's tropical vibe and sunny instrumentation were right at home amongst similar-sounding acts also on the rise. Since then, the group has toured relentlessly and reconfigured their own sensibilities for their latest LP, Whistle Tips , due out April 10th via Ernest Jenning. According to press for the LP, the band haven't left the beach-esque sound behind entirely. Rather, they've infused it with influences from The Soft Boys, The Olivia Tremor Control, XTC, and Paul [...]

Tweet Family Lumber will immediately bring to mind Built To Spill (and in fact, they have opened for them before), Death Cab For Cutie and the like. What is surprising when listening to a band that is a reminder of so many Ghosts of Indie Rock Past is that it's not only good, but refreshing. Family Lumber fits right in with its musical peers, but pitches a juggernaut that more than stands on its own [...]

• Family Lumber - No Worries

MUSIC NEWS - Built to Spill have confirmed their first tour dates for the New Year tp support of the current release, THERE IS NO ENEMY (Warner Bros Records). The Boise, ID rockers' tour begins Feb 23 in San Francisco (full itinerary is listed below). There Is No Enemy is the band's first album since 2006's You In Reverse . Previous studio albums include 2001's Ancient Melodies of the Future , 1999's Keep It Like A Secret , and their major-label debut, 1997's Perfect From [...]

The indie rock group will hit San Francisco, New Orleans and more!

Image by Graham MacRae Though now three-years old, Built to Spill have mapped out another round of dates behind their CoS Top Star-earning LP There Is No Enemy . The trek includes a trio of California shows in February, followed by dates in Louisiana, Texas, and Idaho in March. Along the way, the band will make appearances at music festivals like 35 Denton , South by Southwest , and Treefort . Check out the schedule below, along with the video for "Hindsight". Built [...]

Built to Spill have confirmed their first tour dates for the New Year in support of the current Warner Bros. Records album, THERE IS NO ENEMY. Dates begin Feb 23rd in San Francisco. All confirmed dates are listed below. There Is No Enemy is the band's first album since 20062s You In Reverse. Previous studio albums include 20012s Ancient Melodies of the Future, 19992s Keep It Like A Secret, and their major-label debut, 19972s Perfect From Now On. In 2012...

New music festival + solid local and national line-up + excuse to take a road-trip with friends = hello, favorite new thing. (And thank you Reverb for introducing us.) The first annual Treefort Fest is happening March 22nd to 25th in downtown Boise and a number of great local bands will be making the drive [...]

Winter, eat your heart out. Austin's annual South by Southwest music festival has been slowly releasing its list of bands traveling to the Lone Star state this Spring and, yes, Chicago is represented. On tap to play the 2012 edition are sunny pop rockers Gold Motel , dancehall DJ Chrissy Murderbot , acoustic folker Musikanto , lo-fi ambient poppers U.S. Girls , and Chicago - by way of Philadelphia - [...]

20 in festival years is like a 140 in human years (or is that dog years?).

San Francisco's annual Noise Pop music and film festival will celebrate its 20th birthday between February 21st and 26th. Guests include Built to Spill, Die Antwoord, Archers of Loaf, Cursive, Imperial Teen, Grimes, and The Budos Band, with additional names to be revealed in the weeks ahead. Early bird badges are now onsale for $125 here .

The music portion of South by Southwest 2012 runs March 13-18th in Austin Texas. Today, the festival revealed another batch of 2012 acts, with Built to Spill, The Magnetic Fields, Stars, Metric, Thomas Dolby, and Delta Spirit leading the way. Other newly confirmed notables include Lee Fields and the Expressions, Talib Kweli, Grimes, The Big Pink, Oh Land, Screaming Females, Dan Mangan, Gross Magic, Ganglians, Daughter, The War on Drugs, Blood Orange, Bleached, Suckers, Spector, Miracles of Modern Science, Ear Pwr, Beach Fossils, Prince Rama, Zeus, and Zorch. For all the latest lineup news and updates, be [...]

On Wednesday of next week(december 7th) Rhapsody is hosting a party for their 10th birhtday. They invited Built to Spill, Thao and Mirah, to be opened with a DJset from John Richards of KEXP. check out the eventbrite for more info. Car (Built To Spill Cover) by jonvire Built To Spill - Carry The Zero by almostcrimes25 [...]

Built to Spill at City Arts Fest 2011 ::: Photo by Josh Lovseth 10 years on, Seattle-based streaming music service Rhapsody is finally being proven right about the viability of streaming as method for delivering music. Years ago as the first streaming service I ever used they were a bit ahead of their time and industry [...]

Friday Five : \'frī-(,)dā,-dē 'fīv\ : On the sixth day of every week, I hit the shuffle button on my iTunes, then share the first five tracks and thought for each track. Sometimes there is a playlist involved, occasionally we'll have a guest, but most of the time it's just me. The rest is up to you, our friends and readers! Fire up your media player of choice and share the first five random track of your shuffle in the comments. The Five: " Deck the Halls " by John [...]

Click image to download full album Sounds like: Built to Spill, Computerclub, Mississippi Man "Megaphone Barons - Soggy Ground" What's so good? There are ways to experience music that transcend just aural stimulation. Bands who recognize this tend to make the best albums out there, which I like to think of as "headphone albums." Much like this year's Life Fantastic by Man Man [...]

• Megaphone Barons - Soggy Ground