It's really funny that this track popped up in our inbox the other day, just a night after I was talking to our friend Marcus about the lack of credit given to the Idaho scene. In 2011 the scene hit big with Youth Lagoon , and the state is the home to Built to Spil l, who took out the band Finn Riggins for several tours. This track from Finn Riggins definitely has a nice little groove to it, and it'll feature on the band's Benchwarmers EP [...]
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Built to Spill played The Fillmore last night to a crowd that sold-out the venue months and months ago for 2012′s Noise Pop Festival. Sharing the stage with openers Sister Crayon, frontman Doug Martsch (read our interview with Doug Martsch) and his bandmates played an eclectic and fulfilling set, while keeping the crowd enthralled at all times. Forming in 1992, the group released their debut album Ultimate Alternative Waters in 1993. Just a year later, Doug Martsch signed to Warner Bros. The deal was a rare one: Built To Spill kept creative control. The group's adored sound of crunchy guitar [...]
Video: Vimeo - YouTube Photos: Flickr Audio: zip download - right click, save as I am rather embarrassed to confess that we recorded this session absolutely bloody ages ago. First the Festival, then the mixes, then intervening sessions, and finally just the sheer amount of time these take to edit managed to delay things. But now, finally, at long, long last here it is: the Kid Canaveral Toad Session. This was another relatively [...]
Más noticias en el mundo de los festivales. Los organizadores del Governors Ball Music Festival acaban de anunciar su lineup, y todo parece indicar que tiene los ingredientes para hacer una edición memorable. Governors Ball es un festival de 2 días con 2 escenarios. Algo que llama la atención es que ninguna presentación se empalmará con otra, los asistentes podrán ver a todos y cada uno de los artistas que se presentaran (en medida que los estragos del cansancio se los permita). Todo esto tendrá lugar en la Isla Randall en [...]
Date: Thursday, February 22nd Number of Noise Pop Shows: 10 shows, 32 bands Already Sold-Out: Oh boy, several shows on Thursday have already reached their maximum. And frankly, we're not surprised. Here's the full list of sold out shows, in case you plan to try and beg, borrow, or steal your way in: The Bottom of the Hill local showcase featuring Thao and John Vanderslice as co-headliners, with Garrett Pierce and Bird By Snow opening, [...]
The Governors Ball Music Festival will return to New York City this June to a new location on Randall's Island and an expanded lineup that will span across two days (June 23-24)....
New York's Governors Ball Music Festival returns June 23-24th at its new location in Randall's Island Park. This year's lineup is headlined by Beck, Passion Pit, and Modest Mouse, with Explosions in the Sky, Chromeo, Major Lazer, Santigold, and James Murphy and Pat Mahoney's Special Disco Version among the other heavyweights. Also playing are Built to Spill, Duck Sauce, Cage the Elephant, Devendra Banhart, Cults, Atmosphere, Freelance Whales, Big Gigantic, Penguin Prison, Phantogram, Alberta Cross, Walk the Moon, Art vs. Science, K-Flay, The Jezabels, Turf War, and Nobody Beats the Drum. Tickets go on sale [...]
In honor of SXSW 2012, we'll be doing our own SXSW Advent calendar, of sorts.
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
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