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August 25, 2003

Built to Spill Plan Tour, CD

New material gets a live tryout this fall
May 21, 2002

Suffocation Keep's Next Wave

Built to Spill side project begin building simple pop
January 26, 2001

Built to Spill in the Studio

New Built to Spill album nearing completion
March 20, 1999

Day Two of SXSW Brings Rain to the Revelry

rainy days

Recordings and Reviews

There Is No Enemy

Built to Spill CEO Doug Martsch is alt-rock's Thomas Pynchon, holed up in a remote studio (Boise, Idaho) and issuing immaculate artworks when he damn well pleases. His latest is classic latter-day BTS, a crystal palace of refracting guitar tones and textures, walls rising majestically above his ...

2009 RS: 3.5of 5 Stars

You In Reverse

2006

Ancient Melodies Of The Future

2001

Live

2000

Keep It Like A Secret

1999

Perfect From Now On

1997

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Live Video: Built to Spill’s “I Would Hurt A Fly” at All Tomorrow’s Parties

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Biography

The American indie rock scene of the 1990s didn't produce many guitar heroes, but Doug Martsch, leader of the Boise, ID?based collective Built to Spill, definitely qualifies. Following the trail first blazed by Neil Young and Dinosaur Jr's J Mascis, Martsch (the only person to play on every Built to Spill record) is equally comfortable with intricate textural overdubs and unhinged fuzz-o-rama solo...

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